NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers96–107Houston Rockets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 12 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 47th meetingof 144 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	39:00	4–13	2–2	3	5	8	2	0	0	2	4	10
Campy Russell	37:00	7–18	1–2	1	1	2	7	0	0	1	5	15
Foots Walker	35:00	4–7	4–4	3	0	3	7	2	0	2	4	12
Austin Carr	34:00	7–16	3–4	1	3	4	6	1	0	3	2	17
Bingo Smith	30:00	7–15	0–0	3	1	4	1	2	1	0	3	14
Terry Furlow	25:00	6–11	0–0	0	4	4	3	0	0	2	4	12
Mike Mitchell	23:00	6–9	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	12
Jim Brewer	14:00	1–1	0–0	1	6	7	0	0	1	0	1	2
Kenny Higgs	2:00	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Harry Davis	1:00	1–1	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	43–93	10–12	15	23	38	26	5	2	10	29	96

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	45:00	9–17	9–12	10	15	25	1	0	1	8	3	27
Calvin Murphy	37:00	11–20	2–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	24
Rudy Tomjanovich	34:00	13–18	3–4	2	7	9	1	1	1	2	4	29
Rick Barry	32:00	3–9	2–2	0	6	6	9	0	0	2	2	8
Slick Watts	30:00	0–1	1–3	1	0	1	7	3	0	1	3	1
Robert Reid	29:00	3–11	0–0	2	9	11	0	0	0	2	2	6
Mike Dunleavy	16:00	3–3	4–7	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	2	10
Mike Newlin	13:00	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	2
Dwight Jones	4:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–82	23–32	15	41	56	28	6	2	18	23	107

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

21 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 90–101 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Jan 197996–107 this game
1 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 105–114 Cleveland Cavaliers
6 Apr 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 110–112 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 17–22
Houston Rockets: 22–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 93, Cleveland Cavaliers 51.

21 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 90–101 Cleveland Cavaliers
1 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 105–114 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.