NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final/OT

Phoenix Suns143–139Philadelphia 76ers

Phoenix Suns at Philadelphia 76ers

Date: Saturday 6 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 46th meetingof 139 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	41:00	15–25	5–6	2	3	5	2	2	0	6	5	35
Alvan Adams	38:00	12–21	6–8	4	7	11	5	3	0	3	4	30
Don Buse	36:00	4–5	0–0	0	1	1	4	2	0	3	2	8
Alvin Scott	30:00	5–7	2–2	2	2	4	4	2	0	0	3	12
Paul Westphal	27:00	5–18	3–3	0	3	3	4	3	0	0	0	13
Ron Lee	26:00	7–10	1–1	1	1	2	4	4	0	2	2	15
Joel Kramer	23:00	4–9	2–3	5	4	9	1	1	0	2	6	10
Mike Bratz	17:00	4–5	6–7	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	4	14
Bayard Forrest	15:00	2–6	2–2	3	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	6
Marty Byrnes	12:00	0–3	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	2	0
Team totals	265:00	58–109	27–32	18	23	41	33	18	0	21	28	143

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bobby Jones	45:00	10–16	10–11	8	6	14	4	4	2	4	5	30
Doug Collins	45:00	9–18	2–2	0	3	3	11	2	0	3	4	20
Julius Erving	42:00	14–23	1–1	2	7	9	5	1	2	3	5	29
Maurice Cheeks	34:00	1–6	0–0	0	0	0	8	2	0	3	2	2
Caldwell Jones	32:00	10–14	2–2	4	7	11	1	1	6	4	4	22
Henry Bibby	27:00	8–17	1–1	1	1	2	4	1	1	6	5	17
Darryl Dawkins	26:00	2–3	3–4	0	8	8	3	2	0	0	2	7
Joe Bryant	14:00	4–6	4–5	0	1	1	2	0	2	4	4	12
Team totals	265:00	58–103	23–26	15	33	48	38	13	13	27	31	139

This season

Philadelphia 76ers 1, Phoenix Suns 3 in NBA 1978-79.

17 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 94–95 Philadelphia 76ers
6 Jan 1979143–139 this game
24 Jan 1979Philadelphia 76ers 94–101 Phoenix Suns
4 Mar 1979Philadelphia 76ers 94–119 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 25–15
Philadelphia 76ers: 24–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Philadelphia 76ers 61, Phoenix Suns 78.

17 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 94–95 Philadelphia 76ers
24 Jan 1979Philadelphia 76ers 94–101 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.