NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers112–119Washington Bullets

Los Angeles Lakers at Washington Bullets

Date: Sunday 29 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 111th meetingof 206 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	44:00	4–7	1–2	0	2	2	8	—	0	3	5	9
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	40:00	13–27	5–5	1	4	5	3	—	5	—	4	31
Adrian Dantley	38:00	10–18	2–3	1	5	6	3	—	0	—	3	22
Charlie Scott	35:00	5–12	4–6	2	1	3	7	—	0	5	3	14
Don Ford	29:00	4–8	0–0	1	3	4	1	—	0	—	2	8
Lou Hudson	17:00	3–9	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	0	—	1	6
Kenny Carr	12:00	3–5	2–2	0	1	1	1	—	0	—	4	8
Jamaal Wilkes	10:00	4–5	0–0	1	1	2	1	—	0	—	1	8
Dave Robisch	10:00	3–3	0–0	1	0	1	1	—	0	—	1	6
Tom Abernethy	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	—	0	—	3	0
Team totals	240:00	49–94	14–18	7	19	26	25	—	5	8	27	112

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	43:00	6–14	6–14	10	9	19	1	2	2	4	5	18
Bob Dandridge	38:00	12–20	5–6	1	4	5	3	0	1	1	3	29
Larry Wright	32:00	5–5	6–8	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	3	16
Wes Unseld	26:00	1–4	0–0	6	6	12	5	1	0	1	1	2
Kevin Grevey	25:00	4–13	5–5	2	3	5	0	2	0	6	4	13
Charles Johnson	24:00	5–11	1–1	1	3	4	1	1	0	2	2	11
Tom Henderson	21:00	7–12	4–6	2	1	3	2	1	0	4	2	18
Greg Ballard	19:00	3–6	0–2	1	7	8	1	0	0	2	0	6
Joe Pace	12:00	3–4	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
Team totals	240:00	46–89	27–42	24	34	58	19	7	3	24	21	119

This season

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

20 Dec 1977Washington Bullets 115–120 Los Angeles Lakers
20 Jan 1978Washington Bullets 99–121 Los Angeles Lakers
29 Jan 1978112–119 this game
5 Apr 1978Los Angeles Lakers 119–125 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 22–24
Washington Bullets: 25–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

20 Jan 1978Washington Bullets 99–121 Los Angeles Lakers
5 Apr 1978Los Angeles Lakers 119–125 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.