The Phoenix Suns easily beat the Houston Rockets, 116 to 97, on January 20, 1979.

1978-79 Phoenix Suns

Final

HOU

Rockets

26-19

97

PHX

Suns

28-19

116

1

20

25

2

26

29

3

27

31

4

24

31

Total

97

116

Rockets

Suns

FG Made - Attempted

40-81

48-88

Field Goal %

49.4

54.5

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

17-24

20-24

Free Throw %

70.8

83.3

Rebounds

37

40

Offensive Rebounds

10

12

Defensive Rebounds

27

28

Assists

24

30

Steals

13

13

Blocks

0

2

Turnovers

21

19

Personal Fouls

25

23

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Rudy Tomjanovich 36 10 7 2 1 0 4-12 2-2 2 5 1 6 33.3 100.0
Moses Malone 35 18 10 0 0 0 6-10 6-9 2 1 5 5 60.0 66.7
Rick Barry 35 14 2 4 2 0 7-15 0-0 3 2 0 2 46.7
Mike Dunleavy 33 17 3 8 4 0 7-12 3-4 3 2 0 3 58.3 75.0
Calvin Murphy 20 6 2 2 1 0 3-6 0-0 2 3 0 2 50.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Mike Newlin 23 12 0 3 0 0 5-8 2-2 3 3 0 0 62.5 100.0
Dwight Jones 22 8 8 1 1 0 4-7 0-0 1 3 2 6 57.1
Robert Reid 19 6 4 2 2 0 3-7 0-0 3 4 1 3 42.9
Slick Watts 15 6 0 2 2 0 1-2 4-7 2 2 0 0 50.0 57.1
Alonzo Bradley 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Don Buse 38 8 2 4 3 0 3-11 2-2 1 2 0 2 27.3 100.0
Paul Westphal 33 28 1 7 2 0 10-16 8-8 3 3 0 1 62.5 100.0
Truck Robinson 33 18 6 0 2 2 9-16 0-0 6 4 2 4 56.3
Alvan Adams 32 10 15 7 2 0 4-9 2-2 1 3 4 11 44.4 100.0
Walter Davis 31 20 5 5 0 0 9-13 2-2 5 2 2 3 69.2 100.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Alvin Scott 17 7 4 1 3 0 3-5 1-4 0 0 2 2 60.0 25.0
Mike Bratz 16 13 2 2 1 0 5-8 3-4 1 4 1 1 62.5 75.0
Bayard Forrest 16 2 1 1 0 0 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 1 33.3
Joel Kramer 10 5 3 0 0 0 2-3 1-1 0 2 0 3 66.7 100.0
Ted McClain 9 5 1 3 0 0 2-3 1-1 1 2 1 0 66.7 100.0
Gar Heard 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0

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Team Leaders

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PPG

27.5

Booker

Devin Booker

RPG

11.0

Nurkic

Jusuf Nurkic

APG

6.9

Booker

Devin Booker

Team Rankings

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ORTG

117.6

10th

DRTG

114.5

13th

NETRTG

3.1

9th

3P%

38.2

5th

2023-24 Conference Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0
6
Suns Suns
49 33 .598 8.0
7
Lakers Lakers
47 35 .573 10.0
8
Pelicans Pelicans
49 33 .598 8.0

Last Game

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PHX Suns

0-4

116

Final

122

Sun 28 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

NBA 2023-24 Betting

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0
6
Pacers Pacers
47 35 .573 17.0
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0
6
Suns Suns
49 33 .598 8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
5/17
OKC OKC
@
DAL DAL
116-117
Thu
5/16
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
103-116
Wed
5/15
DEN DEN
@
MIN MIN
70-115
Tue
5/14
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
98-113
Tue
5/14
DAL DAL
@
OKC OKC
104-92

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/19
IND IND
@
NYK NYK
3:30 PM
Sun
5/19
MIN MIN
@
DEN DEN
8:00 PM