NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers111–118Kansas City Kings

Los Angeles Lakers at Kansas City Kings

Date: Wednesday 26 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 278th meetingof 494 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jamaal Wilkes	12–16	0–1	0–0	3	2	5	2	2	0	3	2	24
Magic Johnson	9–18	0–1	6–6	4	4	8	4	1	0	6	4	24
Norm Nixon	8–16	0–0	6–7	0	2	2	7	1	0	4	3	22
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	9–20	0–0	0–1	3	12	15	9	2	2	2	0	18
Jim Chones	4–10	0–0	0–0	2	7	9	1	0	0	1	2	8
Spencer Haywood	4–8	0–0	0–0	0	6	6	1	0	0	1	2	8
Michael Cooper	2–5	1–2	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	5	5
Don Ford	0–3	0–0	2–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Ollie Mack	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	48–98	1–4	14–16	16	33	49	27	6	2	20	20	111

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	12–20	0–1	1–2	3	2	5	4	1	0	2	4	25
Sam Lacey	8–12	0–0	2–2	6	15	21	11	3	1	6	5	18
Reggie King	7–13	0–0	3–4	2	7	9	2	1	1	0	1	17
Billy McKinney	4–5	0–1	6–6	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	3	14
Scott Wedman	6–16	0–0	2–2	1	7	8	0	1	0	2	3	14
Phil Ford	5–15	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	3	11
Ernie Grunfeld	5–10	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	1	0	1	1	1	10
Len Elmore	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4
Gus Gerard	1–3	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Tom Burleson	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	2
Team totals	51–100	0–2	16–19	16	34	50	33	9	4	14	20	118

This season

Sacramento Kings 2, Los Angeles Lakers 4 in NBA 1979-80.

26 Oct 1979Kansas City Kings 104–116 Los Angeles Lakers
15 Nov 1979Los Angeles Lakers 108–114 Kansas City Kings
25 Nov 1979Kansas City Kings 110–111 Los Angeles Lakers
26 Dec 1979111–118 this game
15 Feb 1980Kansas City Kings 100–114 Los Angeles Lakers
5 Mar 1980Los Angeles Lakers 117–101 Kansas City Kings

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 25–12
Kansas City Kings: 21–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 180, Los Angeles Lakers 314.

25 Nov 1979Kansas City Kings 110–111 Los Angeles Lakers
15 Feb 1980Kansas City Kings 100–114 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.