NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers116–114Houston Rockets

Los Angeles Lakers at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 5 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 62nd meetingof 285 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	—	11–18	0–0	4–5	1	1	2	10	1	0	5	4	26
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	12–20	0–0	0–2	4	11	15	3	1	3	3	4	24
Jamaal Wilkes	—	9–12	0–0	0–0	3	5	8	1	1	1	2	5	18
Magic Johnson	—	5–10	0–0	6–6	2	4	6	8	1	0	2	3	16
Spencer Haywood	—	4–8	0–0	4–4	3	3	6	2	1	2	3	4	12
Don Ford	—	4–6	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	8
Jim Chones	—	3–10	0–0	2–2	1	6	7	1	1	1	3	4	8
Michael Cooper	—	1–5	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	1	4
Team totals	—	49–89	0–0	18–21	15	33	48	29	7	8	23	26	116

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Shumate	8:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moses Malone	—	12–27	0–0	8–10	10	5	15	2	0	0	0	2	32
Calvin Murphy	—	13–23	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	1	0	0	2	2	26
Major Jones	—	8–19	0–0	1–3	5	4	9	6	4	3	4	3	17
Rick Barry	—	4–12	1–2	4–5	0	3	3	8	3	0	5	1	13
Mike Dunleavy	—	3–6	0–0	3–4	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	9
Robert Reid	—	4–11	0–0	1–2	2	2	4	1	1	1	0	3	9
Allen Leavell	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	7	1	0	2	5	6
Paul Mokeski	—	1–5	0–0	0–1	3	1	4	0	0	1	1	2	2
Team totals	8:00	48–110	1–2	17–25	27	19	46	28	10	5	15	19	114

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1979-80.

5 Dec 1979116–114 this game
24 Feb 1980Houston Rockets 100–112 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 18–9
Houston Rockets: 13–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 106, Los Angeles Lakers 179.

19 Jan 1979Houston Rockets 122–121 Los Angeles Lakers
24 Feb 1980Houston Rockets 100–112 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.