# Temporada 1978-79 de los Houston Rockets

La temporada 1978-79 fue la octava de los Houston Rockets en su nueva localización de Texas, y la decimosegunda en la NBA, tras haber jugado las cuatro primeras en San Diego (California). La temporada regular acabó con 47 victorias y 35 derrotas, ocupando el cuarto puesto de la conferencia Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que cayó en primera ronda ante Atlanta Hawks.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 3 | 47 | Bates, Billy RayBilly Ray Bates | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Kentucky State* |
| 4 | 67 | Robinson, JackieJackie Robinson | Alero | Estados Unidos | UNLV |

## Temporada regular

División Central :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-San Antonio Spurs | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | 29–12 | 19–22 | 11–9 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 47 | 35 | .573 | 1 | 30–11 | 17–24 | 12–8 |
| x-Atlanta Hawks | 46 | 36 | .561 | 2 | 34–7 | 12–29 | 14–6 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 20–21 | 10–31 | 6–14 |
| Detroit Pistons | 30 | 52 | .366 | 18 | 22–19 | 8–33 | 9–11 |
| New Orleans Jazz | 26 | 56 | .317 | 22 | 21–20 | 8–33 | 9–15 |

## Playoffs
### Primera ronda

Atlanta Hawks vs. Houston Rockets
| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| 11 de abril | Houston Rockets 106, Atlanta Hawks 109 | Houston |
| 13 de abril | Atlanta Hawks 100, Houston Rockets 91 | Atlanta |
| | Atlanta Hawks gana las series 2-0 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Moses Malone | 23 | 82 | 41.3 | 8.7 | 16.2 | .540 | 7.3 | 9.9 | .739 | 7.2 | 10.5 | 17.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 24.8 |
| 2 | Calvin Murphy | 30 | 82 | 35.9 | 8.6 | 17.4 | .496 | 3.0 | 3.2 | .928 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 20.2 |
| 3 | Rudy Tomjanovich | 30 | 74 | 35.7 | 8.4 | 16.2 | .517 | 2.3 | 3.0 | .760 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 19.0 |
| 4 | Rick Barry | 34 | 80 | 32.1 | 5.8 | 12.5 | .461 | 2.0 | 2.1 | .947 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 13.5 |
| 5 | Robert Reid | 23 | 82 | 27.5 | 4.7 | 9.5 | .492 | 1.6 | 2.3 | .704 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 10.9 |
| 6 | Mike Newlin | 30 | 76 | 24.1 | 3.7 | 7.6 | .487 | 2.8 | 3.2 | .872 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 10.2 |
| 7 | Mike Dunleavy | 24 | 74 | 20.1 | 2.9 | 5.7 | .506 | 2.1 | 2.5 | .864 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Slick Watts | 27 | 61 | 17.1 | 1.5 | 3.7 | .405 | 0.7 | 1.1 | .612 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.7 |
| 9 | Dwight Jones | 26 | 81 | 15.0 | 2.2 | 4.9 | .458 | 1.2 | 1.6 | .727 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 5.7 |
| 10 | Alonzo Bradley | 25 | 34 | 7.2 | 1.1 | 2.6 | .420 | 0.6 | 1.0 | .667 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.8 |
| 11 | E.C. Coleman | 28 | 6 | 6.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .714 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.000 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 12 | Jacky Dorsey | 24 | 20 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | .558 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .500 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| 13 | Tom Barker | 23 | 5 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | .500 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Moses Malone | MVP de la Temporada de la NBA Mejor quinteto de la NBA 2.º Mejor quinteto defensivo de la NBA All-Star |
| Calvin Murphy | All-Star |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | All-Star |