NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Kansas City Kings107–129Houston Rockets

Kansas City Kings at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 14 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 55th meetingof 254 played

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Robinzine	46:00	15–22	2–4	—	—	11	0	4	0	2	5	32
Billy McKinney	37:00	6–13	6–8	—	—	2	9	2	1	4	1	18
Otis Birdsong	34:00	4–13	1–2	—	—	4	2	0	1	2	3	9
Sam Lacey	32:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	4	5	3	4	2	3	4
Bob Nash	28:00	3–14	1–2	—	—	4	1	1	0	3	4	7
Lucius Allen	23:00	6–12	3–4	—	—	1	5	0	0	2	2	15
Gus Gerard	22:00	4–8	2–4	—	—	6	2	0	2	2	4	10
Ron Behagen	18:00	5–10	2–2	—	—	5	2	0	0	1	5	12
Team totals	240:00	45–97	17–26	—	—	37	26	10	8	18	27	107

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rudy Tomjanovich	37:00	14–24	2–4	—	—	11	2	1	0	2	2	30
Moses Malone	36:00	6–13	6–7	—	—	11	6	2	1	4	2	18
Calvin Murphy	35:00	8–15	2–2	—	—	3	1	0	0	2	3	18
Rick Barry	31:00	7–12	3–3	—	—	7	9	0	0	3	2	17
Mike Newlin	24:00	3–6	0–0	—	—	4	3	1	0	2	4	6
Mike Dunleavy	22:00	5–9	5–5	—	—	5	7	0	0	1	1	15
Robert Reid	22:00	3–6	6–6	—	—	4	4	3	3	4	2	12
Dwight Jones	16:00	3–3	0–0	—	—	5	1	0	1	0	2	6
Slick Watts	13:00	1–6	0–0	—	—	2	4	1	1	0	1	2
Jacky Dorsey	2:00	1–2	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3
Alonzo Bradley	2:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	52–98	25–29	0	0	52	37	8	6	19	21	129

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Sacramento Kings 1 in NBA 1978-79.

19 Oct 1978Houston Rockets 103–108 Kansas City Kings
26 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 109–102 Kansas City Kings
9 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 110–126 Houston Rockets
14 Mar 1979107–129 this game

Records going in

Kansas City Kings: 41–28
Houston Rockets: 37–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 150, Sacramento Kings 104.

9 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 110–126 Houston Rockets
27 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 115–117 Kansas City Kings

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.