NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers97–95Chicago Bulls

Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 3 April 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 96th meetingof 195 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	48:00	13–25	1–5	2	10	12	1	1	2	1	2	27
Norm Nixon	46:00	10–18	1–2	1	4	5	8	2	1	1	2	21
Jamaal Wilkes	43:00	4–13	5–7	4	3	7	3	1	1	6	4	13
Ron Boone	27:00	6–8	2–3	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	2	14
Kenny Carr	22:00	7–8	2–4	2	5	7	1	2	0	2	3	16
Don Ford	22:00	1–4	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	2	2
Jim Price	12:00	1–5	2–2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4
Lou Hudson	11:00	0–3	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	0
Dave Robisch	9:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–84	13–23	10	29	39	18	10	4	15	19	97

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Wilbur Holland	42:00	12–16	1–1	3	3	6	5	2	0	3	2	25
Artis Gilmore	40:00	5–14	1–1	1	12	13	2	1	1	0	5	11
Mickey Johnson	39:00	7–13	4–4	3	8	11	9	0	1	6	3	18
Reggie Theus	37:00	7–13	1–2	0	3	3	2	2	0	6	3	15
Ollie Johnson	37:00	3–9	0–0	1	3	4	7	2	0	0	5	6
John Mengelt	17:00	7–13	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	16
John Brown	11:00	1–2	0–0	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	1	2
Mark Landsberger	9:00	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	0
Scott Lloyd	8:00	1–4	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	3	2
Team totals	240:00	43–84	9–10	12	35	47	29	9	2	17	24	95

This season

Chicago Bulls 1, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1978-79.

7 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 112–111 Chicago Bulls
19 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 95–104 Los Angeles Lakers
9 Mar 1979Chicago Bulls 102–92 Los Angeles Lakers
3 Apr 197997–95 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 44–33
Chicago Bulls: 29–50

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 80, Los Angeles Lakers 115.

9 Mar 1979Chicago Bulls 102–92 Los Angeles Lakers
16 Oct 1979Chicago Bulls 96–105 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.