NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final/OT

Houston Rockets122–121Los Angeles Lakers

Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 19 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 61st meetingof 285 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	50:00	16–23	2–4	11	14	25	3	2	1	3	2	34
Robert Reid	40:00	6–14	1–2	4	9	13	3	2	0	0	3	13
Rudy Tomjanovich	37:00	8–16	0–0	2	4	6	3	1	0	1	1	16
Calvin Murphy	33:00	9–20	3–3	1	1	2	6	2	1	1	2	21
Slick Watts	28:00	0–6	2–2	2	0	2	10	1	0	1	2	2
Mike Newlin	26:00	8–14	0–0	0	1	1	4	2	0	4	2	16
Rick Barry	26:00	4–8	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	8
Mike Dunleavy	19:00	4–9	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	8
Dwight Jones	6:00	2–2	0–0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	4
Team totals	265:00	57–112	8–11	20	32	52	36	12	2	13	18	122

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	49:00	16–22	2–2	1	13	14	7	2	3	5	4	34
Norm Nixon	45:00	9–18	1–2	0	8	8	16	1	1	3	5	19
Jamaal Wilkes	44:00	9–15	4–5	1	6	7	3	0	0	3	1	22
Don Ford	33:00	5–7	2–2	1	1	2	5	0	0	1	2	12
Lou Hudson	27:00	7–14	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	14
Ron Boone	25:00	7–10	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	14
Dave Robisch	19:00	2–3	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	4
Adrian Dantley	14:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	2	2	1	2
Jim Price	9:00	0–3	0–2	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	1	0
Team totals	265:00	56–95	9–13	6	32	38	42	3	7	17	17	121

This season

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

22 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 121–114 Houston Rockets
6 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 112–115 Houston Rockets
19 Jan 1979122–121 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 25–18
Los Angeles Lakers: 28–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

6 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 112–115 Houston Rockets
5 Dec 1979Los Angeles Lakers 116–114 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.