NBA 1976-77Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns115–118Detroit Pistons

Phoenix Suns at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 5 January 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1976-77Regular season
Meeting: 46th meetingof 149 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Curtis Perry	38:00	7–14	5–6	5	10	15	5	0	0	2	19
Paul Westphal	35:00	3–11	7–9	0	0	0	7	2	0	2	13
Gar Heard	34:00	5–10	2–5	2	10	12	0	0	0	5	12
Alvan Adams	33:00	9–15	6–6	3	2	5	5	3	2	2	24
Dick Van Arsdale	26:00	6–11	1–1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	13
Ricky Sobers	26:00	5–7	1–2	2	0	2	4	2	1	3	11
Dennis Awtrey	17:00	4–8	3–4	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	11
Tom Van Arsdale	15:00	4–5	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	8
Ron Lee	10:00	2–5	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	4
Ira Terrell	6:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–86	25–33	15	26	41	25	10	5	18	115

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	43:00	12–23	6–6	3	5	8	2	1	3	4	30
Chris Ford	42:00	6–12	2–3	3	6	9	7	2	0	5	14
M.L. Carr	40:00	9–15	5–6	4	7	11	3	2	0	4	23
Ralph Simpson	34:00	5–18	6–8	4	2	6	6	4	1	2	16
Howard Porter	20:00	8–13	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	1	2	16
Kevin Porter	20:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	3	3	0	5	2
Marvin Barnes	17:00	7–11	1–1	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	15
Al Eberhard	8:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	2
Leon Douglas	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	229:00	49–97	20–24	16	26	42	22	13	5	28	118

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1976-77.

5 Jan 1977115–118 this game
13 Jan 1977Detroit Pistons 101–131 Phoenix Suns
20 Feb 1977Phoenix Suns 107–109 Detroit Pistons
1 Apr 1977Detroit Pistons 116–133 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 14–18
Detroit Pistons: 20–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 73, Phoenix Suns 76.

18 Mar 1976Detroit Pistons 100–106 Phoenix Suns
13 Jan 1977Detroit Pistons 101–131 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.