NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers114–102New Orleans Jazz

Los Angeles Lakers at New Orleans Jazz

Date: Tuesday 5 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 238 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	42:00	7–14	0–0	2	4	6	7	4	0	1	2	14
Jamaal Wilkes	40:00	12–25	2–2	4	4	8	1	1	1	2	5	26
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	34:00	10–21	4–8	3	10	13	7	0	5	3	4	24
Jim Price	30:00	4–12	0–0	1	6	7	4	4	1	0	2	8
Lou Hudson	25:00	4–9	4–4	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	1	12
Don Ford	21:00	4–10	3–4	4	3	7	2	0	2	1	2	11
Kenny Carr	19:00	2–3	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	4
Ron Boone	14:00	3–7	4–4	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	4	10
Dave Robisch	14:00	1–4	1–2	1	4	5	1	0	0	0	2	3
Ron Carter	1:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	48–107	18–24	17	35	52	28	13	9	8	25	114

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Truck Robinson	48:00	11–25	11–11	3	17	20	2	0	2	4	3	33
Rich Kelley	38:00	7–15	3–5	5	12	17	5	1	2	6	6	17
Pete Maravich	38:00	3–14	7–7	2	3	5	4	1	0	2	2	13
Jim McElroy	33:00	2–6	0–0	0	1	1	6	1	0	4	2	4
Gail Goodrich	25:00	3–8	8–8	1	2	3	7	0	0	2	4	14
Ira Terrell	19:00	2–4	2–2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	6
Paul Griffin	17:00	3–3	0–0	0	4	4	0	2	2	2	0	6
Aaron James	12:00	3–5	2–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8
Joe Meriweather	10:00	0–1	1–3	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	1
Team totals	240:00	34–81	34–38	13	42	55	25	5	8	22	24	102

This season

Utah Jazz 2, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

17 Nov 1978New Orleans Jazz 109–121 Los Angeles Lakers
5 Dec 1978114–102 this game
26 Dec 1978New Orleans Jazz 125–123 Los Angeles Lakers
2 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 105–109 New Orleans Jazz

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 16–8
New Orleans Jazz: 10–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Utah Jazz 97, Los Angeles Lakers 141.

17 Nov 1978New Orleans Jazz 109–121 Los Angeles Lakers
26 Dec 1978New Orleans Jazz 125–123 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.