NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers81–85Golden State Warriors

Philadelphia 76ers at Golden State Warriors

Date: Wednesday 20 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 268th meetingof 362 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bobby Jones	36:00	2–6	0–0	4	3	7	3	1	2	4	3	4
Doug Collins	34:00	10–20	6–9	1	4	5	0	0	0	2	1	26
Julius Erving	33:00	6–12	2–3	4	7	11	5	3	0	7	4	14
Darryl Dawkins	30:00	7–10	0–0	1	4	5	2	0	3	1	4	14
Henry Bibby	23:00	1–4	0–0	0	2	2	4	0	0	3	3	2
Joe Bryant	21:00	1–6	1–2	1	4	5	0	1	0	2	1	3
Maurice Cheeks	20:00	1–4	1–2	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	3
Ralph Simpson	19:00	6–11	0–0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	12
Caldwell Jones	18:00	1–5	1–4	1	7	8	1	1	4	1	4	3
Steve Mix	6:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	35–79	11–20	12	35	47	20	9	9	23	20	81

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Lucas	46:00	7–17	0–1	2	1	3	7	1	0	2	2	14
Phil Smith	45:00	6–13	2–2	1	7	8	8	3	1	2	3	14
Robert Parish	41:00	9–18	2–2	7	9	16	3	3	2	2	5	20
Sonny Parker	40:00	6–15	6–6	2	8	10	5	5	1	8	3	18
Nate Williams	26:00	7–10	0–0	1	2	3	1	2	0	1	3	14
Purvis Short	19:00	2–10	1–2	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	5
Clifford Ray	7:00	0–3	0–2	3	1	4	0	0	1	0	2	0
Tom Abernethy	6:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Raymond Townsend	5:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Wayne Cooper	5:00	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	37–92	11–15	18	33	51	24	14	5	17	22	85

This season

Golden State Warriors 3, Philadelphia 76ers 1 in NBA 1978-79.

21 Nov 1978Golden State Warriors 115–105 Philadelphia 76ers
20 Dec 197881–85 this game
26 Jan 1979Philadelphia 76ers 105–96 Golden State Warriors
31 Jan 1979Golden State Warriors 108–106 Philadelphia 76ers

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 19–9
Golden State Warriors: 16–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Golden State Warriors 169, Philadelphia 76ers 193.

21 Nov 1978Golden State Warriors 115–105 Philadelphia 76ers
26 Jan 1979Philadelphia 76ers 105–96 Golden State Warriors

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.