NBA 1975-76Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns87–120Chicago Bulls

Phoenix Suns at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 16 March 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1975-76Regular season
Meeting: 46th meetingof 158 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Dennis Awtrey	33:00	4–9	0–0	3	8	11	1	0	1	2	8
Alvan Adams	30:00	7–24	1–2	3	5	8	1	1	1	4	15
Paul Westphal	30:00	5–20	3–6	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	13
Ricky Sobers	23:00	2–5	3–3	1	0	1	1	1	0	5	7
Keith Erickson	22:00	4–9	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	8
Gar Heard	21:00	2–6	1–3	3	3	6	0	1	0	5	5
Curtis Perry	20:00	4–7	1–1	2	2	4	1	0	1	5	9
Nate Hawthorne	18:00	1–6	5–11	3	2	5	0	1	0	1	7
Pat Riley	16:00	2–6	3–4	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	7
Phil Lumpkin	14:00	3–4	0–0	1	1	2	5	0	0	2	6
John Wetzel	13:00	1–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	35–97	17–30	17	27	44	13	5	3	34	87

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Norm Van Lier	37:00	5–7	9–12	3	3	6	8	2	0	4	19
Tom Boerwinkle	30:00	5–7	2–2	3	15	18	4	2	1	3	12
Mickey Johnson	29:00	3–11	1–2	3	6	9	4	2	1	5	7
John Laskowski	28:00	8–10	4–8	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	20
Bob Love	27:00	4–13	7–8	2	5	7	1	1	0	5	15
Jack Marin	22:00	5–8	2–2	0	4	4	2	0	0	1	12
Bobby Wilson	20:00	5–9	4–4	0	3	3	3	0	0	4	14
Steve Patterson	18:00	1–4	0–0	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	2
Leon Benbow	11:00	2–5	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6
Cliff Pondexter	9:00	3–3	3–4	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	9
Eric Fernsten	9:00	2–4	0–2	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	4
Team totals	240:00	43–81	34–46	12	46	58	29	9	4	27	120

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Phoenix Suns 3 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 1976Chicago Bulls 97–99 Phoenix Suns
16 Mar 197687–120 this game

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 32–35
Chicago Bulls: 20–46

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

5 Mar 1976Chicago Bulls 97–99 Phoenix Suns
29 Oct 1976Phoenix Suns 95–82 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.