The Houston Rockets couldn't pull it off against the Boston Celtics, 100 to 99, on October 24, 1979.
Final
Celtics
Rockets
FG Made - Attempted
41-82
40-94
Field Goal %
50.0
42.6
3PT Made - Attempted
1-1
0-2
3PT %
100.0
0.0
FT Made - Attempted
17-29
19-27
Free Throw %
58.6
70.4
Rebounds
47
42
Offensive Rebounds
11
17
Defensive Rebounds
36
25
Assists
30
22
Steals
9
13
Blocks
4
2
Turnovers
27
18
Personal Fouls
26
23
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Cowens | 41 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7-12 | 58.3 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 59.9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ||
C. Maxwell | 39 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8-12 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 4-10 | 40.0 | 61.0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||
N. Archibald | 38 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5-7 | 71.4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 74.2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | ||
L. Bird | 37 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6-21 | 28.6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 33.0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
C. Ford | 30 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6-11 | 54.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.L. Carr | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4-8 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 51.2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
R. Robey | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
G. Henderson | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 69.4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
J. Judkins | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
D. Chaney | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Reid | 39 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8-21 | 38.1 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 43.1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
M. Malone | 38 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7-15 | 46.7 | 0-0 | 5-9 | 55.6 | 50.1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | ||
C. Murphy | 32 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7-16 | 43.8 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 50.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
R. Tomjanovich | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5-11 | 45.5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 46.3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
T. Henderson | 32 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2-7 | 28.6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Barry | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-7 | 28.6 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 38.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
A. Leavell | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5-7 | 71.4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 67.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
R. White | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 42.9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 51.4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
D. Jones | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
M. Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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ORTG
111.6
19th
DRTG
105.6
2nd
NETRTG
5.9
7th
3P%
32.2
28th
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