NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final/2OT

Houston Rockets111–110New Jersey Nets

Houston Rockets at New Jersey Nets

Date: Friday 7 March 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 18th meetingof 108 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy Paultz	46:00	10–17	0–0	0–3	—	—	10	2	0	6	3	1	20
Moses Malone	—	14–30	0–?	9–17	11	10	21	1	0	3	3	3	37
Robert Reid	—	7–17	0–?	4–4	—	—	10	4	3	2	2	5	18
Calvin Murphy	—	5–13	0–?	0–1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	10
Mike Dunleavy	—	2–8	1–?	2–2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	7
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	3–6	1–?	0–1	—	—	3	2	0	0	2	1	7
Allen Leavell	—	1–8	0–?	2–2	—	—	1	5	1	0	3	1	4
Major Jones	—	1–2	0–?	2–5	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	5	4
Tom Henderson	—	1–3	0–?	2–2	—	—	2	3	0	0	3	2	4
Team totals	46:00	44–104	2–0	21–37	11	10	49	21	5	12	17	27	111

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Maurice Lucas	56:00	11–22	0–?	0–0	—	—	12	4	0	2	0	4	22
Mike Newlin	47:00	14–27	1–?	8–9	—	—	6	2	4	0	6	2	37
Eddie Jordan	46:00	4–13	0–?	3–4	—	—	6	11	3	1	4	6	11
George Johnson	35:00	3–7	0–?	2–2	—	—	7	2	1	2	4	5	8
Jan van Breda Kolff	32:00	4–6	0–?	2–2	—	—	8	2	0	1	2	6	10
Phil Jackson	26:00	2–4	0–?	0–0	—	—	2	1	1	1	1	6	4
Cliff Robinson	25:00	3–10	0–?	6–6	—	—	10	1	0	0	0	1	12
Roger Phegley	17:00	3–8	0–?	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
Robert Smith	6:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	290:00	44–97	1–0	21–23	0	0	51	25	9	7	18	31	110

This season

Brooklyn Nets 3, Houston Rockets 3 in NBA 1979-80.

28 Oct 1979Houston Rockets 115–120 New Jersey Nets
7 Nov 1979New Jersey Nets 101–106 Houston Rockets
4 Jan 1980Houston Rockets 101–104 New Jersey Nets
16 Jan 1980New Jersey Nets 122–112 Houston Rockets
6 Feb 1980New Jersey Nets 114–115 Houston Rockets
7 Mar 1980111–110 this game

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 34–35
New Jersey Nets: 30–40

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 40, Houston Rockets 68.

6 Feb 1980New Jersey Nets 114–115 Houston Rockets
21 Nov 1980Houston Rockets 116–108 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.