NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final/OT

Buffalo Braves119–124Los Angeles Lakers

Buffalo Braves at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 11 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 29th meetingof 247 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	50:00	13–31	9–11	—	—	6	10	—	—	—	2	35
Billy Knight	50:00	15–27	3–4	—	—	15	2	—	—	—	3	33
Wil Jones	41:00	5–8	5–7	—	—	9	4	—	—	—	6	15
Swen Nater	32:00	4–11	0–0	—	—	5	2	—	—	—	5	8
Ted McClain	28:00	4–10	0–0	—	—	4	4	—	—	—	4	8
Chuck Williams	25:00	4–6	0–0	0	0	0	3	—	—	—	3	8
Jim McDaniels	20:00	3–7	0–0	—	—	3	1	—	—	—	6	6
Bill Willoughby	15:00	3–7	0–2	—	—	1	0	—	—	—	3	6
Gary Brokaw	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	—	—	—	1	0
Scott Lloyd	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	0
Team totals	265:00	51–107	17–24	0	0	43	27	—	—	—	33	119

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	45:00	14–27	15–19	6	13	19	6	0	1	4	5	43
Norm Nixon	45:00	10–18	5–7	1	4	5	5	2	0	3	3	25
Lou Hudson	41:00	8–16	5–5	0	1	1	1	1	0	4	3	21
Tom Abernethy	35:00	4–8	5–6	3	4	7	2	1	0	1	2	13
Kermit Washington	35:00	2–7	5–8	7	8	15	0	1	0	3	3	9
Don Ford	27:00	2–5	0–0	3	4	7	0	1	0	0	2	4
Ernie DiGregorio	13:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	2
Kenny Carr	13:00	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	3	2
James Edwards	8:00	1–5	1–1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Earl Tatum	7:00	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Team totals	269:00	44–96	36–46	20	38	58	20	7	2	20	24	124

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 3, Los Angeles Clippers 1 in NBA 1977-78.

11 Dec 1977119–124 this game
4 Jan 1978Los Angeles Lakers 93–94 Buffalo Braves
7 Feb 1978Los Angeles Lakers 132–105 Buffalo Braves
24 Mar 1978Buffalo Braves 115–120 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 11–11
Los Angeles Lakers: 9–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 158, Los Angeles Clippers 89.

27 Mar 1977Buffalo Braves 89–92 Los Angeles Lakers
4 Jan 1978Los Angeles Lakers 93–94 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.