NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks140–131New Orleans Jazz

Milwaukee Bucks at New Orleans Jazz

Date: Friday 6 April 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 18th meetingof 113 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	37:00	16–24	1–1	—	—	7	3	1	3	0	3	33
Quinn Buckner	35:00	8–13	3–6	—	—	5	16	3	0	3	1	19
Kent Benson	33:00	12–20	4–4	—	—	10	5	3	3	4	5	28
Brian Winters	28:00	6–11	0–0	—	—	2	4	2	0	1	2	12
George Johnson	25:00	4–6	2–2	—	—	5	3	2	2	1	3	10
Junior Bridgeman	21:00	8–16	0–0	—	—	4	3	2	0	0	2	16
Ernie Grunfeld	16:00	6–11	0–0	—	—	3	1	1	0	1	2	12
John Gianelli	16:00	3–7	0–0	—	—	4	1	2	2	0	1	6
Kevin Restani	16:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2
Lloyd Walton	13:00	1–1	0–0	—	—	1	5	1	0	1	2	2
Team totals	240:00	65–111	10–13	0	0	41	44	17	10	14	22	140

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rich Kelley	44:00	7–16	8–8	6	17	23	4	0	2	4	2	22
Gail Goodrich	42:00	9–21	6–6	—	—	1	12	0	0	2	3	24
Tommie Green	42:00	8–15	0–0	—	—	3	8	3	0	3	2	16
Spencer Haywood	33:00	12–19	7–8	—	—	8	2	0	3	5	6	31
James Hardy	33:00	5–14	2–2	—	—	5	1	0	0	2	1	12
Aaron James	23:00	11–16	2–2	—	—	7	3	0	0	3	1	24
Marty Byrnes	12:00	0–2	2–2	—	—	5	2	0	0	2	1	2
Paul Griffin	11:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	4	1	1	0	3	0	0
Team totals	240:00	52–105	27–28	6	17	56	33	4	5	24	16	131

This season

Utah Jazz 1, Milwaukee Bucks 3 in NBA 1978-79.

15 Oct 1978Milwaukee Bucks 123–112 New Orleans Jazz
4 Nov 1978New Orleans Jazz 116–108 Milwaukee Bucks
14 Mar 1979New Orleans Jazz 102–158 Milwaukee Bucks
6 Apr 1979140–131 this game

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 37–44
New Orleans Jazz: 26–55

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Utah Jazz 61, Milwaukee Bucks 52.

14 Mar 1979New Orleans Jazz 102–158 Milwaukee Bucks
15 Oct 1979Milwaukee Bucks 131–107 Utah Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.