NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

San Antonio Spurs145–143Phoenix Suns

San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns

Date: Monday 31 October 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 240 played

San Antonio Spurs

San Antonio Spurs box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George Gervin	41:00	13–21	10–11	1	5	6	7	1	0	5	4	36
Larry Kenon	35:00	12–24	5–8	6	9	15	2	2	0	3	6	29
Billy Paultz	32:00	7–14	3–4	1	6	7	3	0	1	2	3	17
Louie Dampier	28:00	4–7	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	1	8
Coby Dietrick	26:00	3–4	5–6	4	3	7	1	1	0	0	4	11
Mark Olberding	24:00	6–9	3–4	2	2	4	1	0	2	1	3	15
Mike Gale	22:00	5–8	0–0	0	2	2	5	2	0	4	4	10
Allan Bristow	16:00	5–7	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	10
Jim Eakins	8:00	1–2	2–2	2	1	3	2	0	0	6	5	4
James Silas	5:00	1–1	3–3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
Team totals	237:00	57–97	31–38	16	32	48	29	6	3	24	31	145

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	37:00	14–22	9–12	1	3	4	8	4	0	2	2	37
Don Buse	37:00	3–5	2–3	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	2	8
Walter Davis	32:00	11–20	3–3	5	3	8	6	1	0	2	4	25
Alvan Adams	30:00	13–22	3–3	2	9	11	6	0	2	3	6	29
Gar Heard	30:00	5–11	0–1	3	5	8	1	1	1	1	3	10
Ron Lee	19:00	5–8	5–6	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	5	15
Curtis Perry	18:00	4–5	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	3	8
Alvin Scott	16:00	2–4	2–2	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	6
Dennis Awtrey	16:00	1–3	3–3	0	2	2	3	0	1	2	4	5
Mike Bratz	7:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0
Bayard Forrest	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	244:00	58–100	27–33	11	28	39	35	12	4	18	32	143

This season

Phoenix Suns 2, San Antonio Spurs 2 in NBA 1977-78.

31 Oct 1977145–143 this game
3 Nov 1977Phoenix Suns 110–89 San Antonio Spurs
20 Nov 1977San Antonio Spurs 112–134 Phoenix Suns
4 Apr 1978Phoenix Suns 119–125 San Antonio Spurs

Records going in

San Antonio Spurs: 3–3
Phoenix Suns: 3–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 113, San Antonio Spurs 127.

8 Mar 1977Phoenix Suns 115–122 San Antonio Spurs
3 Nov 1977Phoenix Suns 110–89 San Antonio Spurs

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.