NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls117–132Phoenix Suns

Chicago Bulls at Phoenix Suns

Date: Thursday 8 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 58th meetingof 158 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Reggie Theus	38:00	7–13	6–8	1	5	6	7	3	1	3	3	20
Mickey Johnson	34:00	10–23	1–1	2	4	6	9	2	1	5	3	21
Wilbur Holland	32:00	8–15	0–0	1	2	3	3	3	0	3	2	16
Artis Gilmore	31:00	8–12	1–5	2	4	6	1	0	1	3	2	17
Mark Landsberger	29:00	7–12	0–0	5	6	11	2	2	0	5	1	14
John Mengelt	24:00	8–12	2–3	3	1	4	5	2	1	2	4	18
Ollie Johnson	23:00	2–5	1–1	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	2	5
Scott Lloyd	17:00	1–4	0–0	2	4	6	1	1	0	2	2	2
Scott May	10:00	2–5	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	4
Tate Armstrong	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	53–101	11–18	16	28	44	32	13	5	26	20	117

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alvan Adams	36:00	9–19	3–3	5	7	12	3	3	0	4	3	21
Don Buse	31:00	10–15	1–1	0	2	2	4	2	0	1	0	21
Paul Westphal	30:00	7–15	6–8	0	4	4	14	3	1	2	1	20
Walter Davis	27:00	9–12	3–3	1	1	2	5	1	0	2	2	21
Gar Heard	27:00	5–10	0–0	2	7	9	0	0	4	3	4	10
Mike Bratz	21:00	6–6	4–7	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	3	16
Joel Kramer	21:00	3–3	2–2	2	2	4	3	0	1	3	2	8
Alvin Scott	21:00	3–4	0–0	0	4	4	2	1	1	3	1	6
Ted McClain	14:00	2–5	1–1	0	3	3	4	2	0	2	0	5
Bayard Forrest	12:00	2–6	0–2	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	56–95	20–27	11	31	42	39	16	8	22	17	132

This season

Phoenix Suns 3, Chicago Bulls 1 in NBA 1978-79.

27 Oct 1978Phoenix Suns 115–110 Chicago Bulls
26 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 109–125 Phoenix Suns
28 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 112–124 Chicago Bulls
8 Mar 1979117–132 this game

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 23–41
Phoenix Suns: 38–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 82, Chicago Bulls 76.

28 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 112–124 Chicago Bulls
14 Oct 1979Chicago Bulls 102–112 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.