NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets105–114Cleveland Cavaliers

Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Sunday 1 April 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 48th meetingof 144 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	46:00	10–19	4–4	8	12	20	2	0	3	3	2	24
Calvin Murphy	40:00	10–26	4–4	0	2	2	4	3	0	2	4	24
Rick Barry	39:00	4–11	2–2	0	3	3	4	8	2	5	2	10
Mike Newlin	38:00	8–14	6–6	2	4	6	1	0	0	1	2	22
Robert Reid	31:00	6–11	3–4	3	6	9	3	0	0	2	6	15
Dwight Jones	16:00	3–6	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	1	2	2	6
Slick Watts	15:00	0–0	0–2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0
Alonzo Bradley	12:00	1–1	2–4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	4
Mike Dunleavy	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–89	21–26	15	30	45	19	11	7	17	21	105

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	46:00	11–18	0–0	1	6	7	3	4	0	4	5	22
Campy Russell	43:00	11–22	3–4	1	3	4	9	0	0	4	1	25
Mike Mitchell	36:00	10–13	1–2	2	8	10	3	0	0	0	4	21
Jim Chones	34:00	3–10	1–6	1	4	5	3	1	0	2	4	7
Foots Walker	28:00	2–6	0–0	2	1	3	2	1	0	2	1	4
Butch Lee	20:00	7–11	4–4	1	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	18
Elmore Smith	14:00	3–5	0–0	2	7	9	1	0	1	2	1	6
Bingo Smith	12:00	3–6	1–1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	7
John Lambert	5:00	1–2	2–3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Kenny Higgs	2:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	51–94	12–20	12	30	42	23	9	1	15	19	114

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1978-79.

21 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 90–101 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Jan 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 96–107 Houston Rockets
1 Apr 1979105–114 this game
6 Apr 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 110–112 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 43–33
Cleveland Cavaliers: 29–48

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 51, Houston Rockets 93.

12 Jan 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 96–107 Houston Rockets
6 Apr 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 110–112 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.