NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns110–111Houston Rockets

Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 5 January 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 55th meetingof 244 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	—	12–19	0–1	2–2	0	4	4	9	1	0	1	2	26
Truck Robinson	—	8–20	0–0	4–9	5	7	12	2	0	1	1	5	20
Gar Heard	—	8–12	0–0	0–0	1	8	9	1	6	3	1	1	16
Alvan Adams	—	3–8	0–0	6–7	1	3	4	3	2	0	6	1	12
Don Buse	—	5–10	0–0	2–2	0	5	5	8	3	0	2	3	12
Jeff Cook	—	5–8	0–0	0–0	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	10
Mike Bratz	—	1–6	0–1	3–4	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	5
Joel Kramer	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	0	0	0	2	2	4
Alvin Scott	—	1–4	0–0	1–1	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	3
Johnny High	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	2	0	1	3	5	2
Team totals	—	45–91	0–2	20–27	17	37	54	27	14	6	19	23	110

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Shumate	4:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Calvin Murphy	—	8–16	0–0	9–9	0	4	4	4	0	0	3	2	25
Moses Malone	—	9–18	0–0	4–5	10	7	17	0	0	1	2	2	22
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	5–13	0–1	6–7	2	4	6	2	1	0	1	4	16
Allen Leavell	—	7–12	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	8	5	0	3	6	15
Rick Barry	—	5–17	0–2	4–4	1	2	3	4	2	0	3	1	14
Major Jones	—	5–10	0–0	1–3	5	3	8	0	1	1	3	4	11
Tom Henderson	—	3–4	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	6	0	0	1	0	6
Mike Dunleavy	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	2
Alonzo Bradley	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	4:00	43–96	0–3	25–29	20	25	45	26	9	2	19	21	111

This season

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

13 Dec 1979Houston Rockets 113–121 Phoenix Suns
5 Jan 1980110–111 this game

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 26–15
Houston Rockets: 17–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

13 Dec 1979Houston Rockets 113–121 Phoenix Suns
8 Nov 1980Phoenix Suns 116–115 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.