NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets97–122Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 28 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George McGinnis	28:00	9–14	5–8	4	4	8	3	1	0	4	3	23
Dan Issel	28:00	3–8	1–2	2	5	7	3	2	0	2	4	7
Charlie Scott	28:00	2–9	2–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	6
David Thompson	26:00	3–16	2–2	3	4	7	3	0	1	2	2	8
Robert Smith	25:00	3–7	2–3	2	2	4	3	0	0	0	1	8
Bob Wilkerson	23:00	4–14	2–2	3	5	8	3	0	0	4	3	10
Tom Boswell	23:00	3–8	0–0	4	1	5	3	0	2	2	0	6
Anthony Roberts	21:00	4–11	3–4	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	11
Kim Hughes	20:00	7–12	0–0	7	2	9	1	1	1	0	2	14
John Kuester	11:00	1–6	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bo Ellis	7:00	1–2	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	40–107	17–23	27	28	55	23	6	4	18	17	97

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	33:00	8–20	3–4	8	8	16	2	2	2	3	0	19
Mike Dunleavy	31:00	8–9	5–5	0	3	3	8	0	1	4	3	21
Calvin Murphy	31:00	8–15	1–1	1	2	3	5	3	0	1	5	17
Rudy Tomjanovich	28:00	9–16	1–1	3	4	7	5	0	0	1	2	19
Rick Barry	28:00	8–15	1–1	1	4	5	5	0	1	0	3	17
Mike Newlin	28:00	4–10	0–0	0	0	0	9	0	1	1	1	8
Robert Reid	25:00	4–6	2–2	0	8	8	4	1	0	2	4	10
Dwight Jones	18:00	2–10	0–0	6	3	9	0	0	1	1	3	4
Jacky Dorsey	9:00	3–4	1–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	7
Slick Watts	6:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alonzo Bradley	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	54–107	14–16	22	34	56	39	6	6	13	22	122

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Denver Nuggets 1 in NBA 1978-79.

29 Oct 1978Houston Rockets 121–134 Denver Nuggets
24 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 116–117 Houston Rockets
28 Feb 197997–122 this game
6 Mar 1979Houston Rockets 119–118 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 35–30
Houston Rockets: 33–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

24 Jan 1979Denver Nuggets 116–117 Houston Rockets
6 Mar 1979Houston Rockets 119–118 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.