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 Roster
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.

Houston racked up 9,297 points and conceded 9,217.

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%	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
Jacky Dorsey	F	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alonzo Bradley	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%	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
Jacky Dorsey	F	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Alonzo Bradley	F	1	1.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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