NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets102–119Boston Celtics

Houston Rockets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 31 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 67th meetingof 178 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	36:00	6–15	1–2	7	6	13	2	0	0	5	3	13
Rudy Tomjanovich	34:00	8–15	0–0	3	1	4	1	1	0	2	3	16
Calvin Murphy	32:00	6–13	2–2	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	3	14
Robert Reid	28:00	7–12	0–0	2	2	4	1	1	1	3	6	14
Rick Barry	26:00	7–15	1–1	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	15
Slick Watts	21:00	4–6	3–3	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	3	11
Mike Newlin	19:00	4–8	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	8
Dwight Jones	14:00	1–4	0–0	0	4	4	1	1	0	1	3	2
Alonzo Bradley	11:00	2–5	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	4
Mike Dunleavy	10:00	2–3	1–2	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	2	5
Jacky Dorsey	9:00	0–2	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	47–98	8–10	16	25	41	22	6	1	18	27	102

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	42:00	8–12	12–17	5	7	12	6	2	2	2	2	28
Tiny Archibald	41:00	7–10	4–4	0	1	1	10	0	0	6	2	18
Dave Cowens	40:00	9–16	4–4	3	6	9	1	0	2	2	4	22
Curtis Rowe	40:00	6–12	0–0	1	7	8	0	0	0	2	2	12
Chris Ford	34:00	10–21	0–0	6	6	12	5	1	0	2	2	20
Jeff Judkins	20:00	4–10	2–2	2	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	10
Tom Barker	20:00	3–7	1–2	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	7
Frankie Sanders	3:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	48–89	23–29	17	30	47	25	6	4	16	17	119

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

14 Oct 1978Houston Rockets 114–108 Boston Celtics
21 Oct 1978Boston Celtics 101–118 Houston Rockets
12 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 105–112 Houston Rockets
31 Jan 1979102–119 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 27–21
Boston Celtics: 17–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.

12 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 105–112 Houston Rockets
12 Oct 1979Houston Rockets 106–114 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.