NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns114–120Milwaukee Bucks

Phoenix Suns at Milwaukee Bucks

Date: Tuesday 12 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 164 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	37:00	15–23	6–6	1	2	3	12	1	0	3	0	36
Alvan Adams	36:00	6–17	2–2	4	4	8	8	2	0	6	3	14
Walter Davis	30:00	13–22	5–5	2	1	3	1	1	0	6	3	31
Alvin Scott	30:00	4–7	0–0	2	2	4	2	0	3	0	2	8
Don Buse	28:00	5–7	0–0	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	2	10
Joel Kramer	18:00	2–3	0–0	2	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	4
Marty Byrnes	18:00	2–5	0–0	2	1	3	1	1	0	3	1	4
Ron Lee	17:00	0–3	1–2	2	1	3	2	2	0	1	2	1
Mike Bratz	14:00	2–7	0–0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	4
Bayard Forrest	12:00	1–1	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	2
Team totals	240:00	50–95	14–15	15	20	35	36	11	5	21	16	114

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	42:00	17–23	6–7	6	6	12	4	0	0	4	2	40
Brian Winters	33:00	10–18	3–5	1	2	3	6	1	1	2	1	23
Quinn Buckner	27:00	6–7	2–4	0	1	1	11	4	0	3	1	14
John Gianelli	26:00	3–5	0–0	2	4	6	2	1	0	4	1	6
Kevin Restani	22:00	6–10	3–4	0	6	6	1	0	2	0	2	15
Ernie Grunfeld	22:00	5–7	0–0	1	4	5	7	0	0	3	3	10
Kent Benson	22:00	1–6	0–0	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	1	2
Norm Van Lier	21:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	5	1	0	1	2	2
George Johnson	15:00	2–6	2–2	2	1	3	1	2	1	4	3	6
Junior Bridgeman	10:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	52–89	16–22	13	24	37	41	11	6	22	16	120

This season

Milwaukee Bucks 2, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1978-79.

24 Oct 1978Milwaukee Bucks 116–124 Phoenix Suns
12 Dec 1978114–120 this game
17 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 118–123 Milwaukee Bucks
31 Jan 1979Milwaukee Bucks 118–123 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 19–10
Milwaukee Bucks: 11–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Milwaukee Bucks 83, Phoenix Suns 81.

24 Oct 1978Milwaukee Bucks 116–124 Phoenix Suns
17 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 118–123 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.