NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks86–88Los Angeles Lakers

Atlanta Hawks at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 10 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 296th meetingof 389 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Armond Hill	42:00	2–6	2–2	0	3	3	9	1	0	5	0	6
Eddie Johnson	38:00	6–18	2–2	3	1	4	2	1	0	4	5	14
Dan Roundfield	37:00	10–12	3–4	3	3	6	2	1	1	3	3	23
John Drew	34:00	6–16	3–6	2	6	8	1	3	0	2	5	15
Tom McMillen	26:00	1–8	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	3	2
Steve Hawes	24:00	8–15	0–0	3	7	10	3	1	2	1	2	16
Jack Givens	14:00	2–5	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4
Rick Wilson	10:00	2–5	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	4
Keith Herron	6:00	0–4	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tree Rollins	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	5	0
Team totals	235:00	37–90	12–16	15	25	40	19	9	4	18	24	86

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	45:00	5–12	1–2	0	3	3	16	3	0	2	5	11
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	42:00	9–12	2–2	2	9	11	3	0	5	1	2	20
Jim Price	36:00	5–11	0–0	1	5	6	4	2	0	6	1	10
Jamaal Wilkes	33:00	5–11	1–2	2	5	7	0	3	1	11	3	11
Kenny Carr	32:00	6–10	2–4	1	3	4	1	0	1	2	4	14
Dave Robisch	23:00	3–7	2–4	5	7	12	3	0	0	2	3	8
Lou Hudson	20:00	6–11	2–4	1	3	4	1	1	2	1	3	14
Don Ford	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ron Boone	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	39–76	10–18	12	35	47	28	10	9	25	22	88

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 3, Atlanta Hawks 1 in NBA 1978-79.

25 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 103–109 Atlanta Hawks
10 Dec 197886–88 this game
3 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 99–96 Atlanta Hawks
16 Mar 1979Atlanta Hawks 110–111 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 13–12
Los Angeles Lakers: 18–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 221, Atlanta Hawks 168.

25 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 103–109 Atlanta Hawks
3 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 99–96 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.