NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets106–99New Orleans Jazz

Houston Rockets at New Orleans Jazz

Date: Friday 9 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 25th meetingof 269 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	44:00	12–24	9–13	19	18	37	2	1	2	5	3	33
Calvin Murphy	29:00	5–12	4–4	—	—	1	3	2	0	5	3	14
Rudy Tomjanovich	29:00	7–14	0–0	—	—	1	3	2	1	1	0	14
Robert Reid	26:00	4–9	4–6	—	—	5	0	0	3	1	2	12
Rick Barry	26:00	4–9	0–0	—	—	2	6	1	0	1	2	8
Mike Dunleavy	24:00	2–6	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	1	4
Mike Newlin	23:00	4–10	4–4	—	—	3	2	0	0	2	5	12
Slick Watts	20:00	0–7	0–0	—	—	2	7	4	0	5	2	0
Dwight Jones	19:00	4–7	1–2	—	—	4	0	2	1	3	3	9
Team totals	240:00	42–98	22–29	19	18	55	28	12	7	25	21	106

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Spencer Haywood	43:00	12–21	3–3	—	—	5	1	1	4	4	4	27
Pete Maravich	37:00	5–14	1–2	—	—	7	7	1	1	3	3	11
Jim McElroy	34:00	8–13	3–5	—	—	1	6	1	3	0	1	19
James Hardy	34:00	4–10	1–2	—	—	6	1	1	2	4	3	9
Rich Kelley	33:00	6–10	7–10	—	—	13	1	4	5	2	6	19
Marty Byrnes	19:00	3–5	0–0	—	—	3	0	1	1	2	3	6
Paul Griffin	15:00	1–2	2–3	—	—	4	1	2	0	5	3	4
Gail Goodrich	14:00	2–6	0–0	—	—	1	1	1	0	5	1	4
Ron Lee	11:00	0–3	0–2	—	—	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	41–84	17–27	—	—	42	18	12	16	26	25	99

This season

Utah Jazz 0, Houston Rockets 4 in NBA 1978-79.

8 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 110–106 New Orleans Jazz
13 Jan 1979New Orleans Jazz 106–117 Houston Rockets
9 Feb 1979106–99 this game
10 Mar 1979New Orleans Jazz 109–124 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 29–23
New Orleans Jazz: 18–36

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Utah Jazz 139, Houston Rockets 130.

13 Jan 1979New Orleans Jazz 106–117 Houston Rockets
10 Mar 1979New Orleans Jazz 109–124 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.