NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final/2OT

Milwaukee Bucks134–126Washington Bullets

Milwaukee Bucks at Washington Bullets

Date: Friday 16 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 55th meetingof 241 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	46:00	10–26	1–1	—	—	11	6	4	4	1	3	21
Brian Winters	41:00	7–23	2–3	—	—	3	5	1	0	1	2	16
Lloyd Walton	40:00	8–14	2–4	—	—	2	6	3	0	1	1	18
John Gianelli	36:00	6–11	0–0	—	—	10	1	0	1	2	3	12
Junior Bridgeman	30:00	10–16	3–3	—	—	9	1	1	1	1	5	23
Kent Benson	24:00	6–10	2–2	—	—	7	2	2	1	3	4	14
George Johnson	20:00	3–6	0–1	—	—	5	3	1	0	0	5	6
Quinn Buckner	18:00	6–12	2–3	—	—	3	4	1	0	1	2	14
Kevin Restani	18:00	2–6	0–0	—	—	4	4	2	0	0	3	4
Ernie Grunfeld	17:00	2–7	2–2	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	3	6
Team totals	290:00	60–131	14–19	—	—	55	32	15	7	10	31	134

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Dandridge	50:00	11–24	11–12	—	—	10	6	2	0	6	5	33
Wes Unseld	50:00	12–20	1–2	—	—	20	2	1	0	5	1	25
Kevin Grevey	48:00	6–17	4–4	—	—	6	4	0	1	3	5	16
Larry Wright	43:00	5–15	3–5	—	—	2	8	1	0	3	6	13
Elvin Hayes	42:00	8–19	4–5	—	—	21	0	3	7	2	6	20
Charles Johnson	25:00	2–12	0–0	—	—	5	2	0	0	0	3	4
Mitch Kupchak	24:00	2–9	7–9	—	—	10	2	1	0	4	2	11
Greg Ballard	8:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4
Team totals	290:00	48–119	30–37	0	0	74	25	8	8	23	30	126

This season

Washington Wizards 3, Milwaukee Bucks 1 in NBA 1978-79.

15 Nov 1978Milwaukee Bucks 111–138 Washington Bullets
7 Feb 1979Washington Bullets 96–90 Milwaukee Bucks
16 Mar 1979134–126 this game
3 Apr 1979Washington Bullets 112–108 Milwaukee Bucks

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 31–39
Washington Bullets: 45–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 99, Milwaukee Bucks 142.

7 Feb 1979Washington Bullets 96–90 Milwaukee Bucks
3 Apr 1979Washington Bullets 112–108 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.