NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets105–115Atlanta Hawks

Houston Rockets at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Sunday 14 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 70th meetingof 170 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	41:00	9–13	15–21	—	—	20	0	1	2	6	4	33
Mike Dunleavy	33:00	4–9	6–6	—	—	3	9	3	0	2	2	14
Calvin Murphy	30:00	8–13	1–1	—	—	1	1	1	0	1	4	17
Robert Reid	27:00	5–8	0–0	—	—	3	3	0	0	2	6	10
Rudy Tomjanovich	27:00	3–10	2–2	—	—	7	1	1	1	1	1	8
Rick Barry	22:00	1–10	0–0	—	—	1	0	1	0	1	3	2
Dwight Jones	19:00	3–9	1–1	—	—	5	1	0	0	3	5	7
Mike Newlin	17:00	2–4	2–2	—	—	1	1	2	0	0	3	6
Jacky Dorsey	16:00	3–5	0–0	—	—	3	0	0	0	0	3	6
Slick Watts	7:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Alonzo Bradley	1:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	39–85	27–33	0	0	44	17	9	3	16	32	105

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dan Roundfield	45:00	9–17	2–3	—	—	15	2	1	3	1	5	20
Steve Hawes	35:00	6–11	4–5	—	—	14	2	1	2	2	4	16
Armond Hill	35:00	2–6	8–8	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	4	12
John Drew	30:00	12–22	10–13	—	—	8	1	0	0	3	5	34
Butch Lee	30:00	4–12	0–3	—	—	3	7	2	0	4	3	8
Tom McMillen	24:00	4–6	2–2	—	—	7	0	0	0	0	3	10
Charlie Criss	20:00	4–9	4–5	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	12
Tree Rollins	15:00	1–3	1–2	—	—	5	2	1	3	1	2	3
Rick Wilson	6:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–88	31–41	1	0	53	23	9	9	14	26	115

This season

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

5 Jan 1979Atlanta Hawks 109–106 Houston Rockets
14 Jan 1979105–115 this game
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

Houston Rockets: 24–17
Atlanta Hawks: 23–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

5 Jan 1979Atlanta Hawks 109–106 Houston Rockets
27 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 111–125 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.