NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets118–98Portland Trail Blazers

Houston Rockets at Portland Trail Blazers

Date: Friday 2 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 38th meetingof 237 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	41:00	12–17	5–8	5	11	16	1	2	3	7	4	29
Mike Newlin	39:00	4–8	6–7	0	5	5	9	0	1	2	4	14
Rudy Tomjanovich	38:00	15–20	3–5	2	9	11	1	0	1	4	1	33
Calvin Murphy	32:00	9–15	0–0	0	3	3	6	0	0	1	6	18
Rick Barry	31:00	1–7	1–1	0	4	4	8	1	1	0	1	3
Robert Reid	27:00	5–10	2–3	1	7	8	4	1	0	4	4	12
Mike Dunleavy	25:00	4–6	1–1	0	3	3	3	1	0	2	5	9
Dwight Jones	7:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	50–83	18–25	8	43	51	32	5	6	21	26	118

Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Owens	36:00	8–14	0–2	3	5	8	3	1	0	2	5	16
Lionel Hollins	33:00	8–18	3–5	0	3	3	10	1	0	1	4	19
Mychal Thompson	30:00	1–9	1–2	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	4	3
Ron Brewer	28:00	5–12	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	10
Dave Twardzik	25:00	4–7	7–8	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	3	15
Bob Gross	25:00	6–14	2–3	2	6	8	3	2	1	0	1	14
Larry Steele	18:00	3–8	3–4	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	9
Maurice Lucas	16:00	2–6	0–0	0	4	4	0	0	1	0	2	4
Clemon Johnson	11:00	1–2	1–2	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	3
T.R. Dunn	10:00	1–3	1–1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	3
Ira Terrell	8:00	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	40–96	18–27	10	26	36	21	9	4	10	25	98

This season

Portland Trail Blazers 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1978-79.

25 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 105–127 Portland Trail Blazers
9 Dec 1978Portland Trail Blazers 110–116 Houston Rockets
15 Feb 1979Portland Trail Blazers 116–119 Houston Rockets
2 Mar 1979118–98 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 34–28
Portland Trail Blazers: 31–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Portland Trail Blazers 107, Houston Rockets 130.

15 Feb 1979Portland Trail Blazers 116–119 Houston Rockets
1 Dec 1979Portland Trail Blazers 112–120 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.