NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Portland Trail Blazers96–94Buffalo Braves

Portland Trail Blazers at Buffalo Braves

Date: Tuesday 17 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 41st meetingof 255 played

Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lionel Hollins	40:00	7–13	2–2	1	3	4	5	3	0	2	4	16
Bill Walton	35:00	7–17	3–4	2	13	15	6	1	2	6	1	17
Bob Gross	31:00	2–7	1–2	2	4	6	7	0	1	4	3	5
Johnny Davis	24:00	4–13	2–2	2	0	2	5	2	0	1	2	10
Maurice Lucas	23:00	7–10	1–2	2	8	10	1	1	0	3	1	15
Dave Twardzik	21:00	5–6	3–3	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	4	13
Corky Calhoun	17:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2
Lloyd Neal	15:00	2–6	2–2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	6
Tom Owens	13:00	2–4	0–0	2	3	5	1	1	0	1	2	4
Larry Steele	11:00	4–6	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
Team totals	230:00	41–85	14–17	12	33	45	28	10	3	21	22	96

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	40:00	12–22	2–4	1	4	5	5	1	0	3	3	26
Billy Knight	39:00	12–21	4–4	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	2	28
Chuck Williams	37:00	2–5	0–2	0	4	4	10	2	0	3	3	4
Marvin Barnes	32:00	3–11	2–3	3	5	8	2	3	0	5	5	8
Swen Nater	30:00	5–11	2–3	4	6	10	3	1	1	3	1	12
Jim McDaniels	18:00	3–7	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	4	6
Wil Jones	16:00	2–7	0–0	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	4
Ted McClain	11:00	0–1	2–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	2
Bill Willoughby	9:00	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Mike Glenn	8:00	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	40–88	14–20	11	29	40	24	9	2	18	22	94

This season

Los Angeles Clippers 1, Portland Trail Blazers 3 in NBA 1977-78.

25 Oct 1977Buffalo Braves 85–107 Portland Trail Blazers
13 Dec 1977Buffalo Braves 108–111 Portland Trail Blazers
17 Jan 197896–94 this game
12 Mar 1978Portland Trail Blazers 90–96 Buffalo Braves

Records going in

Portland Trail Blazers: 33–6
Buffalo Braves: 16–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Clippers 100, Portland Trail Blazers 155.

13 Dec 1977Buffalo Braves 108–111 Portland Trail Blazers
12 Mar 1978Portland Trail Blazers 90–96 Buffalo Braves

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.