NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets122–116Chicago Bulls

Houston Rockets at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 27 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 61st meetingof 151 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	43:00	13–20	1–2	4	10	14	4	1	3	3	3	27
Rudy Tomjanovich	41:00	11–19	7–8	0	7	7	2	1	0	1	4	29
Calvin Murphy	41:00	11–15	2–2	0	0	0	6	2	0	2	4	24
Mike Newlin	36:00	4–8	4–6	0	3	3	5	3	0	5	2	12
Rick Barry	33:00	6–8	2–2	0	3	3	4	1	1	2	3	14
Mike Dunleavy	19:00	2–2	0–0	0	3	3	4	1	0	1	3	4
Robert Reid	17:00	3–6	3–4	1	3	4	3	0	0	0	3	9
Dwight Jones	10:00	1–4	1–2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	3
Team totals	240:00	51–82	20–26	5	31	36	29	9	4	14	24	122

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	41:00	10–16	6–8	2	10	12	4	1	3	4	4	26
Reggie Theus	41:00	8–16	3–5	1	1	2	6	0	0	3	4	19
Wilbur Holland	37:00	7–11	2–2	1	2	3	3	0	0	3	4	16
Mickey Johnson	34:00	9–16	3–4	1	7	8	7	1	0	0	3	21
Ollie Johnson	27:00	7–11	0–1	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	1	14
Mark Landsberger	20:00	1–5	2–2	5	6	11	0	2	0	1	2	4
John Mengelt	18:00	5–12	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	10
John Brown	9:00	2–3	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4
Scott Lloyd	7:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
Scott May	6:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	50–94	16–22	12	26	38	31	6	3	14	22	116

This season

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

15 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 117–103 Houston Rockets
2 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 91–105 Chicago Bulls
16 Mar 1979Chicago Bulls 118–124 Houston Rockets
27 Mar 1979122–116 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 41–32
Chicago Bulls: 28–47

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

16 Mar 1979Chicago Bulls 118–124 Houston Rockets
13 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 128–127 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.