NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns83–115New Jersey Nets

Phoenix Suns at New Jersey Nets

Date: Wednesday 4 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 102 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alvin Scott	29:00	1–4	3–4	0	6	6	0	0	0	1	1	5
Don Buse	28:00	4–6	0–0	0	3	3	1	6	1	1	1	8
Curtis Perry	28:00	2–6	0–0	2	6	8	2	0	2	4	3	4
Walter Davis	25:00	7–14	0–0	0	3	3	1	2	0	6	3	14
Dennis Awtrey	25:00	2–9	4–5	2	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	8
Ron Lee	25:00	2–7	0–0	1	2	3	3	2	0	2	4	4
Paul Westphal	24:00	7–17	7–8	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	21
Bayard Forrest	23:00	4–6	1–4	2	4	6	4	0	2	3	0	9
Mike Bratz	19:00	2–6	2–2	0	4	4	1	1	1	4	3	6
Gar Heard	14:00	2–7	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	0	3	1	4
Team totals	240:00	33–82	17–23	8	33	41	13	13	6	29	17	83

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	40:00	7–14	3–4	0	1	1	16	2	1	2	2	17
Bernard King	37:00	20–29	4–6	8	5	13	2	1	2	3	2	44
Eddie Jordan	27:00	5–14	1–1	0	2	2	7	8	1	1	3	11
George Johnson	26:00	2–8	0–0	3	10	13	2	2	5	3	0	4
Tim Bassett	25:00	3–6	0–0	1	4	5	0	1	1	3	2	6
Howard Porter	24:00	9–12	2–2	1	4	5	1	1	2	1	4	20
Jan van Breda Kolff	19:00	3–8	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	1	1	4	6
Darnell Hillman	19:00	1–3	0–0	1	5	6	0	1	0	2	3	2
Louie Nelson	15:00	2–7	1–2	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	1	5
Kim Hughes	8:00	0–3	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	52–104	11–15	15	37	52	32	17	13	18	22	115

This season

Brooklyn Nets 2, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1977-78.

4 Jan 197883–115 this game
29 Jan 1978New Jersey Nets 100–131 Phoenix Suns
15 Mar 1978Phoenix Suns 98–117 New Jersey Nets
8 Apr 1978New Jersey Nets 109–120 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 22–13
New Jersey Nets: 8–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 48, Phoenix Suns 54.

10 Apr 1977New York Nets 104–128 Phoenix Suns
29 Jan 1978New Jersey Nets 100–131 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.