NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks103–106Houston Rockets

Milwaukee Bucks at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 29 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 48th meetingof 141 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Brian Winters	39:00	13–24	1–1	—	—	5	5	2	0	4	2	27
Ernie Grunfeld	39:00	6–12	3–7	—	—	7	4	1	0	1	3	15
Kent Benson	30:00	6–10	5–8	—	—	5	1	0	1	1	4	17
Junior Bridgeman	27:00	8–15	0–0	—	—	1	3	2	0	2	5	16
John Gianelli	26:00	3–8	3–6	—	—	5	4	1	0	0	3	9
Norm Van Lier	22:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	9	3	0	2	3	2
Kevin Restani	17:00	3–5	0–0	—	—	2	0	0	1	2	3	6
Quinn Buckner	16:00	3–7	0–0	—	—	1	3	4	0	2	0	6
George Johnson	14:00	2–2	1–1	—	—	4	0	1	0	0	1	5
Lloyd Walton	10:00	0–2	0–2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–88	13–25	0	0	30	32	14	2	16	24	103

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	48:00	6–13	8–11	—	—	18	5	1	2	5	3	20
Rick Barry	37:00	7–13	2–2	—	—	2	5	1	0	2	1	16
Robert Reid	34:00	8–13	0–0	—	—	7	6	2	2	1	5	16
Calvin Murphy	33:00	5–11	2–2	—	—	1	2	1	0	4	2	12
Dwight Jones	30:00	7–13	2–3	—	—	10	2	0	1	2	4	16
Mike Dunleavy	21:00	1–3	4–4	—	—	3	4	0	0	5	2	6
Mike Newlin	15:00	5–5	4–5	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	2	14
Slick Watts	10:00	1–6	0–0	—	—	1	2	1	0	1	2	2
Jacky Dorsey	6:00	1–2	2–2	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	2	4
Alonzo Bradley	6:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	41–79	24–29	0	0	44	28	9	5	24	23	106

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Milwaukee Bucks 2 in NBA 1978-79.

10 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 126–131 Milwaukee Bucks
29 Dec 1978103–106 this game
8 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 104–116 Milwaukee Bucks
8 Feb 1979Milwaukee Bucks 129–134 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 15–23
Houston Rockets: 17–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 65, Milwaukee Bucks 76.

10 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 126–131 Milwaukee Bucks
8 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 104–116 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.