NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks85–101Los Angeles Lakers

Milwaukee Bucks at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 8 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 69th meetingof 166 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	38:00	8–20	4–7	4	8	12	3	1	0	2	20
Ernie Grunfeld	33:00	5–12	2–4	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	12
Junior Bridgeman	32:00	6–12	4–4	3	1	4	2	1	0	0	16
Kent Benson	29:00	5–12	0–2	3	5	8	3	0	2	4	10
Brian Winters	26:00	5–13	3–5	0	2	2	2	1	0	4	13
Norm Van Lier	21:00	0–0	3–4	0	2	2	6	1	0	3	3
Quinn Buckner	20:00	3–6	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	6
Kevin Restani	17:00	1–5	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	2
George Johnson	16:00	1–3	1–2	1	9	10	0	0	1	6	3
John Gianelli	8:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0
Team totals	240:00	34–85	17–28	12	32	44	20	8	6	30	85

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	38:00	8–15	5–6	0	5	5	9	4	0	4	21
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	36:00	9–12	5–6	1	11	12	2	0	6	4	23
Jamaal Wilkes	36:00	7–16	4–4	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	18
Kenny Carr	35:00	7–13	2–4	5	8	13	5	4	0	3	16
Jim Price	29:00	1–5	2–4	2	3	5	4	1	0	2	4
Don Ford	17:00	0–4	2–5	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	2
Ron Carter	16:00	2–8	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	4
Lou Hudson	16:00	1–7	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	2
Dave Robisch	12:00	1–4	5–6	5	7	12	0	0	0	0	7
Ron Boone	5:00	0–2	4–4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	36–86	29–39	18	36	54	20	13	8	22	101

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 3, Milwaukee Bucks 1 in NBA 1978-79.

14 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 137–119 Milwaukee Bucks
8 Dec 197885–101 this game
28 Jan 1979Milwaukee Bucks 109–111 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Feb 1979Los Angeles Lakers 98–99 Milwaukee Bucks

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 11–17
Los Angeles Lakers: 17–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 93, Milwaukee Bucks 73.

14 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 137–119 Milwaukee Bucks
28 Jan 1979Milwaukee Bucks 109–111 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.