NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers114–120Phoenix Suns

Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix Suns

Date: Saturday 11 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 66th meetingof 345 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	36:00	11–14	4–7	1	11	12	7	0	0	7	2	26
Adrian Dantley	36:00	6–17	6–8	4	5	9	5	2	0	3	3	18
Charlie Scott	35:00	10–17	1–2	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	5	21
Norm Nixon	35:00	5–18	1–2	0	2	2	5	2	0	3	3	11
Lou Hudson	26:00	4–7	1–1	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	3	9
Don Ford	23:00	5–10	1–2	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	4	11
Kenny Carr	22:00	3–4	0–0	0	6	6	0	2	0	3	5	6
Tom Abernethy	15:00	5–5	0–1	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	1	10
Dave Robisch	12:00	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	50–95	14–23	9	30	39	22	15	2	19	26	114

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Don Buse	40:00	3–3	0–0	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	2	6
Walter Davis	39:00	13–23	8–10	2	5	7	5	1	0	5	1	34
Alvan Adams	33:00	12–13	2–2	2	5	7	3	0	0	3	6	26
Gar Heard	32:00	3–5	4–5	1	10	11	0	2	5	1	4	10
Paul Westphal	30:00	13–21	2–3	0	2	2	11	0	0	2	0	28
Ron Lee	19:00	5–9	0–0	1	3	4	5	2	0	3	2	10
Alvin Scott	16:00	0–1	2–2	1	2	3	2	0	1	2	2	2
Dennis Awtrey	15:00	0–3	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Griffin	9:00	2–4	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	4
Mike Bratz	7:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	51–83	18–22	9	34	43	31	7	6	20	19	120

This season

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

23 Oct 1977Phoenix Suns 104–101 Los Angeles Lakers
22 Nov 1977Los Angeles Lakers 107–118 Phoenix Suns
11 Mar 1978114–120 this game
12 Mar 1978Phoenix Suns 112–128 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 35–29
Phoenix Suns: 41–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 150, Los Angeles Lakers 195.

22 Nov 1977Los Angeles Lakers 107–118 Phoenix Suns
12 Mar 1978Phoenix Suns 112–128 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.