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NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets119–131Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting
56th meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Moses Malone40:004–137–10——90——415
Calvin Murphy36:006–186–7——44——218
Robert Reid31:004–130–0——63——28
Mike Dunleavy30:005–95–5——46——315
Mike Newlin22:008–113–5——31——119
Rudy Tomjanovich20:008–132–2——61——018
Rick Barry20:003–101–2——53——17
Dwight Jones18:003–42–3——41——18
Alonzo Bradley15:001–32–2——61——04
Jacky Dorsey8:003–51–1——40——17
Team totals240:0045–9929–37——5120——15119

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
M.L. Carr44:0015–226–8——5260436
Kevin Porter41:009–142–4——32310320
John Long39:0011–210–00006——422
Terry Tyler34:004–80–0——93——58
Bob Lanier23:0013–183–6——10221529
Ben Poquette22:001–52–2——41——34
Leon Douglas20:005–100–0——120——310
Andre Wakefield7:000–10–0——11——00
Earl Tatum6:000–30–0——11——10
Essie Hollis4:001–20–00000——02
Team totals240:0059–10413–200045399128131

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1978-79.

Records going in

Houston Rockets
17–14
Detroit Pistons
11–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 77, Houston Rockets 76.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.