NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final/OT

Los Angeles Lakers112–115Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 6 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 60th meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	47:00	12–21	6–9	2	7	9	6	0	4	4	5	30
Jamaal Wilkes	44:00	11–20	0–0	4	7	11	2	2	0	4	3	22
Norm Nixon	44:00	7–17	0–0	1	3	4	7	4	0	4	0	14
Don Ford	37:00	4–8	4–5	5	3	8	6	1	0	0	1	12
Lou Hudson	36:00	11–15	1–1	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	23
Jim Price	17:00	2–4	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	4
Dave Robisch	17:00	1–2	1–3	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	3
Kenny Carr	10:00	1–3	0–1	1	4	5	2	0	1	0	0	2
Ron Boone	9:00	1–5	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	5	0	2
Ron Carter	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	265:00	50–95	12–19	15	30	45	29	8	5	23	12	112

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	48:00	11–18	7–10	8	15	23	0	3	0	5	2	29
Rudy Tomjanovich	41:00	7–16	0–0	3	4	7	2	1	0	3	2	14
Calvin Murphy	39:00	13–22	0–0	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	6	26
Rick Barry	39:00	4–13	4–4	0	1	1	6	2	2	0	2	12
Slick Watts	36:00	2–6	0–0	2	2	4	17	5	0	2	3	4
Robert Reid	30:00	9–12	0–0	3	3	6	4	0	0	2	3	18
Mike Newlin	27:00	4–15	2–2	2	1	3	5	0	0	2	1	10
Dwight Jones	5:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	265:00	51–104	13–16	18	28	46	37	12	2	16	19	115

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Los Angeles Lakers 1 in NBA 1978-79.

22 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 121–114 Houston Rockets
6 Jan 1979112–115 this game
19 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 122–121 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 24–15
Houston Rockets: 20–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

22 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 121–114 Houston Rockets
19 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 122–121 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.