NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks127–136Buffalo Braves

Milwaukee Bucks at Buffalo Braves

Date: Friday 17 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 32nd meetingof 131 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Brian Winters	36:00	8–20	12–16	0	0	0	3	2	0	6	28
Marques Johnson	34:00	8–23	5–6	—	—	8	3	2	0	2	21
Ernie Grunfeld	31:00	3–11	1–2	—	—	1	3	2	0	2	7
John Gianelli	30:00	3–7	4–5	—	—	13	2	0	1	6	10
Quinn Buckner	29:00	8–10	7–10	—	—	4	5	4	0	4	23
Lloyd Walton	19:00	1–3	3–4	—	—	1	4	0	0	5	5
Dave Meyers	17:00	4–8	2–4	—	—	1	1	1	0	1	10
Alex English	14:00	4–5	0–0	—	—	3	0	0	0	3	8
Kent Benson	13:00	3–4	4–7	—	—	6	1	0	0	1	10
Junior Bridgeman	12:00	2–5	1–1	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	5
Jim Eakins	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Team totals	240:00	44–96	39–55	0	0	38	23	11	1	35	127

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	42:00	11–21	9–13	—	—	3	7	1	0	4	31
Swen Nater	42:00	6–10	6–10	—	—	16	6	0	1	5	18
Larry McNeill	35:00	11–17	9–10	—	—	9	1	0	0	6	31
Mike Glenn	33:00	7–11	9–9	—	—	3	4	2	0	5	23
Wil Jones	33:00	4–10	1–2	—	—	4	5	0	2	5	9
Marvin Barnes	23:00	2–4	3–4	—	—	6	3	2	0	6	7
Bird Averitt	18:00	3–4	3–4	—	—	1	2	1	0	3	9
Scott Lloyd	6:00	1–1	4–4	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	6
Bill Willoughby	5:00	1–2	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	1	2
Chuck Williams	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–80	44–56	0	0	44	29	6	3	36	136

This season

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

18 Dec 1977Buffalo Braves 100–111 Milwaukee Bucks
27 Dec 1977Milwaukee Bucks 108–105 Buffalo Braves
8 Feb 1978Buffalo Braves 103–104 Milwaukee Bucks
17 Mar 1978127–136 this game

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 35–33
Buffalo Braves: 25–42

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Clippers 57, Milwaukee Bucks 74.

8 Feb 1978Buffalo Braves 103–104 Milwaukee Bucks
25 Oct 1978Milwaukee Bucks 116–125 San Diego Clippers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.