NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers93–94Buffalo Braves

Los Angeles Lakers at Buffalo Braves

Date: Wednesday 4 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 30th meetingof 247 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	43:00	9–18	1–3	5	8	13	3	0	0	2	19
Norm Nixon	36:00	6–11	1–2	0	2	2	3	2	0	4	13
Lou Hudson	35:00	4–10	1–1	0	2	2	6	1	0	5	9
Jamaal Wilkes	34:00	5–11	4–6	1	7	8	4	2	0	0	14
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	28:00	6–17	7–8	6	5	11	1	0	3	4	19
Charlie Scott	25:00	4–9	1–2	0	3	3	1	1	0	3	9
Dave Robisch	20:00	3–7	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	1	1	6
Kenny Carr	14:00	1–5	2–2	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	4
Tom Abernethy	5:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	38–90	17–24	16	34	50	20	6	4	20	93

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	40:00	11–17	8–8	1	5	6	6	3	0	3	30
Billy Knight	38:00	5–16	3–4	2	7	9	2	1	0	3	13
Jim McDaniels	31:00	8–16	2–2	0	6	6	1	0	0	5	18
Ted McClain	25:00	2–8	3–4	0	1	1	4	4	0	3	7
Bill Willoughby	25:00	2–6	0–0	2	7	9	2	2	0	1	4
Chuck Williams	23:00	3–6	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	6
Marvin Barnes	23:00	1–6	0–0	2	7	9	2	0	0	2	2
Scott Lloyd	17:00	4–7	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	8
Wil Jones	10:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0
Mike Glenn	8:00	3–5	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6
Team totals	240:00	39–88	16–18	9	35	44	23	12	1	23	94

This season

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

11 Dec 1977Buffalo Braves 119–124 Los Angeles Lakers
4 Jan 197893–94 this game
7 Feb 1978Los Angeles Lakers 132–105 Buffalo Braves
24 Mar 1978Buffalo Braves 115–120 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 17–18
Buffalo Braves: 13–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

11 Dec 1977Buffalo Braves 119–124 Los Angeles Lakers
7 Feb 1978Los Angeles Lakers 132–105 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.