NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Washington Bullets120–106Houston Rockets

Washington Bullets at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 2 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 73rd meetingof 170 played

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Dandridge	47:00	11–21	10–13	—	—	4	12	3	1	1	3	32
Tom Henderson	31:00	8–13	4–5	—	—	2	9	0	0	3	1	20
Greg Ballard	31:00	6–10	2–2	—	—	16	2	0	0	0	3	14
Wes Unseld	30:00	4–8	4–4	—	—	16	1	1	1	2	4	12
Kevin Grevey	27:00	7–11	0–0	—	—	2	2	2	0	0	1	14
Charles Johnson	21:00	7–14	2–2	—	—	2	4	2	0	1	3	16
Elvin Hayes	21:00	5–11	0–0	—	—	2	1	0	0	2	5	10
Larry Wright	17:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0
Dave Corzine	14:00	1–1	0–0	—	—	4	0	0	1	2	2	2
Roger Phegley	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	49–92	22–26	0	0	48	33	8	3	12	24	120

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	48:00	7–17	7–10	10	10	20	2	1	0	5	2	21
Calvin Murphy	45:00	7–15	1–2	—	—	2	11	1	0	2	0	15
Rudy Tomjanovich	40:00	11–21	2–4	—	—	12	2	1	0	3	4	24
Mike Dunleavy	37:00	9–16	0–0	—	—	3	6	1	0	0	3	18
Rick Barry	28:00	5–15	2–2	—	—	5	9	1	0	1	5	12
Robert Reid	25:00	7–11	0–0	—	—	7	0	1	0	1	5	14
Mike Newlin	13:00	1–5	0–2	—	—	2	2	1	0	1	1	2
Dwight Jones	3:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Slick Watts	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	47–102	12–20	10	10	52	32	7	0	13	22	106

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Washington Wizards 2 in NBA 1978-79.

6 Dec 1978Washington Bullets 101–96 Houston Rockets
2 Feb 1979120–106 this game
22 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 120–110 Washington Bullets
8 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 112–102 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Washington Bullets: 35–15
Houston Rockets: 27–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 86, Washington Wizards 84.

6 Dec 1978Washington Bullets 101–96 Houston Rockets
22 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 120–110 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.