1978-79 Houston Rockets Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 13, 1978	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		111	107	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Oct 14, 1978	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		114	108	2	0	W 2	8,674	2:03
3	Wed, Oct 18, 1978	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		139	87	3	0	W 3
4	Thu, Oct 19, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		103	108	3	1	L 1
5	Sat, Oct 21, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		118	101	4	1	W 1	12,523	2:01
6	Wed, Oct 25, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		106	101	5	1	W 2
7	Sat, Oct 28, 1978	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		99	101	5	2	L 1
8	Sun, Oct 29, 1978	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		121	134	5	3	L 2
9	Wed, Nov 1, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	L		105	112	5	4	L 3
10	Sat, Nov 4, 1978	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		110	103	6	4	W 1
11	Fri, Nov 10, 1978	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		126	131	6	5	L 1
12	Sat, Nov 11, 1978	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		136	123	7	5	W 1
13	Wed, Nov 15, 1978	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		103	117	7	6	L 1
14	Sat, Nov 18, 1978	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		126	120	8	6	W 1
15	Wed, Nov 22, 1978	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		114	121	8	7	L 1
16	Fri, Nov 24, 1978	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		113	120	8	8	L 2
17	Sat, Nov 25, 1978	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	L		105	127	8	9	L 3
18	Sun, Nov 26, 1978	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	W		108	103	9	9	W 1
19	Wed, Nov 29, 1978	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		94	109	9	10	L 1
20	Thu, Nov 30, 1978	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		113	104	10	10	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 2, 1978	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		91	105	10	11	L 1
22	Wed, Dec 6, 1978	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		96	101	10	12	L 2
23	Fri, Dec 8, 1978	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		110	106	11	12	W 1
24	Sat, Dec 9, 1978	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		116	110	12	12	W 2
25	Tue, Dec 12, 1978	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		112	105	13	12	W 3	8,106	2:17
26	Thu, Dec 14, 1978	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W	OT	126	123	14	12	W 4
27	Fri, Dec 15, 1978	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		84	91	14	13	L 1
28	Wed, Dec 20, 1978	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		108	105	15	13	W 1
29	Thu, Dec 21, 1978	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		90	101	15	14	L 1
30	Sat, Dec 23, 1978	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		129	107	16	14	W 1
31	Tue, Dec 26, 1978	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	W		109	102	17	14	W 2
32	Wed, Dec 27, 1978	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		119	131	17	15	L 1
33	Fri, Dec 29, 1978	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		106	103	18	15	W 1
34	Sat, Dec 30, 1978	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		112	101	19	15	W 2
35	Wed, Jan 3, 1979	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		127	122	20	15	W 3
36	Fri, Jan 5, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		106	109	20	16	L 1
37	Sat, Jan 6, 1979	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	115	112	21	16	W 1
38	Mon, Jan 8, 1979	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		104	116	21	17	L 1
39	Tue, Jan 9, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		126	110	22	17	W 1
40	Fri, Jan 12, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		107	96	23	17	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 13, 1979	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		117	106	24	17	W 3
42	Sun, Jan 14, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		105	115	24	18	L 1
43	Wed, Jan 17, 1979	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		104	103	25	18	W 1
44	Fri, Jan 19, 1979	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W	OT	122	121	26	18	W 2
45	Sat, Jan 20, 1979	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	L		97	116	26	19	L 1
46	Wed, Jan 24, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		117	116	27	19	W 1
47	Sat, Jan 27, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	L		94	99	27	20	L 1
48	Tue, Jan 30, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		106	112	27	21	L 2
49	Wed, Jan 31, 1979	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		102	119	27	22	L 3	6,733	1:53
50	Fri, Feb 2, 1979	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		106	120	27	23	L 4
51	Tue, Feb 6, 1979	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		113	108	28	23	W 1
52	Thu, Feb 8, 1979	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		134	129	29	23	W 2
53	Fri, Feb 9, 1979	Box Score	@	New Orleans Jazz	W		106	99	30	23	W 3
54	Sat, Feb 10, 1979	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		113	101	31	23	W 4
55	Tue, Feb 13, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		120	124	31	24	L 1
56	Thu, Feb 15, 1979	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		119	116	32	24	W 1
57	Fri, Feb 16, 1979	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		96	110	32	25	L 1
58	Sun, Feb 18, 1979	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	L	OT	124	126	32	26	L 2
59	Thu, Feb 22, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		120	110	33	26	W 1
60	Sun, Feb 25, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	L		107	127	33	27	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		111	125	33	28	L 2
62	Wed, Feb 28, 1979	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		122	97	34	28	W 1
63	Fri, Mar 2, 1979	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		118	98	35	28	W 2
64	Sun, Mar 4, 1979	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		109	119	35	29	L 1
65	Tue, Mar 6, 1979	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		119	118	36	29	W 1
66	Wed, Mar 7, 1979	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	L		115	138	36	30	L 1
67	Sat, Mar 10, 1979	Box Score		New Orleans Jazz	W		124	109	37	30	W 1
68	Wed, Mar 14, 1979	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		129	107	38	30	W 2
69	Fri, Mar 16, 1979	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		124	118	39	30	W 3
70	Sat, Mar 17, 1979	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		134	122	40	30	W 4
71	Wed, Mar 21, 1979	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		108	114	40	31	L 1
72	Fri, Mar 23, 1979	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		134	141	40	32	L 2
73	Sat, Mar 24, 1979	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		120	116	41	32	W 1
74	Tue, Mar 27, 1979	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		122	116	42	32	W 2
75	Wed, Mar 28, 1979	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		124	125	42	33	L 1
76	Fri, Mar 30, 1979	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		117	116	43	33	W 1
77	Sun, Apr 1, 1979	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		105	114	43	34	L 1
78	Tue, Apr 3, 1979	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		116	115	44	34	W 1
79	Wed, Apr 4, 1979	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		120	121	44	35	L 1
80	Fri, Apr 6, 1979	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		112	110	45	35	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
81	Sat, Apr 7, 1979	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		123	106	46	35	W 2
82	Sun, Apr 8, 1979	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		112	102	47	35	W 3

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Apr 11, 1979		Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		106	109	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Apr 13, 1979		Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		91	100	0	2	L 2

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