NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers91–96Chicago Bulls

Philadelphia 76ers at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 5 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 63rd meetingof 267 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Doug Collins	39:00	6–15	5–7	1	2	3	2	0	0	7	3	17
Julius Erving	34:00	6–16	4–5	2	6	8	4	3	1	3	3	16
Henry Bibby	34:00	6–7	1–2	0	0	0	8	2	0	2	1	13
Bobby Jones	31:00	4–9	0–0	3	1	4	2	1	1	3	6	8
Harvey Catchings	31:00	3–5	2–2	1	6	7	3	2	4	6	5	8
Joe Bryant	25:00	5–16	4–4	7	2	9	1	0	0	3	4	14
Maurice Cheeks	23:00	2–5	1–2	1	4	5	2	1	0	3	2	5
Caldwell Jones	18:00	4–7	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	6	8
Steve Mix	5:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	37–82	17–22	15	23	38	25	10	6	27	30	91

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	45:00	10–19	9–10	9	11	20	4	1	0	5	1	29
Wilbur Holland	36:00	6–15	4–5	4	3	7	1	2	0	4	4	16
Reggie Theus	35:00	2–10	1–2	0	1	1	2	4	0	6	4	5
Ollie Johnson	32:00	3–7	3–4	2	5	7	2	1	0	4	3	9
Mickey Johnson	31:00	7–14	10–10	2	5	7	6	2	0	6	4	24
Mark Landsberger	26:00	2–4	3–9	5	3	8	2	0	2	3	4	7
John Mengelt	22:00	2–7	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4
John Brown	7:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Scott Lloyd	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tate Armstrong	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	33–79	30–40	23	28	51	20	10	2	28	22	96

This season

Chicago Bulls 1, Philadelphia 76ers 3 in NBA 1978-79.

5 Dec 197891–96 this game
3 Jan 1979Chicago Bulls 98–111 Philadelphia 76ers
1 Feb 1979Philadelphia 76ers 128–105 Chicago Bulls
28 Mar 1979Chicago Bulls 96–112 Philadelphia 76ers

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 14–7
Chicago Bulls: 7–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 124, Philadelphia 76ers 143.

7 Feb 1978Philadelphia 76ers 106–108 Chicago Bulls
3 Jan 1979Chicago Bulls 98–111 Philadelphia 76ers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.