Houston Rockets 1978-79 Season Review (NBA)

Houston Rockets 1978-79 Season Review

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Houston Rockets 1978-79 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 47-35

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	7498	3726	2330	1845	0	0	9297	1256	2504	2302	632	1510	286	2001
Opponents Stats	7625	3795	2211	1627	0	0	9217	1186	2315	2278	660	1400	431	2055

1978-79 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Tom Barker	5	16	8	6	0	0	1	6	3	2	2	0	0	5
Rick Barry	80	2566	1082	277	502	95	198	1000	461	169	160	0	0	195
Alonzo Bradley	34	245	96	46	17	5	17	88	37	33	22	0	0	33
E.C. Coleman	6	39	11	7	1	2	0	7	5	1	1	0	0	11
Jacky Dorsey	20	108	56	23	2	1	8	43	24	16	8	0	0	25
Mike Dunleavy	74	1486	589	128	324	56	130	425	215	184	159	0	0	168
Dwight Jones	81	1215	458	328	57	34	102	395	181	132	96	0	0	204
Moses Malone	82	3390	2031	1444	147	79	326	1325	716	811	599	0	0	223
Calvin Murphy	82	2941	1660	173	351	117	187	1424	707	265	246	0	0	288
Mike Newlin	76	1828	778	170	291	51	175	581	283	243	212	0	0	218
Robert Reid	82	2259	895	483	230	75	131	777	382	186	131	0	0	302
Rudy Tomjanovich	74	2641	1408	572	137	44	138	1200	620	221	168	0	0	186
Slick Watts	61	1046	225	103	243	73	71	227	92	67	41	0	0	143

1978-79 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Rick Barry	2	65	24	8	9	0	2	25	8	8	8			8
Alonzo Bradley	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0
Jacky Dorsey	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0
Mike Dunleavy	1	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0			1
Dwight Jones	2	33	20	12	3	1	6	13	7	6	6			3
Moses Malone	2	78	49	41	2	1	8	41	18	18	13			5
Calvin Murphy	2	73	26	3	6	8	2	31	9	9	8			9
Mike Newlin	2	67	24	6	5	1	6	20	8	8	8			10
Robert Reid	2	45	20	9	2	1	5	17	7	9	6			7
Rudy Tomjanovich	2	64	20	14	2	1	1	23	9	5	2			1
Slick Watts	2	43	14	7	7	4	7	15	6	3	2			8

