Houston Rockets Playoff Rosters

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1978-1979 Houston Rockets Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Rick Barry SF 6-7 205 Mar 28, 1944 35 Miami (FL) 8 1965 1st Rnd, #5, Golden State Warriors
Alonzo Bradley SF 6-6 190 Oct 16, 1953 25 Texas Southern 0 1977 2nd Rnd, #29, Indiana Pacers
Jacky Dorsey SF 6-7 230 Dec 18, 1954 24 Georgia 2 1976 2nd Rnd, #38, New Orleans Jazz
Mike Dunleavy, Sr. PG 6-3 180 Mar 21, 1954 25 South Carolina 2 1976 6th Rnd, #111, Philadelphia Sixers
Dwight Jones FC 6-10 210 Feb 27, 1952 27 Houston 5 1973 1st Rnd, #9, Atlanta Hawks
Moses Malone C 6-10 215 Mar 23, 1955 24 Petersburg High School (Virginia) 2 1975 Supplemental Draft, New Orleans Jazz
1976 ABA Dispersal Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 5, Portland Trail Blazers
Calvin Murphy PG 5-9 165 May 9, 1948 30 Niagara 8 1970 2nd Rnd, #18, San Diego Rockets
Mike Newlin GF 6-4 200 Jan 2, 1949 30 Utah 7 1971 2nd Rnd, #29, Houston Rockets
Robert Reid GF 6-8 205 Aug 30, 1955 23 St. Mary's (TX) 1 1977 2nd Rnd, #40, Houston Rockets
Rudy Tomjanovich PF 6-8 218 Nov 24, 1948 30 Michigan 8 1970 1st Rnd, #2, San Diego Rockets
Slick Watts PG 6-1 185 Jul 22, 1951 27 Xavier-Louisiana 5 1973 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Rudy White SG 6-2 195 Jun 23, 1953 25 Arizona State 3 1975 3rd Rnd, #51, Houston Rockets

1978-1979 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Philadelphia Sixers #6 New Jersey Nets PHI in 2
First Round #4 Houston Rockets #5 Atlanta Hawks ATL in 2
Second Round #1 Washington Bullets #5 Atlanta Hawks WAS in 7
Second Round #2 San Antonio Spurs #3 Philadelphia Sixers SAS in 7
Conference Finals #1 Washington Bullets #2 San Antonio Spurs WAS in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #3 Phoenix Suns #6 Portland Trail Blazers PHX in 3
First Round #4 Denver Nuggets #5 Los Angeles Lakers LAL in 3
Second Round #1 Seattle SuperSonics #5 Los Angeles Lakers SEA in 5
Second Round #3 Phoenix Suns #2 Kansas City Kings PHX in 5
Conference Finals #1 Seattle SuperSonics #3 Phoenix Suns SEA in 7

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Washington Bullets #1 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 5

1978-1979 Houston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Moses Malone 2 39.0 24.5 20.5 1.0 0.5 4.0 4.0
Calvin Murphy 2 36.5 13.0 1.5 3.0 4.0 0.5 1.0
Mike Newlin 2 33.5 12.0 3.0 2.5 0.5 0.5 3.0
Rick Barry 2 32.5 12.0 4.0 4.5 0.0 1.0 1.0
Dwight Jones 2 16.5 10.0 6.0 1.5 0.5 2.0 3.0
Robert Reid 2 22.5 10.0 4.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 2.5
Rudy Tomjanovich 2 32.0 10.0 7.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5
Slick Watts 2 21.5 7.0 3.5 3.5 2.0 0.5 3.5
Alonzo Bradley 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jacky Dorsey 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mike Dunleavy, Sr. 1 10.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1978-1979 Houston Rockets Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Houston Leaders Atlanta Leaders
Apr 11, 1979
v.
Atlanta		 L, 106-109 Compaq Center
Opening Round 		0-1 PTS: 28. Moses Malone
 PTS: 23. D. Roundfield
Apr 13, 1979
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Atlanta		 L, 100-91 Omni Coliseum
Opening Round 		0-2 PTS: 21. Moses Malone
 PTS: 25. E. Johnson, Jr.