- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1978-79Regular season
- Meeting
- 10th meetingof 217 played
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Malone | 45:00 | 8–18 | 10–12 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| Calvin Murphy | 42:00 | 14–23 | 2–2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | 34:00 | 6–9 | 2–5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Mike Newlin | 34:00 | 5–12 | 3–4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Robert Reid | 29:00 | 4–7 | 4–5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Rick Barry | 22:00 | 4–8 | 2–2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Mike Dunleavy | 20:00 | 5–7 | 2–2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| Dwight Jones | 14:00 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 47–86 | 25–32 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 119 |
Denver Nuggets
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Wilkerson | 40:00 | 7–14 | 2–3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| George McGinnis | 39:00 | 8–17 | 8–10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| David Thompson | 38:00 | 13–23 | 7–12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| Charlie Scott | 33:00 | 8–16 | 3–5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Tom Boswell | 32:00 | 6–8 | 3–4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Kim Hughes | 23:00 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Robert Smith | 16:00 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Anthony Roberts | 15:00 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bo Ellis | 4:00 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 47–89 | 24–35 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 118 |
This season
Denver Nuggets 1, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1978-79.
Records going in
- Houston Rockets
- 35–29
- Denver Nuggets
- 37–31
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Denver Nuggets 105, Houston Rockets 112.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.