NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final/OT

Phoenix Suns115–110Chicago Bulls

Phoenix Suns at Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday 27 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 55th meetingof 158 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	43:00	17–29	4–7	1	4	5	6	1	1	2	5	38
Walter Davis	41:00	14–25	9–11	3	6	9	5	7	1	4	3	37
Don Buse	36:00	3–7	0–0	2	3	5	4	7	0	1	4	6
Alvan Adams	29:00	5–10	0–0	4	2	6	5	0	1	5	4	10
Gar Heard	28:00	0–4	0–0	2	4	6	1	1	2	2	1	0
Alvin Scott	23:00	3–10	1–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	7
Ron Lee	17:00	3–8	1–1	1	0	1	2	4	0	3	3	7
Bayard Forrest	17:00	1–3	0–0	2	2	4	3	0	0	2	4	2
Marty Byrnes	12:00	2–4	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	4
Mike Bratz	10:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	0
Joel Kramer	9:00	2–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	4
Team totals	265:00	50–103	15–21	17	25	42	30	22	6	24	27	115

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	47:00	10–15	5–7	4	10	14	5	2	3	7	4	25
Wilbur Holland	45:00	14–20	2–2	1	3	4	4	2	0	4	2	30
Mickey Johnson	35:00	13–18	4–4	5	7	12	5	2	1	4	3	30
Ollie Johnson	24:00	2–7	0–0	1	4	5	5	1	1	2	6	4
Mark Landsberger	22:00	3–4	2–2	1	8	9	0	0	0	2	0	8
John Mengelt	22:00	1–6	0–1	0	3	3	3	1	0	4	2	2
Reggie Theus	20:00	1–9	3–5	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	4	5
Charles Dudley	19:00	1–2	3–3	0	2	2	3	1	0	5	2	5
John Brown	19:00	0–3	1–1	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	6	1
Steve Sheppard	12:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0
Team totals	265:00	45–85	20–25	13	38	51	33	10	5	38	30	110

This season

Chicago Bulls 1, Phoenix Suns 3 in NBA 1978-79.

27 Oct 1978115–110 this game
26 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 109–125 Phoenix Suns
28 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 112–124 Chicago Bulls
8 Mar 1979Chicago Bulls 117–132 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 5–2
Chicago Bulls: 1–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 76, Phoenix Suns 82.

9 Mar 1978Chicago Bulls 103–112 Phoenix Suns
26 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 109–125 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.