NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Kansas City Kings116–118New Orleans Jazz

Kansas City Kings at New Orleans Jazz

Date: Tuesday 23 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 19th meetingof 230 played

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Scott Wedman	42:00	11–19	0–0	—	—	6	4	0	0	1	22
Phil Ford	36:00	6–16	2–2	—	—	3	13	2	0	4	14
Otis Birdsong	34:00	12–20	4–7	—	—	6	2	3	3	4	28
Sam Lacey	34:00	6–10	4–4	—	—	15	1	0	2	5	16
Bill Robinzine	30:00	6–15	2–3	—	—	11	1	1	0	2	14
Darnell Hillman	19:00	3–6	0–0	—	—	5	1	1	1	3	6
Marlon Redmond	14:00	3–11	0–0	—	—	3	0	1	0	0	6
Tom Burleson	14:00	2–4	2–3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	6
Billy McKinney	12:00	2–7	0–0	—	—	2	4	3	0	2	4
Bob Nash	5:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	51–109	14–19	0	0	52	26	12	8	25	116

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Jim McElroy	42:00	15–25	10–10	—	—	4	5	4	4	5	40
James Hardy	39:00	3–6	3–5	—	—	10	0	1	4	2	9
Marty Byrnes	35:00	6–11	3–4	—	—	8	3	2	1	1	15
Rich Kelley	34:00	7–11	9–9	—	—	11	9	3	6	5	23
Pete Maravich	27:00	8–16	2–2	—	—	1	1	0	1	6	18
Gail Goodrich	27:00	4–11	3–3	—	—	5	10	2	2	1	11
Paul Griffin	23:00	1–1	0–2	—	—	5	2	1	0	1	2
Aaron James	13:00	0–3	0–0	—	—	2	1	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	44–84	30–35	—	—	46	31	13	18	23	118

This season

Utah Jazz 1, Sacramento Kings 3 in NBA 1978-79.

25 Oct 1978New Orleans Jazz 109–114 Kansas City Kings
16 Dec 1978New Orleans Jazz 100–128 Kansas City Kings
23 Jan 1979116–118 this game
16 Mar 1979Kansas City Kings 120–112 New Orleans Jazz

Records going in

Kansas City Kings: 28–17
New Orleans Jazz: 16–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Utah Jazz 125, Sacramento Kings 105.

16 Dec 1978New Orleans Jazz 100–128 Kansas City Kings
16 Mar 1979Kansas City Kings 120–112 New Orleans Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.