NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls86–109Washington Bullets

Chicago Bulls at Washington Bullets

Date: Tuesday 2 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 61st meetingof 264 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	34:00	10–17	1–1	6	2	8	3	2	0	5	4	21
Ollie Johnson	33:00	4–13	0–0	1	3	4	0	1	1	1	2	8
Wilbur Holland	31:00	6–12	2–2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	14
Mark Landsberger	28:00	4–10	0–1	8	10	18	0	0	0	4	0	8
John Mengelt	26:00	6–12	1–3	1	1	2	5	1	0	2	0	13
John Brown	24:00	3–8	0–0	1	3	4	2	2	1	2	4	6
Reggie Theus	23:00	1–10	2–3	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	4
Charles Dudley	16:00	1–3	2–4	1	1	2	3	2	0	1	3	4
Mickey Johnson	15:00	1–7	2–2	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	4
Scott May	7:00	0–3	4–4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Scott Lloyd	3:00	0–0	0–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	36–95	14–22	20	26	46	19	11	2	18	17	86

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	37:00	5–13	2–2	0	14	14	4	1	4	0	2	12
Wes Unseld	31:00	4–6	5–6	4	7	11	5	1	0	1	2	13
Bob Dandridge	28:00	7–14	1–1	1	4	5	3	2	1	4	2	15
Kevin Grevey	24:00	9–15	0–0	2	2	4	2	0	0	3	1	18
Larry Wright	24:00	6–12	1–2	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	13
Charles Johnson	23:00	6–11	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	3	12
Mitch Kupchak	23:00	3–10	0–0	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	1	6
Tom Henderson	20:00	4–7	0–0	1	2	3	4	2	0	2	1	8
Greg Ballard	20:00	3–4	1–1	2	5	7	3	0	0	1	4	7
Roger Phegley	5:00	1–3	1–1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3
Dave Corzine	5:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2
Team totals	240:00	49–96	11–13	12	41	53	27	10	6	18	20	109

This season

Washington Wizards 3, Chicago Bulls 1 in NBA 1978-79.

2 Jan 197986–109 this game
19 Jan 1979Washington Bullets 113–102 Chicago Bulls
28 Feb 1979Chicago Bulls 113–124 Washington Bullets
6 Apr 1979Washington Bullets 114–128 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 15–21
Washington Bullets: 24–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 119, Chicago Bulls 145.

16 Mar 1978Washington Bullets 107–111 Chicago Bulls
19 Jan 1979Washington Bullets 113–102 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.