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.

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%	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