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NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets116–115New York Knicks

Houston Rockets at New York Knicks

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting
65th meetingof 160 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
Moses Malone43:007–176–7——223104020
Calvin Murphy42:0014–231–1——2210—329
Robert Reid35:006–115–6——97004417
Mike Newlin30:002–45–7——1200—29
Alonzo Bradley22:007–122–3——4100—416
Dwight Jones20:003–85–9——82103211
Rick Barry19:001–60–0——2601442
Slick Watts15:004–50–0——1121—28
Mike Dunleavy9:001–10–0000210—22
Jacky Dorsey5:001–20–0——1000—22
Team totals240:0046–8924–33005026621525116

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
Toby Knight40:0013–223–3——5111—329
Ray Williams35:0018–321–2——711303537
Jim Cleamons34:007–90–0——2810—114
Joe Meriweather30:006–130–0——72113612
Glen Gondrezick25:001–70–0——4500—22
Michael Ray Richardson21:001–32–2——4420—24
Earl Monroe19:003–113–4——1210—39
Tom Barker16:002–40–0——2000—04
John Rudd12:000–10–0——4000—30
Mike Glenn8:002–20–0000200—04
Team totals240:0053–1049–1100363592625115

This season

New York Knicks 0, Houston Rockets 4 in NBA 1978-79.

Records going in

Houston Rockets
43–34
New York Knicks
31–49

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 81, Houston Rockets 79.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.