NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers105–109New Orleans Jazz

Los Angeles Lakers at New Orleans Jazz

Date: Tuesday 2 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 18th meetingof 238 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jamaal Wilkes	44:00	8–20	7–8	4	4	8	1	2	2	4	2	23
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	40:00	4–12	15–17	2	9	11	6	1	2	2	5	23
Lou Hudson	31:00	8–15	6–6	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	5	22
Don Ford	24:00	2–5	1–1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	3	5
Dave Robisch	21:00	3–7	4–5	1	8	9	1	1	0	0	3	10
Norm Nixon	20:00	5–12	0–0	1	3	4	6	2	0	7	5	10
Ron Boone	16:00	4–6	2–3	2	1	3	2	0	0	3	2	10
Kenny Carr	15:00	1–7	0–0	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	2	2
Jim Price	9:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0
Team totals	220:00	35–85	35–40	13	30	43	19	10	6	23	30	105

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	10–18	6–8	8	16	24	2	0	1	7	4	26
Pete Maravich	41:00	9–20	9–10	1	0	1	4	0	0	5	2	27
Joe Meriweather	29:00	4–6	4–6	3	5	8	5	1	1	1	5	12
Jim McElroy	23:00	3–10	1–2	2	0	2	3	1	0	5	3	7
Gail Goodrich	20:00	4–11	5–6	1	1	2	6	1	0	1	3	13
Aaron James	20:00	1–5	2–2	2	2	4	2	1	0	2	4	4
Rich Kelley	19:00	3–5	6–6	3	5	8	1	3	0	4	5	12
Ira Terrell	19:00	2–6	0–0	2	1	3	0	2	0	1	2	4
Paul Griffin	15:00	1–2	1–2	3	3	6	2	2	1	2	3	3
Tommie Green	12:00	0–4	1–2	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	1
Team totals	240:00	37–87	35–44	26	33	59	27	11	4	29	32	109

This season

Utah Jazz 2, Los Angeles Lakers 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 1978New Orleans Jazz 125–123 Los Angeles Lakers
2 Jan 1979105–109 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 23–14
New Orleans Jazz: 12–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

26 Dec 1978New Orleans Jazz 125–123 Los Angeles Lakers
23 Oct 1979Utah Jazz 87–102 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.