1978-79 Houston Rockets Game Log

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Record: 47-35, Finished 2nd in NBA Central Division

Coach: Tom Nissalke (47-35)

Executive: Ray Patterson

PTS/G: 113.4 (5th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 112.4 (17th of 22)

SRS: 0.92 (12th of 22) Pace: 103.8 (16th of 22)

Off Rtg: 108.7 (1st of 22) Def Rtg: 107.7 (21st of 22) Net Rtg: +0.9 (12th of 22)

Expected W-L: 43-39 (12th of 22)

Arena: The Summit

NBA 1979 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference First Round (0-2) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1978-10-13	@	NYK	W	111	107	46	87	.529				19	22	.864		44	32	6	3	20	27	44	103	.427				19	36	.528		49	25	10	2	15	24
2	2	1978-10-14	@	BOS	W	114	108	46	85	.541				22	28	.786	19	44	20	4	1	17	29	42	86	.488				24	28	.857	16	33	23	8	2	13	29
3	3	1978-10-18		NJN	W	139	87	56	100	.560				27	38	.711		61	40	11	6	18	18	38	93	.409				11	13	.846		36	25	7	3	27	32
4	4	1978-10-19	@	KCK	L	103	108	34	75	.453				35	42	.833		48	13	3	5	21	24	49	99	.495				10	19	.526		44	25	12	4	11	30
5	5	1978-10-21		BOS	W	118	101	50	93	.538				18	18	1.000	11	38	33	15	4	21	26	41	85	.482				19	26	.731	6	34	22	7	1	30	26
6	6	1978-10-25		NYK	W	106	101	40	91	.440				26	33	.788		52	31	9	1	18	27	39	90	.433				23	38	.605		46	17	8	6		26
7	7	1978-10-28		PHI	L	99	101	41	100	.410				17	22	.773		64	19	10	2	8	24	40	90	.444				21	31	.677		37	17	4	7	19	22
8	8	1978-10-29	@	DEN	L	121	134	49	103	.476				23	30	.767	20	46	32	8	3	25	33	50	102	.490				34	43	.791	20	52	35	9	5	19	28
9	9	1978-11-01		GSW	L	105	112	42	103	.408				21	31	.677	19	47	29	4	4	15	15	51	95	.537				10	13	.769	8	46	29	10	12	17	26
10	10	1978-11-04		PHO	W	110	103	42	91	.462				26	42	.619	17	48	28	11	2	18	24	43	104	.413				17	22	.773	26	59	26	8	4	23	24
11	11	1978-11-10	@	MIL	L	126	131	54	106	.509				18	31	.581		47	35	4	3	13	26	58	95	.611				15	18	.833		38	46	4	7	12	24
12	12	1978-11-11		SDC	W	136	123	58	101	.574				20	22	.909		42	40	15	3	19	25	53	97	.546				17	23	.739		34	30	10	6	20	20
13	13	1978-11-15		CHI	L	103	117	47	100	.470				9	9	1.000	20	47	30	4	4	17	28	51	91	.560				15	22	.682	16	47	33	4	6	16	15
14	14	1978-11-18		SAS	W	126	120	49	85	.576				28	35	.800		44	27	3	2	21	24	50	100	.500				20	22	.909		39	17	12	7	15	31
15	15	1978-11-22		LAL	L	114	121	47	89	.528				20	28	.714	13	43	34	3	2	13	28	48	86	.558				25	33	.758	10	35	34	7	3	15	24
16	16	1978-11-24	@	PHO	L	113	120	46	83	.554				21	25	.840	11	38	27	8	2	26	29	45	86	.523				30	34	.882	12	35	29	11	2	18	24
17	17	1978-11-25	@	POR	L	105	127	36	68	.529				33	41	.805	8	29	17	7	3	24	35	50	89	.562				27	35	.771	19	45	19	8	4	21	36
