NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers99–96Atlanta Hawks

Los Angeles Lakers at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Wednesday 3 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 297th meetingof 389 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	42:00	8–14	2–5	2	13	15	3	2	7	8	3	18
Norm Nixon	38:00	5–15	1–2	2	4	6	7	0	0	2	4	11
Lou Hudson	36:00	5–11	6–7	1	1	2	3	1	0	3	1	16
Jamaal Wilkes	35:00	9–14	2–2	3	6	9	7	1	1	5	5	20
Dave Robisch	26:00	5–9	2–2	3	4	7	1	1	0	0	2	12
Don Ford	25:00	7–9	0–0	2	4	6	2	0	1	0	0	14
Ron Boone	12:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	4	2
Jim Price	10:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0
Ron Carter	9:00	3–3	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	4	4	6
Kenny Carr	7:00	0–5	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Team totals	240:00	43–84	13–18	14	34	48	26	8	10	26	27	99

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eddie Johnson	34:00	7–18	2–3	2	4	6	4	0	0	2	5	16
Armond Hill	31:00	1–8	1–2	4	2	6	4	2	0	2	2	3
Dan Roundfield	30:00	2–11	8–11	7	10	17	4	1	4	0	3	12
John Drew	27:00	9–17	7–9	4	1	5	0	0	0	4	4	25
Steve Hawes	26:00	2–9	1–2	3	6	9	3	3	0	0	1	5
Jack Givens	23:00	2–10	0–0	2	3	5	1	3	0	1	2	4
Tree Rollins	20:00	4–7	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	3	2	5	8
Tom McMillen	18:00	5–9	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	3	10
Butch Lee	18:00	3–4	2–2	0	1	1	1	2	0	4	0	8
Charlie Criss	13:00	2–3	1–2	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	5
Team totals	240:00	37–96	22–31	26	31	57	19	12	7	19	26	96

This season

Atlanta Hawks 1, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1978-79.

25 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 103–109 Atlanta Hawks
10 Dec 1978Atlanta Hawks 86–88 Los Angeles Lakers
3 Jan 197999–96 this game
16 Mar 1979Atlanta Hawks 110–111 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 23–15
Atlanta Hawks: 19–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 168, Los Angeles Lakers 221.

10 Dec 1978Atlanta Hawks 86–88 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Mar 1979Atlanta Hawks 110–111 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.