NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets110–122Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 19 January 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 63rd meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy Paultz	13:00	1–4	0–0	1–1	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	2	3
Calvin Murphy	—	11–22	0–0	8–10	—	—	6	3	5	1	2	3	30
Moses Malone	—	10–25	0–0	9–13	—	—	18	1	3	1	4	2	29
Allen Leavell	—	9–17	0–0	4–6	—	—	4	4	1	1	1	5	22
Rick Barry	—	4–11	3–7	0–0	—	—	5	2	1	1	2	4	11
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	3–10	0–0	5–6	—	—	6	1	0	0	1	1	11
Major Jones	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	—	—	4	2	0	0	0	2	2
Robert Reid	—	1–8	0–0	0–0	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	2	2
Mike Dunleavy	—	0–5	0–0	0–0	—	—	2	2	0	0	2	5	0
Team totals	13:00	40–105	3–7	27–36	—	—	48	17	11	4	12	26	110

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eric Money	43:00	10–14	0–0	4–4	—	—	4	15	0	2	4	3	24
Bob McAdoo	—	13–21	0–0	9–11	—	—	10	3	1	4	4	3	35
John Long	—	6–12	0–0	4–4	—	—	5	3	1	1	2	5	16
Greg Kelser	—	4–7	0–0	4–4	—	—	2	1	0	2	2	2	12
Terry Tyler	—	6–13	0–0	0–0	—	—	9	1	0	5	2	3	12
Leon Douglas	—	4–9	0–0	1–4	5	16	21	3	1	7	3	5	9
Terry Duerod	—	4–8	0–0	1–2	—	—	5	1	2	0	1	2	9
Phil Hubbard	—	2–4	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	5
Roy Hamilton	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	43:00	49–89	0–0	24–31	5	16	56	27	5	21	21	27	122

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Houston Rockets 5 in NBA 1979-80.

3 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 114–111 Detroit Pistons
10 Nov 1979Detroit Pistons 104–112 Houston Rockets
7 Dec 1979Detroit Pistons 109–124 Houston Rockets
19 Jan 1980110–122 this game
16 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 102–99 Detroit Pistons
28 Mar 1980Detroit Pistons 112–128 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 23–23
Detroit Pistons: 12–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 77, Houston Rockets 76.

7 Dec 1979Detroit Pistons 109–124 Houston Rockets
16 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 102–99 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.