NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers117–101Kansas City Kings

Los Angeles Lakers at Kansas City Kings

Date: Wednesday 5 March 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 280th meetingof 494 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Magic Johnson	12–17	0–0	4–5	1	15	16	3	2	0	5	4	28
Jamaal Wilkes	11–12	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	2	6	0	2	0	22
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	9–13	0–0	4–4	1	8	9	7	1	1	0	2	22
Norm Nixon	7–15	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	4	14
Jim Chones	5–8	0–0	0–1	0	4	4	1	0	0	3	5	10
Mark Landsberger	4–4	0–0	2–4	2	8	10	0	1	0	1	1	10
Spencer Haywood	2–4	0–0	3–4	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	4	7
Michael Cooper	1–5	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	4	4
Brad Holland	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	51–80	0–0	15–20	8	39	47	20	11	2	17	26	117

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	13–24	3–3	3–3	4	3	7	6	0	1	3	3	32
Phil Ford	8–16	0–0	5–8	0	3	3	5	0	0	5	1	21
Ernie Grunfeld	3–7	0–0	5–5	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	11
Gus Gerard	5–8	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	11
Reggie King	2–6	0–0	3–4	3	5	8	1	1	1	3	2	7
Sam Lacey	2–8	0–0	2–7	4	5	9	4	0	1	1	5	6
Scott Wedman	3–12	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	1	6
Billy McKinney	2–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Bill Robinzine	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	5	3
Len Elmore	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	3	0
Tom Burleson	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Team totals	39–90	3–6	20–31	14	28	42	22	5	4	16	21	101

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 1979Los Angeles Lakers 111–118 Kansas City Kings
15 Feb 1980Kansas City Kings 100–114 Los Angeles Lakers
5 Mar 1980117–101 this game

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 48–20
Kansas City Kings: 42–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

15 Feb 1980Kansas City Kings 100–114 Los Angeles Lakers
15 Oct 1980Los Angeles Lakers 112–107 Kansas City Kings

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.