NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns112–117New Jersey Nets

Phoenix Suns at New Jersey Nets

Date: Sunday 7 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 9th meetingof 102 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	36:00	14–22	2–2	5	2	7	3	2	1	5	3	30
Don Buse	36:00	3–7	8–8	1	2	3	6	1	1	2	2	14
Alvan Adams	34:00	13–26	6–6	5	10	15	5	2	1	7	4	32
Mike Bratz	32:00	4–10	3–3	3	2	5	4	1	0	4	5	11
Alvin Scott	30:00	1–3	0–0	1	4	5	2	0	0	1	3	2
Ron Lee	26:00	5–10	0–0	1	1	2	5	0	0	3	6	10
Joel Kramer	19:00	4–9	1–2	1	3	4	1	1	0	3	4	9
Bayard Forrest	14:00	0–0	0–2	1	6	7	0	1	1	1	1	0
Marty Byrnes	13:00	2–4	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	3	4
Team totals	240:00	46–91	20–23	18	32	50	27	8	4	27	31	112

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Williamson	45:00	12–27	5–5	1	1	2	3	3	0	4	3	29
Bernard King	44:00	15–20	11–16	4	7	11	5	1	0	4	3	41
Jan van Breda Kolff	31:00	2–4	6–6	1	4	5	3	0	1	3	5	10
Eric Money	28:00	4–7	3–6	0	3	3	5	1	0	3	3	11
Phil Jackson	24:00	2–6	1–3	3	2	5	4	2	0	2	2	5
Eddie Jordan	23:00	3–6	3–4	0	0	0	3	4	0	4	4	9
George Johnson	21:00	1–3	0–0	0	6	6	1	0	1	2	4	2
Wilson Washington	12:00	4–5	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	8
Winford Boynes	8:00	1–5	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
Tim Bassett	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	44–83	29–40	9	25	34	25	12	4	24	27	117

This season

Brooklyn Nets 3, Phoenix Suns 0 in NBA 1978-79.

7 Jan 1979112–117 this game
28 Jan 1979New Jersey Nets 117–114 Phoenix Suns
21 Feb 1979Phoenix Suns 112–123 New Jersey Nets

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 26–15
New Jersey Nets: 18–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 48, Phoenix Suns 54.

8 Apr 1978New Jersey Nets 109–120 Phoenix Suns
28 Jan 1979New Jersey Nets 117–114 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.