1978-79 Houston Rockets Statistics
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-35
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Atlanta Hawks 2-0
Coach: Tom Nissalke (47-35)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 434,400, Avg. 10,595 in 41 home dates
1978-79 Houston Rockets RosterTeam Record: 47-35
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Atlanta Hawks 2-0
Coach: Tom Nissalke (47-35)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 434,400, Avg. 10,595 in 41 home dates
1978-79 Houston Rockets Results
The Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 47 wins and 35 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.
The Rockets racked up 9,297 points and conceded 9,217. Moses Malone tossed in a team-best 2,031 points for Houston, while Calvin Murphy and Rudy Tomjanovich scored 18 or more per game also. Moses Malone contributed 1,444 boards. Rick Barry dished out 502 assists for the squad.
On defense, Calvin Murphy added 117 steals.
Tom Nissalke coached the team. The 1978-79 Houston Rockets lost in the conference first round.
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Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Malone | C-F | 82 | 82 | 3390 | 1325 | 716 | 811 | 599 | 587 | 857 | 1444 | 147 | 79 | 119 | 326 | 223 | 2031 | ||
| Calvin Murphy | G | 82 | 81 | 2941 | 1424 | 707 | 265 | 246 | 78 | 95 | 173 | 351 | 117 | 6 | 187 | 288 | 1660 | ||
| Rudy Tomjanovich | F | 74 | 74 | 2641 | 1200 | 620 | 221 | 168 | 170 | 402 | 572 | 137 | 44 | 18 | 138 | 186 | 1408 | ||
| Rick Barry | F | 80 | 78 | 2566 | 1000 | 461 | 169 | 160 | 40 | 237 | 277 | 502 | 95 | 38 | 198 | 195 | 1082 | ||
| Robert Reid | F-G | 82 | 27 | 2259 | 777 | 382 | 186 | 131 | 129 | 354 | 483 | 230 | 75 | 48 | 131 | 302 | 895 | ||
| Mike Newlin | G-F | 76 | 28 | 1828 | 581 | 283 | 243 | 212 | 51 | 119 | 170 | 291 | 51 | 9 | 175 | 218 | 778 | ||
| Mike Dunleavy | G | 74 | 19 | 1486 | 425 | 215 | 184 | 159 | 28 | 100 | 128 | 324 | 56 | 5 | 130 | 168 | 589 | ||
| Dwight Jones | F-C | 81 | 2 | 1215 | 395 | 181 | 132 | 96 | 110 | 218 | 328 | 57 | 34 | 26 | 102 | 204 | 458 | ||
| Slick Watts | G | 61 | 19 | 1046 | 227 | 92 | 67 | 41 | 35 | 68 | 103 | 243 | 73 | 14 | 71 | 143 | 225 | ||
| Alonzo Bradley | F | 34 | 0 | 245 | 88 | 37 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 96 | ||
| Jacky Dorsey | F | 20 | 0 | 108 | 43 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 56 | ||
| E.C. Coleman | F | 6 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Tom Barker | C-F | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 757 | 410 | 19780 | 7498 | 3726 | 0 | 0 | 2330 | 1845 | 1256 | 2504 | 3760 | 2302 | 632 | 286 | 1484 | 2001 | 9297 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Malone | C-F | 82 | 82 | 41.3 | 54.0 | 73.9 | 7.2 | 10.5 | 17.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 24.8 | |
| Calvin Murphy | G | 82 | 81 | 35.9 | 49.6 | 92.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 20.2 | |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | F | 74 | 74 | 35.7 | 51.7 | 76.0 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 19.0 | |
| Rick Barry | F | 80 | 78 | 32.1 | 46.1 | 94.7 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 13.5 | |
| Robert Reid | F-G | 82 | 27 | 27.5 | 49.2 | 70.4 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 10.9 | |
| Mike Newlin | G-F | 76 | 28 | 24.1 | 48.7 | 87.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 10.2 | |
| Mike Dunleavy | G | 74 | 19 | 20.1 | 50.6 | 86.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 8.0 | |
| Dwight Jones | F-C | 81 | 2 | 15.0 | 45.8 | 72.7 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 5.7 | |
| Slick Watts | G | 61 | 19 | 17.1 | 40.5 | 61.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.7 | |
| Alonzo Bradley | F | 34 | 0 | 7.2 | 42.0 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.8 | |
| Jacky Dorsey | F | 20 | 0 | 5.4 | 55.8 | 50.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | |
| E.C. Coleman | F | 6 | 0 | 6.5 | 71.4 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |
| Tom Barker | C-F | 5 | 0 | 3.2 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 | |
| Averages | 757 | 410 | 26.1 | 49.7 | 79.2 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 12.3 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Malone | C-F | 2 | 78 | 41 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 49 | ||
| Calvin Murphy | G | 2 | 73 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 26 | ||
| Rick Barry | F | 2 | 65 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 24 | ||
| Mike Newlin | G-F | 2 | 67 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 24 | ||
| Rudy Tomjanovich | F | 2 | 64 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Dwight Jones | F-C | 2 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | ||
| Robert Reid | F-G | 2 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | ||
| Slick Watts | G | 2 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Mike Dunleavy | G | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Alonzo Bradley | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacky Dorsey | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 480 | 187 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 53 | 51 | 50 | 101 | 36 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 52 | 201 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Malone | C-F | 2 | 39.0 | 43.9 | 72.2 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 20.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 24.5 | |
| Calvin Murphy | G | 2 | 36.5 | 29.0 | 88.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 13.0 | |
| Rick Barry | F | 2 | 32.5 | 32.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | |
| Mike Newlin | G-F | 2 | 33.5 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 12.0 | |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | F | 2 | 32.0 | 39.1 | 40.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 10.0 | |
| Dwight Jones | F-C | 2 | 16.5 | 53.8 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 10.0 | |
| Robert Reid | F-G | 2 | 22.5 | 41.2 | 66.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 10.0 | |
| Slick Watts | G | 2 | 21.5 | 40.0 | 66.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 7.0 | |
| Mike Dunleavy | G | 1 | 10.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Alonzo Bradley | F | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Jacky Dorsey | F | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Averages | 757 | 25.3 | 39.6 | 80.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 10.6 |
