NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets112–102Washington Bullets

Houston Rockets at Washington Bullets

Date: Sunday 8 April 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 75th meetingof 170 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	46:00	7–14	6–8	—	—	12	4	1	3	3	1	20
Rudy Tomjanovich	35:00	8–16	0–0	—	—	9	3	2	0	4	2	16
Calvin Murphy	33:00	12–21	0–0	—	—	4	3	1	0	—	4	24
Mike Newlin	33:00	4–12	5–6	—	—	5	6	1	0	—	1	13
Slick Watts	30:00	7–12	2–3	—	—	4	4	1	1	—	5	16
Robert Reid	29:00	5–9	3–4	—	—	6	4	2	0	—	4	13
Rick Barry	29:00	5–11	0–0	—	—	4	7	3	3	3	2	10
Dwight Jones	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	0	0
Team totals	240:00	48–95	16–21	0	0	44	31	12	7	10	19	112

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Charles Johnson	42:00	9–22	2–2	—	—	3	5	1	0	—	5	20
Wes Unseld	41:00	6–13	2–4	—	—	15	2	2	0	—	3	14
Tom Henderson	40:00	4–11	2–2	—	—	4	5	0	0	—	2	10
Elvin Hayes	39:00	8–18	2–3	—	—	8	0	1	1	7	4	18
Bob Dandridge	35:00	11–17	9–11	—	—	6	3	1	2	—	3	31
Greg Ballard	21:00	2–4	0–0	—	—	6	1	2	1	—	1	4
Phil Chenier	14:00	1–7	1–2	—	—	1	2	0	1	—	1	3
Dave Corzine	8:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	1	2
Team totals	240:00	42–94	18–24	0	0	43	19	7	5	7	20	102

This season

Washington Wizards 2, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1978-79.

6 Dec 1978Washington Bullets 101–96 Houston Rockets
2 Feb 1979Washington Bullets 120–106 Houston Rockets
22 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 120–110 Washington Bullets
8 Apr 1979112–102 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 46–35
Washington Bullets: 54–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 84, Houston Rockets 86.

22 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 120–110 Washington Bullets
24 Nov 1979Washington Bullets 105–103 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.