NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls118–124Houston Rockets

Chicago Bulls at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 16 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 60th meetingof 151 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	42:00	9–13	8–11	2	11	13	4	0	1	2	4	26
Wilbur Holland	35:00	11–22	10–10	3	2	5	5	2	0	0	3	32
Mickey Johnson	35:00	5–12	6–8	4	5	9	8	0	2	3	2	16
Reggie Theus	30:00	5–10	1–1	0	0	0	6	1	0	2	3	11
Mark Landsberger	28:00	3–7	0–2	4	5	9	0	0	0	2	3	6
John Mengelt	26:00	7–13	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	14
John Brown	13:00	1–2	3–4	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	4	5
Ollie Johnson	13:00	2–4	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	3	6	4
Tate Armstrong	9:00	2–4	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	4
Scott Lloyd	6:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Scott May	3:00	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	45–89	28–36	16	29	45	29	3	4	14	30	118

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	41:00	13–23	6–9	12	10	22	1	2	0	3	4	32
Robert Reid	36:00	4–8	3–7	2	4	6	3	0	3	0	3	11
Rudy Tomjanovich	35:00	7–16	7–8	3	3	6	2	2	1	3	4	21
Mike Newlin	35:00	8–11	3–5	0	2	2	5	1	0	1	4	19
Mike Dunleavy	34:00	7–13	6–6	3	0	3	5	0	0	1	3	20
Calvin Murphy	27:00	3–9	2–2	0	1	1	3	3	0	1	6	8
Rick Barry	22:00	1–7	4–4	0	2	2	12	1	0	1	1	6
Dwight Jones	10:00	2–3	3–4	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	7
Team totals	240:00	45–90	34–45	22	25	47	31	9	4	10	26	124

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Chicago Bulls 2 in NBA 1978-79.

15 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 117–103 Houston Rockets
2 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 91–105 Chicago Bulls
16 Mar 1979118–124 this game
27 Mar 1979Houston Rockets 122–116 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 26–42
Houston Rockets: 38–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 77, Chicago Bulls 74.

2 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 91–105 Chicago Bulls
27 Mar 1979Houston Rockets 122–116 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.