NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns98–101Washington Bullets

Phoenix Suns at Washington Bullets

Date: Saturday 9 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 47th meetingof 141 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	36:00	15–22	0–1	0	2	2	5	0	0	2	0	30
Bayard Forrest	36:00	3–8	0–1	2	7	9	6	0	1	3	3	6
Alvin Scott	35:00	3–8	0–0	3	4	7	2	1	1	0	2	6
Don Buse	32:00	2–7	0–0	0	6	6	9	2	0	2	3	4
Walter Davis	31:00	11–22	6–8	0	4	4	3	1	0	1	3	28
Joel Kramer	23:00	2–5	2–4	3	4	7	2	0	1	1	5	6
Marty Byrnes	19:00	4–6	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	3	3	8
Ron Lee	16:00	1–7	0–0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	2
Mike Bratz	12:00	2–5	4–5	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	8
Team totals	240:00	43–90	12–19	10	33	43	33	6	3	12	20	98

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	38:00	9–18	2–6	5	3	8	0	1	3	2	4	20
Wes Unseld	35:00	2–4	0–0	4	16	20	5	3	0	3	1	4
Bob Dandridge	34:00	10–20	3–5	2	6	8	3	1	0	0	4	23
Kevin Grevey	34:00	8–19	2–2	2	3	5	3	1	1	2	1	18
Tom Henderson	29:00	1–3	0–0	0	3	3	9	1	0	4	3	2
Mitch Kupchak	21:00	8–15	5–8	5	3	8	2	0	0	0	1	21
Larry Wright	17:00	0–2	2–2	2	0	2	3	1	0	2	3	2
Charles Johnson	16:00	3–10	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
Greg Ballard	14:00	2–5	1–2	2	1	3	1	1	0	1	3	5
Dave Corzine	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–96	15–25	23	36	59	26	9	4	14	21	101

This season

Washington Wizards 3, Phoenix Suns 1 in NBA 1978-79.

9 Dec 197898–101 this game
20 Dec 1978Washington Bullets 137–129 Phoenix Suns
5 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 94–104 Washington Bullets
15 Feb 1979Washington Bullets 108–119 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 19–9
Washington Bullets: 18–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 69, Phoenix Suns 72.

24 Feb 1978Phoenix Suns 120–121 Washington Bullets
20 Dec 1978Washington Bullets 137–129 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.