NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets121–126New York Knicks

Houston Rockets at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 16 October 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 66th meetingof 160 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Robert Reid	—	7–11	0–?	8–13	—	—	8	6	1	0	5	22
Calvin Murphy	—	8–20	0–?	1–1	—	—	2	2	4	0	3	17
Moses Malone	—	5–19	0–?	7–8	—	—	15	1	0	1	5	17
Mike Dunleavy	—	3–7	0–?	8–8	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	14
Rick Barry	—	6–13	1–?	0–0	—	—	4	10	3	0	3	13
Rudy White	—	3–4	0–0	5–7	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	11
Tom Henderson	—	4–6	0–?	3–4	—	—	2	1	2	0	0	11
Dwight Jones	—	2–7	0–0	4–4	—	—	4	1	0	1	3	8
Major Jones	—	4–7	0–?	0–2	—	—	4	0	0	1	2	8
Team totals	—	42–94	1–0	36–47	0	0	39	26	14	3	24	121

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Jim Cleamons	7:00	0–1	0–?	0–1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Cartwright	—	12–15	0–0	7–8	—	—	6	3	0	1	3	31
Ray Williams	—	13–17	0–?	5–6	—	—	4	7	2	0	5	31
Toby Knight	—	9–20	0–?	4–6	—	—	7	2	0	1	5	22
Joe Meriweather	—	7–11	0–?	2–3	—	—	13	2	3	4	3	16
Michael Ray Richardson	—	6–8	0–?	1–1	—	—	7	15	0	0	2	13
Larry Demic	—	2–5	0–0	1–3	—	—	6	0	0	0	4	5
Mike Glenn	—	2–3	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Hollis Copeland	—	1–2	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Sly Williams	—	1–3	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Geoff Huston	—	0–2	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0
Team totals	7:00	53–87	0–0	20–28	0	0	43	36	5	6	30	126

This season

New York Knicks 3, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1979-80.

16 Oct 1979121–126 this game
16 Nov 1979New York Knicks 130–133 Houston Rockets
20 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 125–130 New York Knicks
13 Feb 1980New York Knicks 117–122 Houston Rockets
11 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 109–129 New York Knicks
19 Mar 1980New York Knicks 113–139 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 0–2
New York Knicks: 1–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

3 Apr 1979Houston Rockets 116–115 New York Knicks
16 Nov 1979New York Knicks 130–133 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.