NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers111–120Washington Bullets

Los Angeles Lakers at Washington Bullets

Date: Tuesday 13 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 116th meetingof 206 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	42:00	12–20	0–1	1	1	2	6	1	1	3	4	24
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	42:00	7–17	3–4	1	8	9	5	0	2	2	2	17
Adrian Dantley	38:00	12–22	4–4	4	6	10	4	2	0	1	4	28
Jamaal Wilkes	32:00	5–15	1–2	4	0	4	3	0	0	1	3	11
Ron Boone	29:00	6–10	0–0	1	3	4	3	1	0	0	1	12
Ron Carter	20:00	1–5	5–6	1	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	7
Dave Robisch	19:00	3–6	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	1	0	5	6
Kenny Carr	13:00	2–6	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	4	4
Jim Price	5:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Team totals	240:00	49–103	13–17	14	26	40	24	6	7	11	25	111

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Wes Unseld	41:00	8–10	4–5	5	11	16	6	0	2	4	2	20
Bob Dandridge	40:00	14–20	2–2	0	7	7	8	0	1	0	2	30
Kevin Grevey	34:00	7–18	1–2	3	2	5	4	1	0	2	3	15
Elvin Hayes	30:00	5–11	4–6	1	7	8	0	2	1	2	5	14
Larry Wright	28:00	9–13	0–0	0	1	1	5	1	0	2	4	18
Charles Johnson	26:00	3–8	3–3	0	2	2	5	1	0	0	2	9
Greg Ballard	18:00	4–8	2–2	4	3	7	2	0	3	0	0	10
Mitch Kupchak	14:00	1–7	2–2	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	3	4
Phil Chenier	8:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Dave Corzine	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	51–96	18–22	15	35	50	30	5	7	14	22	120

This season

Washington Wizards 2, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

29 Oct 1978Washington Bullets 93–109 Los Angeles Lakers
24 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 103–113 Washington Bullets
22 Dec 1978Washington Bullets 115–127 Los Angeles Lakers
13 Mar 1979111–120 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 40–27
Washington Bullets: 44–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 77, Los Angeles Lakers 129.

22 Dec 1978Washington Bullets 115–127 Los Angeles Lakers
9 Jan 1980Los Angeles Lakers 101–103 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.