NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns122–130Los Angeles Lakers

Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 1 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 68th meetingof 345 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alvan Adams	41:00	8–22	5–6	2	10	12	6	1	0	4	4	21
Paul Westphal	35:00	14–21	4–4	1	2	3	7	2	0	1	0	32
Walter Davis	35:00	9–18	6–6	3	3	6	7	3	0	1	3	24
Alvin Scott	30:00	4–7	0–0	0	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	8
Don Buse	24:00	6–8	0–0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	12
Joel Kramer	24:00	2–4	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	4
Ron Lee	24:00	2–10	0–0	0	0	0	6	1	1	1	3	4
Marty Byrnes	14:00	5–6	3–3	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	13
Mike Bratz	13:00	1–4	2–2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	4
Team totals	240:00	51–100	20–21	7	25	32	36	9	3	12	19	122

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35:00	11–17	12–12	5	4	9	2	1	3	4	3	34
Adrian Dantley	35:00	4–11	0–0	2	5	7	3	1	0	6	5	8
Norm Nixon	34:00	7–14	0–0	0	2	2	7	3	0	1	2	14
Jim Price	33:00	3–5	9–11	0	6	6	12	1	1	1	4	15
Jamaal Wilkes	30:00	10–17	0–0	1	6	7	4	1	0	2	3	20
Lou Hudson	25:00	8–12	1–1	2	3	5	3	1	2	2	2	17
Don Ford	17:00	1–7	0–0	2	3	5	2	0	1	1	3	2
Kenny Carr	14:00	7–8	2–3	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	3	16
Dave Robisch	13:00	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
Ron Boone	3:00	2–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
Ron Carter	1:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	53–94	24–27	13	35	48	35	8	9	20	28	130

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1978-79.

1 Dec 1978122–130 this game
16 Dec 1978Los Angeles Lakers 100–119 Phoenix Suns
28 Mar 1979Los Angeles Lakers 106–112 Phoenix Suns
8 Apr 1979Phoenix Suns 103–111 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 17–7
Los Angeles Lakers: 15–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

12 Mar 1978Phoenix Suns 112–128 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Dec 1978Los Angeles Lakers 100–119 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.