NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Kansas City Kings120–112New Orleans Jazz

Kansas City Kings at New Orleans Jazz

Date: Friday 16 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 20th meetingof 230 played

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	39:00	6–15	8–11	—	—	7	0	5	0	2	20
Sam Lacey	38:00	10–16	2–3	—	—	6	6	1	4	6	22
Bob Nash	33:00	6–12	6–6	—	—	3	2	1	1	2	18
Phil Ford	30:00	6–12	4–4	—	—	1	3	2	0	3	16
Darnell Hillman	23:00	3–5	0–2	—	—	4	3	2	0	2	6
Bill Robinzine	22:00	1–7	3–5	—	—	8	0	0	0	4	5
Billy McKinney	18:00	6–9	0–0	—	—	1	2	0	0	2	12
Gus Gerard	15:00	3–7	3–3	—	—	7	2	1	0	0	9
Ron Behagen	13:00	5–7	0–0	—	—	3	0	0	0	5	10
Lucius Allen	9:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	47–94	26–34	0	0	40	19	13	5	26	120

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Jim McElroy	45:00	8–13	2–3	0	0	0	6	1	0	3	18
Spencer Haywood	44:00	13–21	7–9	—	—	9	1	2	4	5	33
Rich Kelley	43:00	8–13	4–4	5	18	23	3	0	6	4	20
Gail Goodrich	39:00	9–21	5–6	—	—	3	9	1	0	5	23
Aaron James	20:00	5–7	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	4	10
Paul Griffin	19:00	1–2	6–6	—	—	7	4	0	2	1	8
Marty Byrnes	13:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	1	0	1	0	4	0
Tommie Green	12:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0
James Hardy	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	44–80	24–28	5	18	44	27	6	12	29	112

This season

Utah Jazz 1, Sacramento Kings 3 in NBA 1978-79.

25 Oct 1978New Orleans Jazz 109–114 Kansas City Kings
16 Dec 1978New Orleans Jazz 100–128 Kansas City Kings
23 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 116–118 New Orleans Jazz
16 Mar 1979120–112 this game

Records going in

Kansas City Kings: 41–29
New Orleans Jazz: 22–49

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Utah Jazz 125, Sacramento Kings 105.

23 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 116–118 New Orleans Jazz
31 Oct 1979Utah Jazz 108–125 Kansas City Kings

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.