NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns122–134Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 17 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 53rd meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	32:00	9–16	2–2	0	2	2	5	2	0	6	6	20
Alvan Adams	30:00	6–11	2–2	2	2	4	3	0	0	5	6	14
Paul Westphal	28:00	10–23	2–2	2	1	3	10	1	0	3	2	22
Gar Heard	25:00	8–12	2–2	4	6	10	1	0	1	0	4	18
Don Buse	25:00	3–8	0–0	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	1	6
Joel Kramer	23:00	7–7	4–4	5	3	8	0	4	0	1	4	18
Ted McClain	23:00	3–5	2–2	1	3	4	3	0	0	1	1	8
Mike Bratz	20:00	5–18	1–2	2	5	7	3	1	0	2	2	11
Bayard Forrest	18:00	1–5	2–2	2	1	3	2	1	1	0	1	4
Alvin Scott	16:00	0–1	1–2	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
Team totals	240:00	52–106	18–20	18	27	45	31	12	3	18	27	122

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	46:00	8–12	15–18	7	17	24	1	1	0	4	3	31
Rudy Tomjanovich	39:00	12–20	4–5	2	7	9	2	2	1	2	4	28
Mike Newlin	38:00	5–14	1–2	1	4	5	15	0	0	4	4	11
Calvin Murphy	32:00	13–22	1–1	2	1	3	4	3	0	3	2	27
Rick Barry	32:00	9–13	5–5	0	3	3	9	3	0	2	1	23
Mike Dunleavy	26:00	1–5	2–2	0	3	3	4	0	0	2	2	4
Robert Reid	21:00	4–9	2–2	2	0	2	3	0	0	2	3	10
Dwight Jones	6:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0
Team totals	240:00	52–95	30–35	14	36	50	38	9	1	21	22	134

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1978-79.

4 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 103–110 Houston Rockets
24 Nov 1978Houston Rockets 113–120 Phoenix Suns
20 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 97–116 Phoenix Suns
17 Mar 1979122–134 this game

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 42–28
Houston Rockets: 39–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 123, Phoenix Suns 121.

20 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 97–116 Phoenix Suns
13 Dec 1979Houston Rockets 113–121 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.