NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Washington Bullets137–129Phoenix Suns

Washington Bullets at Phoenix Suns

Date: Wednesday 20 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 48th meetingof 141 played

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	43:00	11–17	7–13	5	6	11	2	1	2	1	3	29
Bob Dandridge	41:00	14–24	8–8	1	6	7	3	0	1	1	5	36
Kevin Grevey	37:00	13–25	1–2	2	1	3	1	2	0	1	1	27
Tom Henderson	35:00	7–9	2–2	0	4	4	13	1	0	4	2	16
Mitch Kupchak	32:00	6–9	4–6	4	3	7	1	1	0	1	4	16
Greg Ballard	17:00	6–7	1–3	3	4	7	1	2	2	1	1	13
Larry Wright	13:00	0–4	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	3	0
Charles Johnson	11:00	0–5	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Corzine	11:00	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	3	0
Team totals	240:00	57–101	23–34	16	27	43	26	8	5	11	22	137

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	35:00	16–30	4–5	0	1	1	8	0	0	4	2	36
Alvan Adams	32:00	8–16	1–3	5	8	13	7	2	0	3	1	17
Don Buse	32:00	4–7	0–0	2	0	2	7	1	0	0	1	8
Walter Davis	29:00	10–16	7–7	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	5	27
Alvin Scott	26:00	4–6	1–2	3	4	7	2	0	2	4	6	9
Ron Lee	22:00	3–8	0–0	2	1	3	3	1	0	2	4	6
Marty Byrnes	19:00	4–6	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	1	8
Bayard Forrest	16:00	1–4	0–0	2	6	8	0	1	0	2	2	2
Joel Kramer	14:00	4–5	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	8
Gar Heard	8:00	2–3	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	4
Mike Bratz	7:00	1–1	2–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	4
Team totals	240:00	57–102	15–19	17	27	44	35	5	3	19	28	129

This season

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

9 Dec 1978Phoenix Suns 98–101 Washington Bullets
20 Dec 1978137–129 this game
5 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 94–104 Washington Bullets
15 Feb 1979Washington Bullets 108–119 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Washington Bullets: 22–9
Phoenix Suns: 20–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

9 Dec 1978Phoenix Suns 98–101 Washington Bullets
5 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 94–104 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.