NBA 1975-76Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls97–99Phoenix Suns

Chicago Bulls at Phoenix Suns

Date: Friday 5 March 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1975-76Regular season
Meeting: 45th meetingof 158 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Norm Van Lier	45:00	2–10	0–0	2	4	6	10	1	2	3	4
Bob Love	35:00	10–23	3–4	1	2	3	1	2	0	3	23
Jack Marin	30:00	8–13	2–2	1	4	5	4	0	1	1	18
Tom Boerwinkle	29:00	7–10	3–4	2	9	11	3	1	1	4	17
Mickey Johnson	28:00	6–12	0–0	4	4	8	2	0	0	3	12
John Laskowski	26:00	4–10	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	8
Leon Benbow	25:00	3–8	3–4	0	3	3	6	1	0	3	9
Steve Patterson	16:00	1–3	0–0	2	2	4	0	4	0	1	2
Cliff Pondexter	6:00	2–4	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	4
Team totals	240:00	43–93	11–14	13	30	43	28	10	4	23	97

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	38:00	9–19	4–4	2	3	5	6	3	1	1	22
Ricky Sobers	36:00	3–9	2–2	2	2	4	9	0	0	3	8
Gar Heard	33:00	6–9	3–3	4	9	13	2	1	0	0	15
Curtis Perry	33:00	4–11	2–2	4	4	8	0	1	2	4	10
Alvan Adams	32:00	8–20	6–6	2	7	9	3	0	1	2	22
Keith Erickson	19:00	2–7	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
Dennis Awtrey	16:00	2–6	0–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	4
Pat Riley	12:00	1–1	1–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3
Nate Hawthorne	11:00	3–4	0–1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	6
John Wetzel	7:00	1–1	1–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Phil Lumpkin	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–87	21–26	14	31	45	22	5	4	17	99

This season

Phoenix Suns 3, Chicago Bulls 2 in NBA 1975-76.

4 Nov 1975Phoenix Suns 96–80 Chicago Bulls
7 Dec 1975Chicago Bulls 97–114 Phoenix Suns
17 Feb 1976Phoenix Suns 111–114 Chicago Bulls
5 Mar 197697–99 this game
16 Mar 1976Phoenix Suns 87–120 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 18–43
Phoenix Suns: 28–32

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 82, Chicago Bulls 76.

17 Feb 1976Phoenix Suns 111–114 Chicago Bulls
16 Mar 1976Phoenix Suns 87–120 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.