NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks118–123Phoenix Suns

Milwaukee Bucks at Phoenix Suns

Date: Wednesday 31 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 61st meetingof 164 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	39:00	9–20	7–8	4	2	6	1	1	0	2	3	25
Kent Benson	28:00	7–9	4–6	2	5	7	6	0	1	2	3	18
Junior Bridgeman	28:00	7–15	0–0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	3	14
Brian Winters	26:00	7–11	6–6	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	4	20
George Johnson	26:00	5–10	1–2	3	4	7	0	3	0	2	5	11
John Gianelli	23:00	3–4	2–4	2	5	7	2	0	0	3	0	8
Quinn Buckner	19:00	2–3	0–0	1	3	4	4	1	0	5	2	4
Lloyd Walton	16:00	4–7	0–0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	8
Ernie Grunfeld	13:00	2–6	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	4
Kevin Restani	13:00	2–5	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	4
Sam Smith	9:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	49–92	20–26	14	23	37	26	9	3	20	24	118

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	39:00	10–22	8–8	0	2	2	14	1	1	2	4	28
Walter Davis	39:00	11–14	4–4	0	4	4	4	3	0	4	2	26
Don Buse	36:00	2–2	2–2	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	2	6
Truck Robinson	34:00	8–15	2–4	2	6	8	2	1	0	3	3	18
Alvan Adams	29:00	11–18	2–2	1	4	5	5	1	0	4	6	24
Mike Bratz	21:00	5–6	0–0	2	1	3	3	2	0	3	1	10
Bayard Forrest	19:00	1–4	1–2	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	1	3
Joel Kramer	13:00	0–2	4–6	1	5	6	0	1	0	4	3	4
Alvin Scott	10:00	2–4	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	50–87	23–28	8	25	33	35	11	2	21	23	123

This season

Phoenix Suns 2, Milwaukee Bucks 2 in NBA 1978-79.

24 Oct 1978Milwaukee Bucks 116–124 Phoenix Suns
12 Dec 1978Phoenix Suns 114–120 Milwaukee Bucks
17 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 118–123 Milwaukee Bucks
31 Jan 1979118–123 this game

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 22–30
Phoenix Suns: 30–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 81, Milwaukee Bucks 83.

17 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 118–123 Milwaukee Bucks
19 Oct 1979Phoenix Suns 94–95 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.