NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns94–104Washington Bullets

Phoenix Suns at Washington Bullets

Date: Friday 5 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 141 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alvan Adams	31:00	6–16	2–2	1	8	9	6	2	1	4	5	14
Ron Lee	30:00	8–15	3–4	3	2	5	3	4	0	2	4	19
Paul Westphal	26:00	7–20	2–2	0	3	3	4	3	0	2	3	16
Walter Davis	25:00	7–13	1–2	1	2	3	4	0	0	4	5	15
Marty Byrnes	25:00	4–11	0–2	2	1	3	3	0	0	1	3	8
Joel Kramer	24:00	1–3	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	2
Don Buse	23:00	2–5	0–0	0	2	2	3	3	0	1	2	4
Alvin Scott	22:00	0–5	0–0	2	5	7	2	0	0	1	2	0
Bayard Forrest	17:00	4–7	1–2	3	6	9	2	0	0	2	3	9
Mike Bratz	17:00	3–8	1–3	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	4	7
Team totals	240:00	42–103	10–17	14	33	47	30	13	1	17	32	94

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	40:00	8–19	5–12	11	15	26	3	2	5	4	4	21
Bob Dandridge	36:00	8–20	6–6	3	3	6	2	0	4	3	3	22
Kevin Grevey	35:00	9–23	4–7	4	4	8	2	0	0	4	5	22
Tom Henderson	34:00	0–8	0–0	0	4	4	10	1	0	1	4	0
Wes Unseld	31:00	0–4	0–0	3	5	8	0	2	0	2	1	0
Mitch Kupchak	23:00	9–11	7–11	2	5	7	1	2	1	1	2	25
Larry Wright	22:00	4–10	4–4	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	0	12
Greg Ballard	12:00	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	2
Charles Johnson	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dave Corzine	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Phegley	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–99	26–40	23	37	60	23	9	10	24	21	104

This season

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

9 Dec 1978Phoenix Suns 98–101 Washington Bullets
20 Dec 1978Washington Bullets 137–129 Phoenix Suns
5 Jan 197994–104 this game
15 Feb 1979Washington Bullets 108–119 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 25–14
Washington Bullets: 25–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

20 Dec 1978Washington Bullets 137–129 Phoenix Suns
15 Feb 1979Washington Bullets 108–119 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.