NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns117–121New Orleans Jazz

Phoenix Suns at New Orleans Jazz

Date: Sunday 18 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 20th meetingof 222 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alvan Adams	41:00	7–11	3–3	1	10	11	7	1	4	5	3	17
Paul Westphal	36:00	12–20	5–7	0	0	0	5	3	2	6	2	29
Gar Heard	35:00	7–12	2–4	4	6	10	3	4	1	0	3	16
Don Buse	34:00	2–2	0–0	0	2	2	5	3	1	1	1	4
Walter Davis	29:00	13–27	3–5	1	4	5	4	5	0	0	3	29
Alvin Scott	18:00	1–3	1–2	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	3
Ted McClain	15:00	0–1	4–4	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	4
Joel Kramer	14:00	2–2	1–2	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	5
Mike Bratz	11:00	2–6	4–5	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	8
Bayard Forrest	7:00	1–2	0–0	1	2	3	4	1	0	1	1	2
Team totals	240:00	47–86	23–32	7	31	38	32	18	8	21	17	117

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim McElroy	44:00	16–25	1–2	0	4	4	10	2	2	3	2	33
Rich Kelley	42:00	8–15	4–6	5	15	20	7	5	3	6	3	20
James Hardy	34:00	4–13	0–0	4	3	7	2	1	2	0	4	8
Spencer Haywood	32:00	12–15	3–3	2	1	3	0	1	1	5	5	27
Gail Goodrich	32:00	7–15	0–0	2	3	5	5	3	1	3	1	14
Tommie Green	20:00	2–4	0–0	1	2	3	7	2	0	1	2	4
Aaron James	16:00	2–4	2–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
Marty Byrnes	13:00	3–6	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	3	3	6
Paul Griffin	7:00	1–1	1–2	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	3
Team totals	240:00	55–98	11–15	14	34	48	34	14	10	22	21	121

This season

Utah Jazz 1, Phoenix Suns 3 in NBA 1978-79.

2 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 106–99 New Orleans Jazz
12 Nov 1978New Orleans Jazz 122–128 Phoenix Suns
17 Feb 1979New Orleans Jazz 112–136 Phoenix Suns
18 Mar 1979117–121 this game

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 42–29
New Orleans Jazz: 22–50

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Utah Jazz 103, Phoenix Suns 119.

17 Feb 1979New Orleans Jazz 112–136 Phoenix Suns
6 Nov 1979Phoenix Suns 120–107 Utah Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.