The Houston Rockets spanked the Denver Nuggets, 122 to 97, on February 28, 1979.

1978-79 Houston Rockets

Final

DEN

Nuggets

35-31

97

HOU

Rockets

34-28

122

Team

1

24

28

2

22

37

3

25

30

4

26

27

Total

97

122

Team Stats

Player Stats

Nuggets

Rockets

FG Made - Attempted

40-107

54-107

Field Goal %

37.4

50.5

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

17-23

14-16

Free Throw %

73.9

87.5

Rebounds

55

56

Offensive Rebounds

27

22

Defensive Rebounds

28

34

Assists

23

39

Steals

6

6

Blocks

4

6

Turnovers

18

13

Personal Fouls

17

22

Nuggets

Rockets

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
George McGinnis	28	23	8	3	1	0	9-14		5-8	4	3		4	4	64.3		62.5
Dan Issel	28	7	7	3	2	0	3-8		1-2	2	4		2	5	37.5		50.0
Charlie Scott	28	6	1	2	0	0	2-9		2-2	3	1		0	1	22.2		100.0
David Thompson	26	8	7	3	0	1	3-16		2-2	2	2		3	4	18.8		100.0
Bob Wilkerson	23	10	8	3	0	0	4-14		2-2	4	3		3	5	28.6		100.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Robert Smith	25	8	4	3	0	0	3-7		2-3	0	1		2	2	42.9		66.7
Tom Boswell	23	6	5	3	0	2	3-8		0-0	2	0		4	1	37.5
Anthony Roberts	21	11	3	0	1	0	4-11		3-4	1	0		1	2	36.4		75.0
Kim Hughes	20	14	9	1	1	1	7-12		0-0	0	2		7	2	58.3
John Kuester	11	2	1	2	0	0	1-6		0-0	0	0		1	0	16.7
Bo Ellis	7	2	2	0	1	0	1-2		0-0	0	1		0	2	50.0

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Moses Malone	33	19	16	2	2	2	8-20		3-4	3	0		8	8	40.0		75.0
Calvin Murphy	31	17	3	5	3	0	8-15		1-1	1	5		1	2	53.3		100.0
Rudy Tomjanovich	28	19	7	5	0	0	9-16		1-1	1	2		3	4	56.3		100.0
Rick Barry	28	17	5	5	0	1	8-15		1-1	0	3		1	4	53.3		100.0
Mike Newlin	28	8	0	9	0	1	4-10		0-0	1	1		0	0	40.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Mike Dunleavy	31	21	3	8	0	1	8-9		5-5	4	3		0	3	88.9		100.0
Robert Reid	25	10	8	4	1	0	4-6		2-2	2	4		0	8	66.7		100.0
Dwight Jones	18	4	9	0	0	1	2-10		0-0	1	3		6	3	20.0
Jacky Dorsey	9	7	2	0	0	0	3-4		1-2	0	1		2	0	75.0		50.0
Slick Watts	6	0	1	1	0	0	0-1		0-0	0	0		1	0	0.0
Alonzo Bradley	3	0	2	0	0	0	0-1		0-0	0	0		0	2	0.0

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More Rockets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

21.1

Sengun

Alperen Sengun

RPG

9.3

Sengun

Alperen Sengun

APG

8.1

VanVleet

Fred VanVleet

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.5

20th

DRTG

113.4

9th

NETRTG

1.1

18th

3P%

35.2

23rd

2023-24 Conference Standings

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

Last Game

LAC

51-31

105

Final

116

HOU

41-41

Sun 14 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

37.7

Embiid

Joel Embiid

32.3

Davis

Anthony Davis

32.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Playoff RPG Leaders

15.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

15.3

Allen

Jarrett Allen

13.5

Valanciunas

Jonas Valanciunas

Playoff APG Leaders

12.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

9.7

James

LeBron James

9.0

Herro

Tyler Herro

Playoff SPG Leaders

2.5

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

2.5

Alexander-Walker

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

2.3

Irving

Kyrie Irving

Playoff BPG Leaders

3.5

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

2.0

III

Trey Murphy III

Playoff 3PM Leaders

5.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

4.5

Herro

Tyler Herro

4.3

Harden

James Harden

Playoff TS% Leaders

92.6

Wright

Delon Wright

81.8

Hauser

Sam Hauser

81.7

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

76ers

121.6

Knicks

121.2

Timberwolves

118.9

Thunder

118.8

Celtics

118.5

Pacers

117.1

Playoff DRtg Rankings

Magic

98.2

Timberwolves

99.4

Thunder

100.3

Cavaliers

103.2

Mavericks

107.6

Clippers

108.4

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

Timberwolves

19.6

Thunder

18.5

Nuggets

7.1

Celtics

5.5

Magic

5.0

Pacers

1.7

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

Pelicans

0-2

Suns

0-2

Lakers

0-3

Magic

1-2

Clippers

1-2

Bucks

1-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

Magic

52-33

Mavericks

50-35

76ers

50-36

Thunder

47-36-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Pelicans

46-39-1

Worst Record ATS

Hawks

29-54

34-48

Suns

36-47-1

Bucks

37-48

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	64	18	.780
2	Knicks	50	32	.610	14.0
3	Bucks	49	33	.598	15.0
4	Cavaliers	48	34	.585	16.0
5	Magic	47	35	.573	17.0
6	Pacers	47	35	.573	17.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	57	25	.695
2	Nuggets	57	25	.695
3	Timberwolves	56	26	.683	1.0
4	Clippers	51	31	.622	6.0
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0
6	Suns	49	33	.598	8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 4/25	LAC	@	DAL	90-101
Thu 4/25	MIL	@	IND	118-121
Wed 4/24	NYK	@	PHI	114-125
Wed 4/24	DEN	@	LAL	112-105
Wed 4/24	CLE	@	ORL	83-121

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/26	MIN	@	PHX	10:30 PM
Sat 4/27	CLE	@	ORL	1:00 PM
Sat 4/27	OKC	@	NOP	3:30 PM
Sat 4/27	BOS	@	MIA	6:00 PM
Sat 4/27	DEN	@	LAL	8:30 PM