NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Buffalo Braves113–103Chicago Bulls

Buffalo Braves at Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday 7 April 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 32nd meetingof 131 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Swen Nater	42:00	11–19	1–3	1	12	13	2	0	0	0	3	23
Randy Smith	41:00	12–23	4–4	1	2	3	9	3	0	2	2	28
Chuck Williams	36:00	3–4	2–2	0	0	0	10	1	0	2	2	8
Marvin Barnes	33:00	7–10	3–4	0	4	4	1	0	3	2	4	17
Bill Willoughby	30:00	5–13	1–3	4	4	8	0	0	2	1	3	11
Larry McNeill	23:00	3–7	8–9	2	4	6	2	0	0	2	3	14
Mike Glenn	12:00	1–5	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Wil Jones	10:00	0–1	1–2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Bird Averitt	7:00	1–3	1–2	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	3
Scott Lloyd	6:00	2–2	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6
Team totals	240:00	45–87	23–31	8	31	39	27	6	5	11	21	113

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	40:00	11–15	5–9	4	10	14	2	1	3	4	3	27
Mark Landsberger	33:00	7–15	2–3	3	6	9	2	0	0	2	3	16
Wilbur Holland	33:00	4–9	2–2	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	4	10
Mickey Johnson	28:00	6–15	6–6	2	7	9	2	2	2	2	3	18
Norm Van Lier	24:00	2–6	2–2	0	2	2	6	1	1	2	3	6
Tate Armstrong	21:00	1–5	0–0	0	6	6	5	1	0	0	1	2
Steve Sheppard	18:00	4–5	4–7	3	1	4	3	1	0	1	4	12
John Mengelt	18:00	4–10	0–0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	8
Cazzie Russell	13:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0
Cliff Pondexter	8:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	4
Derrek Dickey	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	41–88	21–29	13	36	49	30	8	6	14	26	103

This season

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

4 Nov 1977Buffalo Braves 100–92 Chicago Bulls
12 Nov 1977Chicago Bulls 103–106 Buffalo Braves
1 Apr 1978Chicago Bulls 110–102 Buffalo Braves
7 Apr 1978113–103 this game

Records going in

Buffalo Braves: 26–53
Chicago Bulls: 40–40

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 70, Los Angeles Clippers 61.

1 Apr 1978Chicago Bulls 110–102 Buffalo Braves
17 Oct 1978Chicago Bulls 94–99 San Diego Clippers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.