NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New Orleans Jazz125–123Los Angeles Lakers

New Orleans Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Tuesday 26 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 17th meetingof 238 played

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Truck Robinson	42:00	12–24	7–9	3	12	15	3	4	0	2	4	31
Jim McElroy	37:00	8–14	2–3	0	3	3	12	1	0	2	2	18
Pete Maravich	36:00	7–16	5–6	1	4	5	11	1	0	3	3	19
Rich Kelley	25:00	6–9	1–1	2	4	6	2	2	2	2	3	13
Gail Goodrich	23:00	5–11	5–5	1	2	3	4	0	0	1	2	15
Joe Meriweather	23:00	6–10	1–2	6	3	9	1	0	0	2	4	13
Aaron James	23:00	4–11	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	4	8
Ira Terrell	16:00	4–7	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	5	8
Paul Griffin	15:00	0–1	0–0	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	52–103	21–26	17	32	49	37	8	2	16	29	125

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jamaal Wilkes	42:00	7–17	9–14	1	3	4	1	3	0	2	5	23
Norm Nixon	39:00	4–10	4–4	0	1	1	14	1	0	2	5	12
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	36:00	13–23	9–10	5	12	17	4	0	6	4	4	35
Kenny Carr	28:00	5–8	2–4	1	5	6	2	1	0	5	4	12
Don Ford	26:00	2–7	0–0	0	6	6	2	0	0	0	2	4
Ron Boone	22:00	6–11	1–1	0	2	2	4	1	0	4	2	13
Lou Hudson	20:00	6–10	2–2	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	2	14
Jim Price	15:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	2	2
Dave Robisch	12:00	3–3	2–2	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	8
Team totals	240:00	47–91	29–37	10	32	42	34	9	6	18	27	123

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Utah Jazz 2 in NBA 1978-79.

17 Nov 1978New Orleans Jazz 109–121 Los Angeles Lakers
5 Dec 1978Los Angeles Lakers 114–102 New Orleans Jazz
26 Dec 1978125–123 this game
2 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 105–109 New Orleans Jazz

Records going in

New Orleans Jazz: 11–23
Los Angeles Lakers: 21–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 141, Utah Jazz 97.

5 Dec 1978Los Angeles Lakers 114–102 New Orleans Jazz
2 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 105–109 New Orleans Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.