The Houston Rockets managed to stay ahead of the New Jersey Nets, 127 to 122, on January 3, 1979.

1978-79 Houston Rockets

Final

NJN

Nets

17-18

122

HOU

Rockets

20-15

127

1

29

32

2

27

32

3

32

31

4

34

32

Total

122

127

Nets

Rockets

FG Made - Attempted

48-91

46-74

Field Goal %

52.7

62.2

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

26-30

35-44

Free Throw %

86.7

79.5

Rebounds

26

40

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

32

34

Steals

13

Blocks

3

5

Turnovers

14

25

Personal Fouls

31

26

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Bernard King 40 21 4 9 2 0 8-15 5-8 3 3 53.3 62.5
John Williamson 33 23 0 2 1 0 10-17 3-3 2 6 0 0 58.8 100.0
Eric Money 27 11 1 6 1 0 4-12 3-4 0 3 33.3 75.0
Wilson Washington 21 16 3 2 1 2 7-11 2-2 1 2 63.6 100.0
George Johnson 15 2 5 1 1 0 1-5 0-0 1 5 20.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Phil Jackson 28 10 3 5 0 0 4-6 2-2 1 5 66.7 100.0
Jan van Breda Kolff 25 12 3 0 1 1 4-4 4-4 0 2 100.0 100.0
Eddie Jordan 21 6 1 4 3 0 3-8 0-0 0 1 37.5
Al Skinner 15 13 2 3 1 0 4-6 5-5 5 2 66.7 100.0
Tim Bassett 8 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 2
Winford Boynes 7 8 2 0 2 0 3-7 2-2 1 0 42.9 100.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Moses Malone 44 27 17 2 2 7-8 13-17 11 3 87.5 76.5
Rick Barry 42 28 5 6 4 0 12-18 4-5 4 2 66.7 80.0
Calvin Murphy 36 27 4 7 0 9-14 9-10 3 5 64.3 90.0
Robert Reid 22 5 6 4 1 1-5 3-4 2 5 20.0 75.0
Dwight Jones 15 2 1 2 2 1-3 0-0 2 2 33.3

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Mike Newlin 37 21 2 9 0 8-14 5-6 2 3 57.1 83.3
Rudy Tomjanovich 28 17 4 2 0 8-11 1-2 1 3 72.7 50.0
Slick Watts 12 0 1 2 0 0-0 0-0 0 2
Alonzo Bradley 4 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0.0

Explore

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Team Leaders

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PPG

21.1

Sengun

Alperen Sengun

RPG

9.3

Sengun

Alperen Sengun

APG

8.1

VanVleet

Fred VanVleet

Team Rankings

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ORTG

114.5

20th

DRTG

113.4

9th

NETRTG

1.1

18th

3P%

35.2

23rd

2023-24 Conference Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
9
Kings Kings
46 36 .561 11.0
10
Warriors Warriors
46 36 .561 11.0
11
Rockets Rockets
41 41 .500 16.0
12
Jazz Jazz
31 51 .378 26.0
13
Grizzlies Grizzlies
27 55 .329 30.0

Last Game

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LAC Clippers

51-31

105

Final

116

HOU Rockets

41-41

Sun 14 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

NBA 2023-24 Betting

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0
6
Pacers Pacers
47 35 .573 17.0
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0
6
Suns Suns
49 33 .598 8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
126-109
Thu
4/25
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
90-101
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
118-121
Wed
4/24
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
114-125
Wed
4/24
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
112-105

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
1:00 PM
Sat
4/27
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
3:30 PM
Sat
4/27
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
6:00 PM
Sat
4/27
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
8:30 PM
Sun
4/28
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM