NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets104–116Milwaukee Bucks

Houston Rockets at Milwaukee Bucks

Date: Monday 8 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 141 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	44:00	11–17	5–7	—	—	19	0	2	0	7	3	27
Mike Newlin	33:00	8–15	8–8	—	—	2	6	2	0	3	5	24
Rick Barry	33:00	6–11	0–0	—	—	3	5	2	2	4	5	12
Calvin Murphy	32:00	4–11	3–3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	11
Rudy Tomjanovich	30:00	3–9	5–6	—	—	3	1	0	0	2	2	11
Robert Reid	29:00	5–13	2–4	—	—	6	2	1	1	0	5	12
Slick Watts	29:00	1–5	3–4	—	—	1	8	4	0	0	3	5
Dwight Jones	6:00	1–2	0–2	—	—	1	1	0	1	0	1	2
Jacky Dorsey	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alonzo Bradley	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–83	26–34	0	0	35	26	11	4	19	26	104

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	39:00	14–22	8–10	—	—	7	5	2	0	1	1	36
Brian Winters	39:00	12–20	3–3	0	0	0	7	0	0	4	4	27
Kevin Restani	38:00	1–6	1–2	—	—	14	2	2	1	2	4	3
John Gianelli	29:00	4–8	0–0	—	—	5	2	0	0	0	1	8
Junior Bridgeman	23:00	6–12	0–0	—	—	6	4	2	0	4	3	12
Norm Van Lier	21:00	3–4	0–0	—	—	3	9	1	0	2	3	6
Kent Benson	19:00	3–5	4–4	—	—	4	2	1	2	1	6	10
Ernie Grunfeld	19:00	4–8	0–0	—	—	3	2	1	0	3	4	8
Quinn Buckner	13:00	2–5	2–3	—	—	1	2	1	0	2	2	6
Team totals	240:00	49–90	18–22	0	0	43	35	10	3	19	28	116

This season

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

10 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 126–131 Milwaukee Bucks
29 Dec 1978Milwaukee Bucks 103–106 Houston Rockets
8 Jan 1979104–116 this game
8 Feb 1979Milwaukee Bucks 129–134 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 21–16
Milwaukee Bucks: 17–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

29 Dec 1978Milwaukee Bucks 103–106 Houston Rockets
8 Feb 1979Milwaukee Bucks 129–134 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.