NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets104–103Golden State Warriors

Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors

Date: Wednesday 17 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 271 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	41:00	13–19	4–7	8	13	21	3	2	0	4	3	30
Rudy Tomjanovich	37:00	6–13	2–2	3	6	9	2	0	0	5	2	14
Rick Barry	36:00	5–11	0–0	0	4	4	3	1	0	6	2	10
Calvin Murphy	35:00	7–14	2–2	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	16
Mike Dunleavy	33:00	9–12	0–0	0	1	1	8	3	0	4	4	18
Robert Reid	23:00	2–6	2–2	0	6	6	2	1	0	1	3	6
Slick Watts	15:00	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	3	2
Mike Newlin	13:00	3–4	2–3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	8
Dwight Jones	7:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
Team totals	240:00	46–82	12–16	13	32	45	27	9	0	26	22	104

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Lucas	39:00	6–11	2–4	1	4	5	7	3	0	4	2	14
Phil Smith	39:00	5–14	3–4	1	0	1	5	1	0	2	3	13
Sonny Parker	39:00	5–12	1–1	5	1	6	6	3	0	2	0	11
Robert Parish	35:00	11–22	0–3	7	10	17	0	2	2	1	5	22
Purvis Short	31:00	8–21	2–2	8	5	13	2	2	0	1	3	18
Nate Williams	19:00	5–11	5–6	1	1	2	2	0	0	3	1	15
Raymond Townsend	14:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	2
Clifford Ray	13:00	3–4	2–5	4	1	5	0	0	1	1	3	8
Wayne Cooper	7:00	0–2	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
Tom Abernethy	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	44–100	15–25	27	24	51	25	13	3	16	20	103

This season

Golden State Warriors 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1978-79.

1 Nov 1978Golden State Warriors 112–105 Houston Rockets
29 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 94–109 Golden State Warriors
14 Dec 1978Golden State Warriors 123–126 Houston Rockets
17 Jan 1979104–103 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 24–18
Golden State Warriors: 22–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Golden State Warriors 131, Houston Rockets 140.

14 Dec 1978Golden State Warriors 123–126 Houston Rockets
14 Nov 1979Golden State Warriors 92–133 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.