NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets96–110Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 16 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	41:00	6–14	6–10	—	—	15	2	0	2	8	2	18
Rudy Tomjanovich	29:00	5–11	0–0	—	—	4	1	1	0	1	1	10
Robert Reid	28:00	6–8	3–5	—	—	5	3	0	0	0	2	15
Calvin Murphy	27:00	6–11	2–3	—	—	1	0	1	0	2	3	14
Slick Watts	27:00	3–9	0–2	—	—	3	6	1	0	1	3	6
Mike Newlin	26:00	6–13	1–2	—	—	3	1	0	0	3	2	13
Dwight Jones	24:00	6–14	2–2	—	—	12	1	1	0	3	3	14
Rick Barry	17:00	1–4	0–0	—	—	2	2	0	0	2	0	2
Mike Dunleavy	16:00	1–6	0–0	—	—	2	1	0	0	2	1	2
Alonzo Bradley	3:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jacky Dorsey	2:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	41–91	14–24	0	0	48	17	4	3	23	17	96

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	41:00	8–14	4–5	—	—	2	19	2	0	—	4	20
M.L. Carr	41:00	7–15	6–7	—	—	11	4	3	1	—	4	20
Leon Douglas	41:00	4–11	4–6	—	—	6	0	0	1	—	3	12
John Long	33:00	9–17	3–4	—	—	1	1	2	0	—	1	21
Terry Tyler	33:00	8–16	1–3	—	—	13	2	2	2	—	0	17
Ben Poquette	17:00	2–7	2–2	—	—	4	0	0	1	—	3	6
Earl Tatum	13:00	4–7	0–0	—	—	1	2	1	2	—	0	8
Jim Brewer	10:00	1–2	0–0	—	—	4	0	0	0	—	1	2
Andre Wakefield	8:00	1–2	2–4	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	4	4
Steve Sheppard	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Team totals	240:00	44–92	22–31	0	0	43	29	11	8	—	20	110

This season

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

27 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 119–131 Detroit Pistons
30 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 101–112 Houston Rockets
6 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 108–113 Houston Rockets
16 Feb 197996–110 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 32–24
Detroit Pistons: 20–37

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

6 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 108–113 Houston Rockets
3 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 114–111 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.