NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers106–112Phoenix Suns

Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix Suns

Date: Wednesday 28 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 70th meetingof 345 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	42:00	12–18	5–7	8	8	16	5	1	3	4	1	29
Norm Nixon	42:00	9–17	0–0	0	3	3	4	2	0	0	3	18
Jamaal Wilkes	38:00	7–21	6–10	3	3	6	1	4	0	2	4	20
Adrian Dantley	32:00	6–16	2–3	4	6	10	1	0	0	4	3	14
Ron Boone	30:00	2–7	2–2	0	2	2	3	1	0	4	4	6
Jim Price	17:00	2–8	1–1	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	5	5
Kenny Carr	13:00	2–3	0–0	1	5	6	2	0	0	2	1	4
Don Ford	10:00	3–5	4–4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	10
Dave Robisch	9:00	0–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Lou Hudson	4:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Carter	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–100	20–27	17	29	46	18	10	3	17	25	106

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	36:00	9–19	3–3	0	5	5	7	2	1	9	3	21
Paul Westphal	32:00	12–25	8–8	0	3	3	6	0	0	1	0	32
Don Buse	31:00	3–6	2–2	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	1	8
Joel Kramer	27:00	2–2	2–3	0	5	5	3	2	1	1	6	6
Alvan Adams	24:00	4–8	0–0	3	4	7	3	0	2	2	5	8
Bayard Forrest	24:00	3–5	0–0	2	6	8	6	1	0	1	4	6
Ted McClain	17:00	0–3	2–2	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Bratz	16:00	6–10	3–3	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	15
Alvin Scott	12:00	1–1	6–7	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	8
Truck Robinson	11:00	3–5	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	6
Gar Heard	10:00	0–2	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–86	26–28	8	35	43	31	6	6	17	24	112

This season

Phoenix Suns 2, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

1 Dec 1978Phoenix Suns 122–130 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Dec 1978Los Angeles Lakers 100–119 Phoenix Suns
28 Mar 1979106–112 this game
8 Apr 1979Phoenix Suns 103–111 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 43–31
Phoenix Suns: 45–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 150, Los Angeles Lakers 195.

16 Dec 1978Los Angeles Lakers 100–119 Phoenix Suns
8 Apr 1979Phoenix Suns 103–111 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.