The Houston Rockets couldn't pull it off against the Atlanta Hawks, 109 to 106, in Game 1 of the 1979 First Round on April 11, 1979.

1978-79 Houston Rockets

Final

ATL

Hawks

1-0

109

HOU

Rockets

0-1

106

Team

1

27

31

2

23

26

3

39

28

4

20

21

Total

109

106

Team Stats

Player Stats

Hawks

Rockets

FG Made - Attempted

44-98

41-97

Field Goal %

44.9

42.3

3PT Made - Attempted

3PT %

FT Made - Attempted

21-25

24-30

Free Throw %

84.0

80.0

Rebounds

52

49

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

23

23

Steals

3

9

Blocks

8

10

Turnovers

16

16

Personal Fouls

28

26

Hawks

Rockets

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Dan Roundfield	36	23	18	1	0	4	9-17		5-5	5	6				52.9		100.0
Steve Hawes	30	9	8	4	0	0	4-8		1-2	0	3				50.0		50.0
John Drew	27	15	9	0	0	1	4-24		7-8	0	2				16.7		87.5
Eddie Johnson	25	9	1	6	1	0	4-8		1-3	2	2				50.0		33.3
Armond Hill	24	14	2	2	1	0	7-10		0-0	2	4				70.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Terry Furlow	27	13	4	6	0	0	5-10		3-3	1	4				50.0		100.0
Tree Rollins	21	10	7	0	0	3	4-9		2-2	4	4				44.4		100.0
Jack Givens	20	8	2	0	0	0	3-5		2-2	0	1				60.0		100.0
Charlie Criss	20	4	1	4	1	0	2-4		0-0	2	1				50.0
Tom McMillen	9	4	0	0	0	0	2-3		0-0	0	1		0	0	66.7
Rick Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0		0-0	0	0		0	0

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Mike Newlin	37	16	3	4	0	1	6-13		4-4	3	4				46.2		100.0
Moses Malone	35	28	17	0	0	4	9-18		10-11	3	3		12	5	50.0		90.9
Rick Barry	35	12	5	6	0	2	5-15		2-2	1	5				33.3		100.0
Rudy Tomjanovich	33	9	9	1	1	0	4-11		1-3	0	1				36.4		33.3
Calvin Murphy	31	12	2	2	5	0	5-16		2-3	0	5				31.3		66.7

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Slick Watts	28	8	5	7	3	0	3-8		2-2	4	3				37.5		100.0
Robert Reid	22	13	5	0	0	1	5-8		3-5	3	4				62.5		60.0
Dwight Jones	19	8	3	3	0	2	4-8		0-0	2	1				50.0

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More Rockets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

21.1

Sengun

Alperen Sengun

RPG

9.3

Sengun

Alperen Sengun

APG

8.1

VanVleet

Fred VanVleet

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.5

20th

DRTG

113.4

9th

NETRTG

1.1

18th

3P%

35.2

23rd

2023-24 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
9	Kings	46	36	.561	11.0
10	Warriors	46	36	.561	11.0
11	Rockets	41	41	.500	16.0
12	Jazz	31	51	.378	26.0
13	Grizzlies	27	55	.329	30.0

Last Game

LAC

51-31

105

Final

116

HOU

41-41

Sun 14 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

33.0

Embiid

Joel Embiid

32.4

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

30.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoff RPG Leaders

15.6

Davis

Anthony Davis

13.4

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

11.5

Hart

Josh Hart

Playoff APG Leaders

9.0

Doncic

Luka Doncic

8.8

James

LeBron James

8.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Playoff SPG Leaders

2.4

James

LeBron James

1.8

Jr.

Kelly Oubre Jr.

1.8

Booker

Devin Booker

Playoff BPG Leaders

2.5

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.2

Mobley

Evan Mobley

1.7

Gafford

Daniel Gafford

Playoff 3PM Leaders

3.7

Maxey

Tyrese Maxey

3.5

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

3.5

DiVincenzo

Donte DiVincenzo

Playoff TS% Leaders

66.5

Davis

Anthony Davis

66.2

Booker

Devin Booker

66.0

Gordon

Aaron Gordon

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

Celtics

120.1

Pacers

120.1

Knicks

118.7

Timberwolves

118.1

76ers

116.9

Mavericks

116.3

Playoff DRtg Rankings

Magic

101.3

Thunder

105.4

Celtics

109.3

Timberwolves

111.6

Pelicans

111.7

Cavaliers

111.8

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

Celtics

10.9

Thunder

6.7

Timberwolves

6.5

Magic

4.7

Mavericks

3.8

Pacers

1.1

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

Pelicans

0-4

Suns

0-4

Heat

1-4

Lakers

1-4

Clippers

2-4

Bucks

2-4

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

Magic

55-34

Mavericks

58-39

76ers

51-38

Thunder

52-39-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Pacers

54-43-2

Worst Record ATS

Hawks

29-54

34-48

Suns

36-49-1

Bucks

38-50

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	64	18	.780
2	Knicks	50	32	.610	14.0
3	Bucks	49	33	.598	15.0
4	Cavaliers	48	34	.585	16.0
5	Magic	47	35	.573	17.0
6	Pacers	47	35	.573	17.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	57	25	.695
2	Nuggets	57	25	.695
3	Timberwolves	56	26	.683	1.0
4	Clippers	51	31	.622	6.0
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0
6	Suns	49	33	.598	8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 5/26	BOS	@	IND	105-102
Sat 5/25	MIN	@	DAL	107-116
Fri 5/24	BOS	@	IND	114-111
Thu 5/23	DAL	@	MIN	109-108
Wed 5/22	IND	@	BOS	110-126

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 5/28	MIN	@	DAL	8:30 PM
Thu 5/30	DAL	@	MIN	8:30 PM
Sat 6/1	MIN	@	DAL	8:30 PM
Mon 6/3	DAL	@	MIN	8:30 PM