The Houston Rockets eked out a victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, 113 to 111, on November 28, 1979.
Final
Cavaliers
Rockets
FG Made - Attempted
47-107
46-95
Field Goal %
43.9
48.4
3PT Made - Attempted
0-0
0-1
3PT %
0.0
FT Made - Attempted
17-23
21-23
Free Throw %
73.9
91.3
Rebounds
51
54
Offensive Rebounds
25
22
Defensive Rebounds
26
32
Assists
25
29
Steals
18
13
Blocks
5
8
Turnovers
24
33
Personal Fouls
24
25
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Robisch | 46 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8-12 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 71.4 | 69.6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
R. Smith | 42 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8-23 | 34.8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 34.8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||
C. Russell | 33 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5-12 | 41.7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 47.2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
M. Mitchell | 32 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11-16 | 68.8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 71.1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | ||
F. Walker | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0-5 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Carr | 33 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7-16 | 43.8 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 71.4 | 49.8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
A. Carr | 24 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7-17 | 41.2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 41.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
B. Willoughby | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 37.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
W. Smith | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Murphy | 48 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8-16 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 53.3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
M. Malone | 43 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15-24 | 62.5 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 5-5 | 100.0 | 66.8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |
A. Leavell | 43 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9-14 | 64.3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 68.5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
R. Reid | 38 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3-13 | 23.1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 30.5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||
R. Barry | 36 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6-14 | 42.9 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 50.8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Jones | 33 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1-7 | 14.3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 14.3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
M. Dunleavy | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 40.0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 47.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
P. Mokeski | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 104.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
J. Shumate | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Team Rankings
ORTG
112.8
16th
DRTG
107.6
3rd
NETRTG
5.2
6th
3P%
31.9
28th
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