NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers100–104Houston Rockets

Philadelphia 76ers at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 29 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 73rd meetingof 163 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Maurice Cheeks	48:00	11–14	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	13	4	1	2	2	24
Julius Erving	43:00	15–24	0–0	6–7	—	—	5	7	1	2	4	1	36
Bobby Jones	35:00	6–13	0–0	2–2	—	—	6	2	3	2	4	5	14
Caldwell Jones	33:00	1–4	0–0	0–0	—	—	12	1	0	1	5	5	2
Henry Bibby	31:00	5–9	0–0	0–1	—	—	2	0	0	0	1	4	10
Darryl Dawkins	22:00	3–11	0–0	0–0	—	—	3	2	0	3	4	5	6
Clint Richardson	16:00	4–7	0–0	0–0	—	—	3	4	1	0	1	2	8
Steve Mix	12:00	0–5	0–0	0–0	—	—	4	3	1	0	2	2	0
Team totals	240:00	45–87	0–0	10–12	1	0	36	32	10	9	23	26	100

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	—	14–20	0–?	5–6	—	—	2	2	2	0	3	4	33
Rick Barry	—	6–14	1–?	6–6	—	—	3	2	2	0	2	4	19
Moses Malone	—	6–19	0–?	1–4	—	—	17	2	1	2	4	3	13
Mike Dunleavy	—	5–6	0–?	0–0	—	—	1	3	0	0	2	3	10
Robert Reid	—	4–9	0–?	2–2	—	—	7	3	2	2	2	4	10
Allen Leavell	—	3–3	0–?	0–0	—	—	2	2	2	0	1	1	6
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	2–7	1–?	0–0	—	—	7	1	0	0	2	0	5
Major Jones	—	1–4	0–?	2–2	—	—	3	2	1	1	3	2	4
Tom Henderson	—	2–6	0–?	0–0	—	—	3	9	3	0	1	1	4
Team totals	—	43–88	2–?	16–20	—	—	45	26	13	5	20	22	104

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Philadelphia 76ers 4 in NBA 1979-80.

13 Oct 1979Houston Rockets 105–113 Philadelphia 76ers
21 Nov 1979Philadelphia 76ers 94–97 Houston Rockets
23 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 102–113 Philadelphia 76ers
21 Dec 1979Houston Rockets 106–117 Philadelphia 76ers
29 Dec 1979100–104 this game
31 Jan 1980Philadelphia 76ers 110–105 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 27–10
Houston Rockets: 16–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 80, Philadelphia 76ers 83.

21 Dec 1979Houston Rockets 106–117 Philadelphia 76ers
31 Jan 1980Philadelphia 76ers 110–105 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.