18	18	1978-11-26	@	SEA	W	108	103	43	90	.478				22	28	.786	20	48	20	5	1	12	21	43	93	.462				17	25	.680	24	50	26	4	2	15	25
19	19	1978-11-29	@	GSW	L	94	109	42	88	.477				10	14	.714	9	32	23	6	2	15	19	47	83	.566				15	21	.714	12	45	27	4	4	16	16
20	20	1978-11-30	@	SDC	W	113	104	45	80	.563				23	31	.742		43	19	5	1	18	25	43	97	.443				18	29	.621		41	15	4	6	12	31
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1978-12-02	@	CHI	L	91	105	40	88	.455				11	16	.688	13	46	20	6	4	21	14	50	91	.549				5	7	.714	12	46	38	12	6	17	20
22	22	1978-12-06		WSB	L	96	101	39	89	.438				18	22	.818		43	29	6		12	21	43	93	.462				15	18	.833		44	28	4		12	20
23	23	1978-12-08	@	NOJ	W	110	106	43	92	.467				24	27	.889		53	24	6	6	18	25	44	92	.478				18	31	.581		42	34	9	9	13	22
24	24	1978-12-09		POR	W	116	110	46	76	.605				24	31	.774	6	33	26	6	4	20	31	44	90	.489				22	26	.846	17	36	20	7	4	15	28
25	25	1978-12-12		BOS	W	112	105	41	86	.477				30	40	.750	15	45	30	7	2	21	29	39	81	.481				27	32	.844	12	44	25	10	3	22	29
26	26	1978-12-14		GSW	W	126	123	45	93	.484				36	45	.800	15	48	29	3	2	9	20	54	102	.529				15	21	.714	13	42	35	5	8	13	37
27	27	1978-12-15	@	PHI	L	84	91	40	87	.460				4	6	.667		46	27	6	2	17	22	36	90	.400				19	23	.826		52	22	3	7	16	16
28	28	1978-12-20	@	NJN	W	108	105	37	77	.481				34	45	.756		39	19	12	5	19	26	43	92	.467				19	29	.655		50	24	5	9	20	33
29	29	1978-12-21	@	CLE	L	90	101	33	81	.407				24	28	.857	10	43	17	11	7	20	29	36	86	.419				29	35	.829	13	46	20	7	8	14	19
30	30	1978-12-23		NYK	W	129	107	53	92	.576				23	29	.793		43	25	7		14	24	41	88	.466				25	37	.676		39	21	5		15	24
31	31	1978-12-26	@	KCK	W	109	102	36	74	.486				37	44	.841		54	15	8	3	27	34	36	89	.404				30	40	.750		38	21	12	4	21	36
32	32	1978-12-27	@	DET	L	119	131	45	99	.455				29	37	.784		51	20	4		21	15	59	104	.567				13	20	.650		45	39			12	28
33	33	1978-12-29		MIL	W	106	103	41	79	.519				24	29	.828		44	28	9	5	24	23	45	88	.511				13	25	.520		30	32	14	2	16	24
34	34	1978-12-30		DET	W	112	101	47	92	.511				18	26	.692		45	35	3	4	16	21	41	89	.461				19	23	.826		43	24	8	1	20	32
35	35	1979-01-03		NJN	W	127	122	46	74	.622				35	44	.795		40	34		5	25	26	48	91	.527				26	30	.867		26	32	13	3	14	31
36	36	1979-01-05		ATL	L	106	109	41	91	.451				24	32	.750		40	27	7	4	13	20	44	86	.512				21	26	.808		40	27	8	12	17	33
37	37	1979-01-06		LAL	W	115	112	51	104	.490				13	16	.813	18	46	37	12	2	16	19	50	95	.526				12	19	.632	15	45	29	8	5	23	12
38	38	1979-01-08	@	MIL	L	104	116	39	83	.470				26	34	.765		35	26	11	4	19	26	49	90	.544				18	22	.818		43	35	10	3	19	28
39	39	1979-01-09		KCK	W	126	110	48	90	.533				30	33	.909		51	31	16	3	20	24	45	98	.459				20	33	.606		42	25	12	3	20	26
