NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets97–116Phoenix Suns

Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Saturday 20 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 52nd meetingof 244 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	36:00	4–12	2–2	1	6	7	2	1	0	2	5	10
Moses Malone	35:00	6–10	6–9	5	5	10	0	0	0	2	1	18
Rick Barry	35:00	7–15	0–0	0	2	2	4	2	0	3	2	14
Mike Dunleavy	33:00	7–12	3–4	0	3	3	8	4	0	3	2	17
Mike Newlin	23:00	5–8	2–2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	12
Dwight Jones	22:00	4–7	0–0	2	6	8	1	1	0	1	3	8
Calvin Murphy	20:00	3–6	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	6
Robert Reid	19:00	3–7	0–0	1	3	4	2	2	0	3	4	6
Slick Watts	15:00	1–2	4–7	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	6
Alonzo Bradley	2:00	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	40–81	17–24	10	27	37	24	13	0	21	25	97

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Don Buse	38:00	3–11	2–2	0	2	2	4	3	0	1	2	8
Paul Westphal	33:00	10–16	8–8	0	1	1	7	2	0	3	3	28
Truck Robinson	33:00	9–16	0–0	2	4	6	0	2	2	6	4	18
Alvan Adams	32:00	4–9	2–2	4	11	15	7	2	0	1	3	10
Walter Davis	31:00	9–13	2–2	2	3	5	5	0	0	5	2	20
Alvin Scott	17:00	3–5	1–4	2	2	4	1	3	0	0	0	7
Mike Bratz	16:00	5–8	3–4	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	4	13
Bayard Forrest	16:00	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
Joel Kramer	10:00	2–3	1–1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	5
Ted McClain	9:00	2–3	1–1	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	5
Gar Heard	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	48–88	20–24	12	28	40	30	13	2	19	23	116

This season

Phoenix Suns 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1978-79.

4 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 103–110 Houston Rockets
24 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 113–120 Phoenix Suns
20 Jan 197997–116 this game
17 Mar 1979Phoenix Suns 122–134 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 26–18
Phoenix Suns: 27–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 121, Houston Rockets 123.

24 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 113–120 Phoenix Suns
17 Mar 1979Phoenix Suns 122–134 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.