Houston Rockets 1978 - 79 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Fri, Oct 13, 1978	@	New York Knicks	W	111	107
2	Sat, Oct 14, 1978	@	Boston Celtics	W	114	108
3	Wed, Oct 18, 1978		New Jersey Nets	W	139	87
4	Thu, Oct 19, 1978	@	Kansas City Kings	L	103	108
5	Sat, Oct 21, 1978		Boston Celtics	W	118	101
6	Wed, Oct 25, 1978		New York Knicks	W	106	101
7	Sat, Oct 28, 1978		Philadelphia 76ers	L	99	101
8	Sun, Oct 29, 1978	@	Denver Nuggets	L	121	134
9	Wed, Nov 1, 1978		Golden State Warriors	L	105	112
10	Sat, Nov 4, 1978		Phoenix Suns	W	110	103
11	Fri, Nov 10, 1978	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	126	131
12	Sat, Nov 11, 1978		San Diego Clippers	W	136	123
13	Wed, Nov 15, 1978		Chicago Bulls	L	103	117
14	Sat, Nov 18, 1978		San Antonio Spurs	W	126	120
15	Wed, Nov 22, 1978		Los Angeles Lakers	L	114	121
16	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	@	Phoenix Suns	L	113	120
17	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L	105	127
18	Sun, Nov 26, 1978	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W	108	103
19	Wed, Nov 29, 1978	@	Golden State Warriors	L	94	109
20	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	@	San Diego Clippers	W	113	104
21	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	@	Chicago Bulls	L	91	105
22	Wed, Dec 6, 1978		Washington Bullets	L	96	101
23	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	@	New Orleans Jazz	W	110	106
24	Sat, Dec 9, 1978		Portland Trail Blazers	W	116	110
25	Tue, Dec 12, 1978		Boston Celtics	W	112	105
26	Thu, Dec 14, 1978		Golden State Warriors	W	126	123
27	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	84	91
28	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	@	New Jersey Nets	W	108	105
29	Thu, Dec 21, 1978	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	90	101
30	Sat, Dec 23, 1978		New York Knicks	W	129	107
31	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	@	Kansas City Kings	W	109	102
32	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	@	Detroit Pistons	L	119	131
33	Fri, Dec 29, 1978		Milwaukee Bucks	W	106	103
34	Sat, Dec 30, 1978		Detroit Pistons	W	112	101
35	Wed, Jan 3, 1979		New Jersey Nets	W	127	122
36	Fri, Jan 5, 1979		Atlanta Hawks	L	106	109
37	Sat, Jan 6, 1979		Los Angeles Lakers	W	115	112
38	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L	104	116
39	Tue, Jan 9, 1979		Kansas City Kings	W	126	110
40	Fri, Jan 12, 1979		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	107	96
41	Sat, Jan 13, 1979		New Orleans Jazz	W	117	106
42	Sun, Jan 14, 1979	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	105	115
43	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	@	Golden State Warriors	W	104	103
44	Fri, Jan 19, 1979	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	122	121
45	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	@	Phoenix Suns	L	97	116
46	Wed, Jan 24, 1979		Denver Nuggets	W	117	116
47	Sat, Jan 27, 1979		Seattle SuperSonics	L	94	99
48	Tue, Jan 30, 1979	@	Indiana Pacers	L	106	112
49	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	@	Boston Celtics	L	102	119
50	Fri, Feb 2, 1979		Washington Bullets	L	106	120
51	Tue, Feb 6, 1979		Detroit Pistons	W	113	108
52	Thu, Feb 8, 1979		Milwaukee Bucks	W	134	129
53	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	@	New Orleans Jazz	W	106	99
54	Sat, Feb 10, 1979		Seattle SuperSonics	W	113	101
55	Tue, Feb 13, 1979		Indiana Pacers	L	120	124
56	Thu, Feb 15, 1979		Portland Trail Blazers	W	119	116
57	Fri, Feb 16, 1979	@	Detroit Pistons	L	96	110
58	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	@	New Jersey Nets	L	124	126
59	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	@	Washington Bullets	W	120	110
60	Sun, Feb 25, 1979	@	San Antonio Spurs	L	107	127
61	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	@	Atlanta Hawks	L	111	125
62	Wed, Feb 28, 1979		Denver Nuggets	W	122	97
63	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W	118	98
64	Sun, Mar 4, 1979	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	109	119
65	Tue, Mar 6, 1979	@	Denver Nuggets	W	119	118
66	Wed, Mar 7, 1979	@	San Diego Clippers	L	115	138
67	Sat, Mar 10, 1979		New Orleans Jazz	W	124	109
68	Wed, Mar 14, 1979		Kansas City Kings	W	129	107
69	Fri, Mar 16, 1979		Chicago Bulls	W	124	118
70	Sat, Mar 17, 1979		Phoenix Suns	W	134	122
71	Wed, Mar 21, 1979		Philadelphia 76ers	L	108	114
72	Fri, Mar 23, 1979	@	Indiana Pacers	L	134	141
73	Sat, Mar 24, 1979		Atlanta Hawks	W	120	116
74	Tue, Mar 27, 1979	@	Chicago Bulls	W	122	116
75	Wed, Mar 28, 1979		Indiana Pacers	L	124	125
76	Fri, Mar 30, 1979	@	San Antonio Spurs	W	117	116
77	Sun, Apr 1, 1979	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L	105	114
78	Tue, Apr 3, 1979	@	New York Knicks	W	116	115
79	Wed, Apr 4, 1979	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	120	121
80	Fri, Apr 6, 1979		Cleveland Cavaliers	W	112	110
81	Sat, Apr 7, 1979		San Antonio Spurs	W	123	106
82	Sun, Apr 8, 1979	@	Washington Bullets	W	112	102