NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks109–106Houston Rockets

Atlanta Hawks at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 5 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 69th meetingof 170 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dan Roundfield	41:00	8–20	2–2	—	—	13	1	0	6	4	4	18
Steve Hawes	37:00	8–15	1–1	—	—	11	1	1	1	2	4	17
Jack Givens	36:00	7–13	8–9	—	—	5	3	1	0	2	5	22
Eddie Johnson	35:00	8–9	4–4	—	—	5	7	1	0	2	3	20
Armond Hill	33:00	6–11	2–4	—	—	1	7	0	2	5	4	14
Tree Rollins	16:00	2–3	0–0	—	—	2	0	1	3	0	6	4
Butch Lee	15:00	2–4	3–4	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	7
Charlie Criss	13:00	0–4	1–2	—	—	1	2	1	0	2	2	1
Tom McMillen	10:00	1–3	0–0	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	3	2
Rick Wilson	4:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	4
Team totals	240:00	44–86	21–26	0	0	40	27	8	12	17	33	109

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	41:00	11–23	8–10	13	5	18	0	2	1	2	1	30
Rudy Tomjanovich	38:00	9–19	4–5	—	—	11	4	1	0	1	0	22
Robert Reid	37:00	5–9	0–4	—	—	2	7	1	0	2	5	10
Calvin Murphy	36:00	6–12	2–2	—	—	1	5	1	0	3	3	14
Mike Newlin	33:00	3–9	5–5	—	—	1	2	0	2	2	2	11
Rick Barry	31:00	6–13	4–4	—	—	3	2	1	0	3	4	16
Dwight Jones	14:00	1–4	1–2	—	—	3	0	0	1	0	1	3
Slick Watts	9:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	6	1	0	0	3	0
Mike Dunleavy	1:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	41–91	24–32	13	5	40	27	7	4	13	20	106

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Atlanta Hawks 5 in NBA 1978-79.

5 Jan 1979109–106 this game
14 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 105–115 Atlanta Hawks
27 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 111–125 Atlanta Hawks
24 Mar 1979Atlanta Hawks 116–120 Houston Rockets
11 Apr 1979Atlanta Hawks 109–106 Houston Rockets
13 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 91–100 Atlanta Hawks

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 19–19
Houston Rockets: 20–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 86, Atlanta Hawks 84.

3 Mar 1978Houston Rockets 110–133 Atlanta Hawks
14 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 105–115 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.