The Houston Rockets couldn't pull it off against the Los Angeles Lakers, 116 to 114, on December 5, 1979.
Final
Lakers
Rockets
FG Made - Attempted
49-89
48-110
Field Goal %
55.1
43.6
3PT Made - Attempted
0-0
1-2
3PT %
50.0
FT Made - Attempted
18-21
17-25
Free Throw %
85.7
68.0
Rebounds
48
46
Offensive Rebounds
15
27
Defensive Rebounds
33
19
Assists
29
28
Steals
7
10
Blocks
8
5
Turnovers
23
15
Personal Fouls
26
19
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Nixon | 41 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11-18 | 61.1 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 64.4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
M. Johnson | 39 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5-10 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 100.0 | 63.3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
J. Wilkes | 37 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9-12 | 75.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 75.0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||
K. Abdul-Jabbar | 34 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12-20 | 60.0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 57.5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 4 | ||
J. Chones | 29 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-10 | 30.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 36.8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Haywood | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4-8 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 61.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
M. Cooper | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-5 | 20.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 34.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
D. Ford | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Murphy | 42 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13-23 | 56.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 56.5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
M. Malone | 39 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12-27 | 44.4 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 80.0 | 51.0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
M. Jones | 37 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8-19 | 42.1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 41.8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
R. Barry | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4-12 | 33.3 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 45.8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
A. Leavell | 31 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Reid | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-11 | 36.4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 37.9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
M. Dunleavy | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3-6 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 58.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
P. Mokeski | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-5 | 20.0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
J. Shumate | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Team Rankings
ORTG
114.5
11th
DRTG
110.3
8th
NETRTG
4.2
5th
3P%
32.2
26th
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