NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers110–112Houston Rockets

Cleveland Cavaliers at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 6 April 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 144 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	44:00	9–19	3–4	3	3	6	8	0	1	3	4	21
Mike Mitchell	41:00	8–15	2–3	1	7	8	5	1	0	3	5	18
Bingo Smith	35:00	12–21	0–1	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	2	24
Jim Chones	35:00	5–9	0–4	4	8	12	2	0	0	4	3	10
Butch Lee	28:00	6–10	3–3	4	2	6	9	1	0	3	4	15
Foots Walker	18:00	4–5	0–0	1	4	5	2	2	0	0	4	8
John Lambert	16:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	4
Elmore Smith	13:00	3–4	2–4	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	4	8
Harry Davis	6:00	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
Kenny Higgs	4:00	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	49–89	12–21	16	30	46	31	8	1	16	28	110

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	45:00	10–15	10–12	3	9	12	3	2	0	6	3	30
Rick Barry	34:00	4–11	2–2	1	9	10	9	0	0	3	0	10
Rudy Tomjanovich	34:00	5–10	0–0	1	9	10	3	0	0	0	2	10
Mike Newlin	30:00	6–9	9–9	0	2	2	6	1	0	3	4	21
Calvin Murphy	29:00	8–17	4–4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	20
Robert Reid	26:00	6–8	1–1	0	2	2	0	3	0	2	2	13
Slick Watts	22:00	2–6	0–0	1	1	2	6	3	1	1	3	4
Mike Dunleavy	14:00	0–3	2–2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	2
Dwight Jones	3:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Alonzo Bradley	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	42–80	28–30	7	32	39	30	10	1	20	21	112

This season

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

21 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 90–101 Cleveland Cavaliers
12 Jan 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 96–107 Houston Rockets
1 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 105–114 Cleveland Cavaliers
6 Apr 1979110–112 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 30–50
Houston Rockets: 44–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

1 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 105–114 Cleveland Cavaliers
30 Oct 1979Houston Rockets 112–124 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.