NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers100–119Phoenix Suns

Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix Suns

Date: Saturday 16 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 69th meetingof 345 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jamaal Wilkes	33:00	9–15	4–5	0	7	7	1	1	0	3	4	22
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	33:00	9–15	1–1	3	5	8	4	0	3	0	3	19
Norm Nixon	32:00	5–14	0–0	1	3	4	7	0	0	3	0	10
Kenny Carr	30:00	7–13	3–3	2	5	7	0	0	0	4	4	17
Jim Price	29:00	2–7	0–0	1	4	5	1	3	0	5	3	4
Don Ford	28:00	5–6	1–1	0	6	6	2	2	0	4	6	11
Ron Boone	17:00	4–8	0–0	1	1	2	4	0	0	4	3	8
Dave Robisch	15:00	0–1	0–0	1	2	3	1	2	0	3	1	0
Ron Carter	13:00	0–2	1–2	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	1
Lou Hudson	9:00	3–5	2–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	8
Team totals	239:00	44–86	12–14	10	35	45	22	9	3	29	26	100

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	31:00	11–22	3–4	1	2	3	5	4	0	2	2	25
Don Buse	29:00	3–8	0–0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	6
Alvan Adams	28:00	10–19	5–5	5	7	12	5	2	0	2	1	25
Walter Davis	26:00	7–13	4–9	2	2	4	5	0	0	4	3	18
Ron Lee	25:00	4–9	2–3	1	4	5	4	0	0	3	5	10
Marty Byrnes	20:00	3–8	4–5	3	1	4	3	2	0	3	1	10
Alvin Scott	20:00	2–3	0–0	2	3	5	4	1	0	1	0	4
Joel Kramer	18:00	4–6	0–0	3	2	5	1	0	0	1	3	8
Bayard Forrest	17:00	1–3	0–0	2	4	6	1	0	0	2	1	2
Gar Heard	15:00	4–6	3–4	4	1	5	0	2	1	0	1	11
Mike Bratz	11:00	0–6	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	49–103	21–30	23	30	53	29	14	1	18	20	119

This season

Phoenix Suns 2, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

1 Dec 1978Phoenix Suns 122–130 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Dec 1978100–119 this game
28 Mar 1979Los Angeles Lakers 106–112 Phoenix Suns
8 Apr 1979Phoenix Suns 103–111 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 20–11
Phoenix Suns: 19–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 150, Los Angeles Lakers 195.

1 Dec 1978Phoenix Suns 122–130 Los Angeles Lakers
28 Mar 1979Los Angeles Lakers 106–112 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.