40	40	1979-01-12		CLE	W	107	96	42	82	.512				23	32	.719	15	56	28	6	2	18	23	43	93	.462				10	12	.833	15	38	26	5	2	10	29
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1979-01-13		NOJ	W	117	106	42	84	.500				33	35	.943		51	33				25	45	88	.511				16	24	.667		35	23				25
42	42	1979-01-14	@	ATL	L	105	115	39	85	.459				27	33	.818		44	17	9	3	16	32	42	88	.477				31	41	.756		53	23	9	9	14	26
43	43	1979-01-17	@	GSW	W	104	103	46	82	.561				12	16	.750	13	45	27	9	0	26	22	44	100	.440				15	25	.600	27	51	25	13	3	16	20
44	44	1979-01-19	@	LAL	W	122	121	57	112	.509				8	11	.727	20	52	36	12	2	13	18	56	95	.589				9	13	.692	6	38	42	3	7	17	17
45	45	1979-01-20	@	PHO	L	97	116	40	81	.494				17	24	.708	10	37	24	13	0	21	25	48	88	.545				20	24	.833	12	40	30	13	2	19	23
46	46	1979-01-24		DEN	W	117	116	51	94	.543				15	17	.882	13	35	22	6	5	14	29	48	86	.558				20	33	.606	13	42	22	3	2	23	20
47	47	1979-01-27		SEA	L	94	99	41	91	.451				12	16	.750	13	43	30	6	6	16	22	36	88	.409				27	32	.844	15	47	27	9	4	15	16
48	48	1979-01-30	@	IND	L	106	112	46	95	.484				14	19	.737		45	26	4	4	20	28	42	74	.568				28	33	.848		36	34	4	8	17	22
49	49	1979-01-31	@	BOS	L	102	119	47	98	.480				8	10	.800	16	41	22	6	1	18	27	48	89	.539				23	29	.793	17	47	25	6	4	16	17
50	50	1979-02-02		WSB	L	106	120	47	102	.461				12	20	.600		52	32	7	0	13	22	49	92	.533				22	26	.846		48	33	8	3	12	24
51	51	1979-02-06		DET	W	113	108	44	85	.518				25	28	.893		40	36	6	1	20	18	45	88	.511				18	28	.643		32	28	8	6	14	29
52	52	1979-02-08		MIL	W	134	129	54	95	.568				26	31	.839		42	38	8	3	11	23	54	96	.563				21	28	.750		43	36	7	1	16	22
53	53	1979-02-09	@	NOJ	W	106	99	42	98	.429				22	29	.759		55	28	12	7	25	21	41	84	.488				17	27	.630		42	18	12	16	26	25
54	54	1979-02-10		SEA	W	113	101	44	108	.407				25	30	.833	23	60	26	11	7	10	23	39	87	.448				23	31	.742	11	41	19	7	3	18	24
55	55	1979-02-13		IND	L	120	124	48	93	.516				24	26	.923		42	35	8	3	15	22	55	94	.585				14	19	.737		39	37	6	9	18	27
56	56	1979-02-15		POR	W	119	116	49	83	.590				21	25	.840	12	35	30	11	4	17	22	49	100	.490				18	25	.720	18	37	31	5	4	19	26
57	57	1979-02-16	@	DET	L	96	110	41	91	.451				14	24	.583		48	17	4	3	23	17	44	92	.478				22	31	.710		43	29	11	8		20
58	58	1979-02-18	@	NJN	L	124	126	44	91	.484				36	45	.800		43	30	14		27	34	50	102	.490				26	38	.684		48	35	10		27	41
59	59	1979-02-22	@	WSB	W	120	110	49	86	.570				22	24	.917		47	24	7		19	21	50	106	.472				10	17	.588		42	27	12		13	24
60	60	1979-02-25	@	SAS	L	107	127	39	104	.375				29	38	.763		58	24	1	1	17	23	53	106	.500				21	28	.750		51	35	11	9	13	26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1979-02-27	@	ATL	L	111	125	46	95	.484				19	21	.905		45	21	5	2	18	28	50	87	.575				25	31	.806		41	29	9	11	13	28
