NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons108–113Houston Rockets

Detroit Pistons at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 6 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 58th meetingof 153 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	43:00	9–17	1–2	0	0	0	21	0	0	6	4	19
M.L. Carr	41:00	0–5	1–2	—	—	7	1	1	1	5	3	1
Bob Lanier	38:00	12–19	6–12	—	—	6	2	0	3	1	5	30
Terry Tyler	28:00	5–10	0–0	—	—	7	0	2	0	0	2	10
John Long	26:00	6–11	2–2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	14
Leon Douglas	26:00	3–7	6–8	—	—	5	0	1	1	1	6	12
Earl Tatum	22:00	9–15	2–2	—	—	6	2	3	1	1	2	20
Ben Poquette	9:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Andre Wakefield	5:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Essie Hollis	1:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Sheppard	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–88	18–28	0	0	32	28	8	6	14	29	108

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	41:00	13–21	0–0	—	—	11	1	0	0	1	1	26
Moses Malone	36:00	7–10	7–8	—	—	11	1	1	0	4	3	21
Rick Barry	36:00	2–9	3–3	—	—	2	8	0	0	3	1	7
Calvin Murphy	34:00	9–18	2–2	—	—	3	6	0	0	2	3	20
Mike Dunleavy	33:00	5–9	8–9	—	—	2	8	3	0	3	2	18
Mike Newlin	28:00	4–6	2–2	—	—	1	8	2	0	7	2	10
Robert Reid	20:00	1–6	1–2	—	—	6	2	0	1	0	4	3
Dwight Jones	12:00	3–6	2–2	—	—	4	2	0	0	0	2	8
Team totals	240:00	44–85	25–28	—	—	40	36	6	1	20	18	113

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

27 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 119–131 Detroit Pistons
30 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 101–112 Houston Rockets
6 Feb 1979108–113 this game
16 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 96–110 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 19–33
Houston Rockets: 27–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 76, Detroit Pistons 77.

30 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 101–112 Houston Rockets
16 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 96–110 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.