NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves115–120Los Angeles Lakers

Buffalo Braves at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 24 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 32nd meetingof 247 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	41:00	16–31	1–2	2	1	3	5	0	1	5	1	33
Swen Nater	38:00	7–14	2–2	5	13	18	3	0	0	3	3	16
Larry McNeill	31:00	7–12	3–3	2	4	6	1	3	2	1	2	17
Wil Jones	29:00	7–11	3–4	2	7	9	4	1	1	4	3	17
Chuck Williams	29:00	3–6	2–2	0	3	3	10	0	0	2	0	8
Mike Glenn	22:00	3–8	0–1	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	2	6
Eddie Owens	20:00	4–6	0–0	2	4	6	2	1	0	1	3	8
Bill Willoughby	16:00	2–8	0–0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	4
Scott Lloyd	10:00	2–4	2–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
Bird Averitt	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	51–100	13–16	17	34	51	31	6	4	19	16	115

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	38:00	12–20	6–7	1	11	12	4	2	0	1	3	30
Norm Nixon	34:00	6–12	0–0	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	1	12
Lou Hudson	32:00	5–12	2–2	1	1	2	4	2	0	0	1	12
Charlie Scott	28:00	3–7	0–0	0	1	1	6	1	1	4	1	6
Adrian Dantley	27:00	8–14	3–4	2	7	9	4	0	0	2	3	19
Tom Abernethy	25:00	6–9	0–0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	12
Kenny Carr	24:00	7–12	1–2	2	5	7	1	1	0	3	1	15
Don Ford	20:00	4–6	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	2	8
Dave Robisch	10:00	3–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Brad Davis	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	54–96	12–15	8	27	35	31	10	3	11	15	120

This season

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

11 Dec 1977Buffalo Braves 119–124 Los Angeles Lakers
4 Jan 1978Los Angeles Lakers 93–94 Buffalo Braves
7 Feb 1978Los Angeles Lakers 132–105 Buffalo Braves
24 Mar 1978115–120 this game

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 26–45
Los Angeles Lakers: 39–33

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 158, Los Angeles Clippers 89.

7 Feb 1978Los Angeles Lakers 132–105 Buffalo Braves
24 Oct 1978Los Angeles Lakers 123–124 San Diego Clippers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.