NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets113–121Phoenix Suns

Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Thursday 13 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 54th meetingof 244 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Shumate	20:00	2–2	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	5
Moses Malone	—	13–22	0–0	7–10	13	10	23	1	1	0	1	1	33
Calvin Murphy	—	9–21	0–1	3–3	0	2	2	4	3	0	2	5	21
Allen Leavell	—	6–11	1–3	3–3	0	2	2	6	3	0	6	4	16
Robert Reid	—	5–12	0–1	3–4	2	3	5	3	2	1	2	5	13
Mike Dunleavy	—	2–6	0–0	4–4	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	4	8
Rick Barry	—	4–14	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	1	8
Major Jones	—	3–5	0–0	1–2	3	5	8	3	1	2	4	2	7
Paul Mokeski	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	20:00	44–95	1–6	24–30	21	28	49	22	12	3	22	22	113

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	—	13–21	0–0	5–6	2	5	7	8	2	0	3	1	31
Paul Westphal	—	10–17	0–0	10–12	0	1	1	3	2	1	3	3	30
Mike Bratz	—	6–9	0–1	2–2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	4	14
Don Buse	—	6–11	0–2	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	3	12
Jeff Cook	—	6–12	0–0	0–0	5	5	10	5	2	0	0	4	12
Truck Robinson	—	4–13	0–0	2–2	3	4	7	2	0	0	2	3	10
Alvin Scott	—	1–2	0–0	4–4	2	2	4	1	1	0	4	2	6
Johnny High	—	1–1	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	2	3	0	1	1	4
Joel Kramer	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	4	0	0	1	2	2
Gar Heard	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	—	47–90	0–3	27–30	16	25	41	29	12	1	19	25	121

This season

Phoenix Suns 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1979-80.

13 Dec 1979113–121 this game
5 Jan 1980Phoenix Suns 110–111 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 15–13
Phoenix Suns: 18–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 121, Houston Rockets 123.

17 Mar 1979Phoenix Suns 122–134 Houston Rockets
5 Jan 1980Phoenix Suns 110–111 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.