NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Washington Bullets116–121Kansas City Kings

Washington Bullets at Kansas City Kings

Date: Friday 9 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 120th meetingof 212 played

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	40:00	8–17	6–9	—	—	6	1	0	2	2	22
Bob Dandridge	37:00	15–25	8–9	—	—	12	1	0	2	2	38
Larry Wright	34:00	7–12	5–6	—	—	5	2	0	0	3	19
Wes Unseld	33:00	1–5	1–3	—	—	9	3	1	1	2	3
Kevin Grevey	26:00	4–11	2–2	—	—	6	0	0	0	5	10
Greg Ballard	20:00	2–3	3–3	—	—	10	2	1	0	1	7
Mitch Kupchak	15:00	1–3	5–6	—	—	2	1	1	0	2	7
Phil Chenier	15:00	2–4	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	4
Charles Johnson	12:00	1–5	0–0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	2
Tom Henderson	8:00	0–0	4–5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	41–85	34–43	0	0	51	14	6	5	18	116

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Sam Lacey	41:00	9–13	3–3	—	—	8	4	3	4	2	21
Phil Ford	38:00	11–19	7–7	—	—	6	15	2	0	4	29
Otis Birdsong	37:00	9–19	6–8	—	—	6	1	1	0	3	24
Bob Nash	35:00	4–13	0–0	—	—	8	2	1	0	4	8
Bill Robinzine	26:00	8–16	0–0	—	—	5	1	1	0	6	16
Darnell Hillman	16:00	2–2	0–0	—	—	2	0	1	0	3	4
Gus Gerard	13:00	1–6	2–2	—	—	7	2	1	0	4	4
Richard Washington	12:00	2–4	0–0	—	—	4	0	1	0	1	4
Lucius Allen	11:00	1–4	2–2	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	4
Billy McKinney	10:00	2–6	3–4	—	—	2	2	1	0	2	7
Ron Behagen	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	49–102	23–26	0	0	49	27	13	4	29	121

This season

Sacramento Kings 3, Washington Wizards 0 in NBA 1978-79.

2 Dec 1978Kansas City Kings 110–109 Washington Bullets
26 Jan 1979Washington Bullets 128–142 Kansas City Kings
9 Mar 1979116–121 this game

Records going in

Washington Bullets: 43–20
Kansas City Kings: 40–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 114, Washington Wizards 98.

26 Jan 1979Washington Bullets 128–142 Kansas City Kings
19 Dec 1979Kansas City Kings 107–97 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.