NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks129–134Houston Rockets

Milwaukee Bucks at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 8 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 50th meetingof 141 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Brian Winters	40:00	14–23	1–2	—	—	3	6	2	0	3	1	29
Junior Bridgeman	36:00	14–21	8–8	—	—	7	2	1	0	4	1	36
George Johnson	31:00	8–15	4–6	—	—	9	2	0	0	1	4	20
Ernie Grunfeld	30:00	2–5	3–4	—	—	5	5	1	0	4	1	7
John Gianelli	28:00	4–8	1–2	—	—	6	2	0	1	0	6	9
Kevin Restani	24:00	7–10	2–2	—	—	3	3	0	0	1	3	16
Lloyd Walton	21:00	3–7	1–2	—	—	5	8	1	0	1	0	7
Quinn Buckner	18:00	2–4	1–2	—	—	4	5	1	0	0	2	5
Kent Benson	9:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	2	1	0	2	4	0
Sam Smith	3:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	54–96	21–28	0	0	43	36	7	1	16	22	129

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	42:00	12–17	8–11	—	—	19	5	3	1	3	3	32
Rudy Tomjanovich	38:00	12–20	2–2	—	—	11	0	0	1	2	2	26
Rick Barry	36:00	9–17	4–5	0	0	0	13	3	0	1	3	22
Mike Dunleavy	36:00	6–7	8–9	—	—	3	9	0	0	2	5	20
Calvin Murphy	35:00	10–19	2–2	—	—	1	6	0	0	2	2	22
Robert Reid	20:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	4	0	0	1	0	1	4
Mike Newlin	18:00	2–5	0–0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	4	4
Dwight Jones	8:00	1–3	2–2	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	3	4
Slick Watts	7:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	54–95	26–31	0	0	42	38	8	3	11	23	134

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Milwaukee Bucks 2 in NBA 1978-79.

10 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 126–131 Milwaukee Bucks
29 Dec 1978Milwaukee Bucks 103–106 Houston Rockets
8 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 104–116 Milwaukee Bucks
8 Feb 1979129–134 this game

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 22–33
Houston Rockets: 28–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 65, Milwaukee Bucks 76.

8 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 104–116 Milwaukee Bucks
13 Jan 1980Houston Rockets 121–117 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.