NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns105–118Los Angeles Lakers

Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 17 December 1976
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 60th meetingof 345 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Gar Heard	40:00	3–8	1–2	2	10	12	1	0	0	3	7
Ricky Sobers	38:00	10–17	5–5	2	1	3	8	3	0	3	25
Alvan Adams	34:00	7–19	2–3	4	3	7	6	1	0	5	16
Curtis Perry	33:00	7–9	2–2	3	3	6	1	0	0	4	16
Paul Westphal	31:00	10–23	5–8	2	2	4	0	2	0	1	25
Tom Van Arsdale	18:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Dennis Awtrey	18:00	1–1	0–2	0	5	5	2	0	0	2	2
Dick Van Arsdale	16:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	4
Ron Lee	10:00	2–6	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	4	4
Butch Feher	1:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ira Terrell	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–92	15–22	14	27	41	23	7	0	26	105

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Lucius Allen	46:00	11–21	4–5	0	3	3	5	1	2	4	26
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	40:00	12–20	3–5	2	13	15	6	3	3	2	27
Cazzie Russell	37:00	9–17	4–5	3	1	4	0	0	0	2	22
Kermit Washington	27:00	4–7	5–9	7	5	12	1	0	0	2	13
Bo Lamar	23:00	3–8	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	8
Don Ford	21:00	1–5	0–0	2	0	2	1	2	0	2	2
Don Chaney	19:00	0–3	0–0	0	1	1	4	3	0	6	0
Tom Abernethy	11:00	3–3	3–3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9
Johnny Neumann	8:00	2–4	3–5	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	7
C.J. Kupec	8:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	47–91	24–34	16	24	40	22	10	5	23	118

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 3, Phoenix Suns 1 in NBA 1976-77.

17 Dec 1976105–118 this game
25 Dec 1976Los Angeles Lakers 96–113 Phoenix Suns
25 Mar 1977Phoenix Suns 93–118 Los Angeles Lakers
26 Mar 1977Los Angeles Lakers 109–102 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 11–13
Los Angeles Lakers: 15–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 195, Phoenix Suns 150.

8 Apr 1976Los Angeles Lakers 98–113 Phoenix Suns
25 Dec 1976Los Angeles Lakers 96–113 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.