62	62	1979-02-28		DEN	W	122	97	54	107	.505				14	16	.875	22	56	39	6	6	13	22	40	107	.374				17	23	.739	27	55	23	6	4	18	17
63	63	1979-03-02	@	POR	W	118	98	50	83	.602				18	25	.720	8	51	32	5	6	21	26	40	96	.417				18	27	.667	10	36	21	9	4	10	25
64	64	1979-03-04	@	SEA	L	109	119	45	89	.506				19	21	.905	9	43	20	3	0	16	29	45	91	.495				29	38	.763	14	44	28	10	3	12	22
65	65	1979-03-06	@	DEN	W	119	118	47	86	.547				25	32	.781	12	39	34	9	7	19	24	47	89	.528				24	35	.686	14	38	30	9	5	19	25
66	66	1979-03-07	@	SDC	L	115	138	43	102	.422				29	36	.806		44	21	8	5	20	26	55	104	.529				28	35	.800		49	25	13	10	17	23
67	67	1979-03-10		NOJ	W	124	109	53	100	.530				18	22	.818		60	30	11	3	15	25	44	100	.440				21	23	.913		48	26	5	3	19	17
68	68	1979-03-14		KCK	W	129	107	52	98	.531				25	29	.862		52	37	8	6	19	21	45	97	.464				17	26	.654		37	26	10	8	18	27
69	69	1979-03-16		CHI	W	124	118	45	90	.500				34	45	.756	22	47	31	9	4	10	26	45	89	.506				28	36	.778	16	45	29	3	4	14	30
70	70	1979-03-17		PHO	W	134	122	52	95	.547				30	35	.857	14	50	38	9	1	21	22	52	106	.491				18	20	.900	18	45	31	12	3	18	27
71	71	1979-03-21		PHI	L	108	114	44	103	.427				20	24	.833		46	40	9	2	14	19	49	87	.563				16	23	.696		49	32	4	16	22	24
72	72	1979-03-23	@	IND	L	134	141	51	95	.537				32	47	.681		37	33	8	1	15	32	56	96	.583				29	38	.763		47	31	4	10	12	32
73	73	1979-03-24		ATL	W	120	116	45	95	.474				30	32	.938		46	31	8	4	14	25	45	84	.536				26	32	.813		38	29	4	6	16	27
74	74	1979-03-27	@	CHI	W	122	116	51	82	.622				20	26	.769	5	36	29	9	4	14	24	50	94	.532				16	22	.727	12	38	31	6	3	14	22
75	75	1979-03-28		IND	L	124	125	50	108	.463				24	29	.828		51	35	9	1	15	29	51	84	.607				23	30	.767		42	37	8	3	22	25
76	76	1979-03-30	@	SAS	W	117	116	49	107	.458				19	27	.704		49	34	7	9	19	26	44	97	.454				28	33	.848		53	27	8	7	19	23
77	77	1979-04-01	@	CLE	L	105	114	42	89	.472				21	26	.808	15	45	19	11	7	17	21	51	94	.543				12	20	.600	12	42	23	9	1	15	19
78	78	1979-04-03	@	NYK	W	116	115	46	89	.517				24	33	.727		50	26	6	2	23	25	53	104	.510				9	11	.818		36	35	9	2	13	25
79	79	1979-04-04	@	PHI	L	120	121	45	94	.479				30	40	.750	16	47	30	7	2	15	29	48	98	.490				25	34	.735	19	50	33	6	7	13	25
80	80	1979-04-06		CLE	W	112	110	42	80	.525				28	30	.933	7	39	30	10	1	20	21	49	89	.551				12	21	.571	16	46	31	8	1	16	28
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1979-04-07		SAS	W	123	106	50	111	.450				23	26	.885		58	32	8	6	20	30	41	93	.441				24	32	.750		44	28	5	11	22	28
82	82	1979-04-08	@	WSB	W	112	102	48	95	.505				16	21	.762		44	31	12	7	17	19	42	94	.447				18	24	.750		43	19	7	5	18	20

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