NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Washington Bullets115–120Los Angeles Lakers

Washington Bullets at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Tuesday 20 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 109th meetingof 206 played

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	38:00	7–16	7–9	2	5	7	0	0	0	1	4	21
Bob Dandridge	36:00	6–11	0–0	2	4	6	3	0	0	3	4	12
Phil Chenier	33:00	9–15	0–1	1	3	4	7	1	0	3	2	18
Larry Wright	31:00	7–12	3–4	1	4	5	9	3	0	3	4	17
Mitch Kupchak	28:00	8–17	7–12	3	7	10	1	0	1	3	5	23
Wes Unseld	24:00	2–6	0–0	2	5	7	3	0	0	1	4	4
Greg Ballard	18:00	5–8	0–1	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	10
Kevin Grevey	17:00	4–5	0–0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	1	8
Tom Henderson	15:00	1–7	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	2
Team totals	240:00	49–97	17–27	14	30	44	24	6	3	19	25	115

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	45:00	12–21	12–16	2	7	9	4	3	0	2	4	36
Norm Nixon	39:00	7–13	5–5	0	3	3	10	2	0	5	5	19
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	36:00	13–20	4–6	0	9	9	4	2	2	2	5	30
Lou Hudson	34:00	5–8	4–4	0	3	3	2	1	1	2	4	14
Jamaal Wilkes	28:00	5–9	2–2	2	5	7	3	0	0	0	5	12
Don Chaney	19:00	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	2
Dave Robisch	12:00	1–3	1–2	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	2	3
Kenny Carr	9:00	2–4	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	4
Don Ford	7:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Abernethy	7:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ernie DiGregorio	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–84	28–35	5	35	40	27	9	4	16	30	120

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Washington Wizards 2 in NBA 1977-78.

20 Dec 1977115–120 this game
20 Jan 1978Washington Bullets 99–121 Los Angeles Lakers
29 Jan 1978Los Angeles Lakers 112–119 Washington Bullets
5 Apr 1978Los Angeles Lakers 119–125 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Washington Bullets: 17–11
Los Angeles Lakers: 12–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 129, Washington Wizards 77.

11 Mar 1977Washington Bullets 91–94 Los Angeles Lakers
20 Jan 1978Washington Bullets 99–121 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.