NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers98–99Milwaukee Bucks

Los Angeles Lakers at Milwaukee Bucks

Date: Friday 16 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 71st meetingof 166 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	40:00	11–21	4–4	1	14	15	5	1	3	2	1	26
Norm Nixon	38:00	4–10	2–2	0	2	2	7	0	1	6	3	10
Ron Boone	30:00	7–9	0–0	3	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	14
Jamaal Wilkes	29:00	3–13	1–2	4	5	9	4	1	0	2	2	7
Adrian Dantley	28:00	7–12	2–2	3	4	7	4	1	0	3	3	16
Don Ford	20:00	5–6	0–0	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	10
Lou Hudson	18:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Kenny Carr	15:00	4–8	1–2	0	3	3	1	0	1	2	1	9
Dave Robisch	12:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Price	10:00	2–2	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	4
Team totals	240:00	44–86	10–12	12	30	42	29	5	5	18	13	98

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Brian Winters	41:00	11–21	4–4	1	1	2	2	1	1	6	2	26
Marques Johnson	35:00	6–15	2–2	5	2	7	0	1	1	4	4	14
Kent Benson	31:00	7–14	2–2	5	5	10	5	2	2	1	2	16
George Johnson	29:00	5–12	1–2	2	4	6	2	2	0	1	1	11
Junior Bridgeman	26:00	6–11	0–1	3	2	5	3	1	1	1	0	12
Quinn Buckner	24:00	5–13	2–2	0	4	4	9	4	0	2	4	12
Lloyd Walton	19:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	4
John Gianelli	17:00	1–2	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	1	0	2	2
Ernie Grunfeld	14:00	1–2	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Restani	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	44–94	11–13	18	24	42	30	11	6	15	16	99

This season

Milwaukee Bucks 1, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1978-79.

14 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 137–119 Milwaukee Bucks
8 Dec 1978Milwaukee Bucks 85–101 Los Angeles Lakers
28 Jan 1979Milwaukee Bucks 109–111 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Feb 197998–99 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 35–22
Milwaukee Bucks: 25–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Milwaukee Bucks 73, Los Angeles Lakers 93.

28 Jan 1979Milwaukee Bucks 109–111 Los Angeles Lakers
31 Oct 1979Los Angeles Lakers 106–110 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.