NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics85–100Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Monday 24 October 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 212th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jo Jo White	40:00	8–24	0–0	2	3	5	0	1	0	1	2	16
Dave Cowens	40:00	2–10	1–2	2	8	10	3	1	1	6	5	5
John Havlicek	35:00	5–13	0–0	4	4	8	2	1	0	5	4	10
Charlie Scott	32:00	6–16	4–4	2	3	5	3	0	0	4	2	16
Tom Boswell	26:00	7–10	5–5	4	3	7	0	0	0	1	2	19
Sidney Wicks	23:00	1–8	0–4	4	6	10	2	0	0	1	2	2
Dave Bing	22:00	3–8	5–5	0	2	2	2	2	0	3	1	11
Curtis Rowe	19:00	2–4	2–3	3	2	5	0	1	0	1	2	6
Fred Saunders	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	34–93	17–23	21	31	52	12	6	1	22	20	85

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	42:00	15–27	3–3	—	—	10	3	—	—	—	2	33
M.L. Carr	42:00	4–12	3–4	—	—	10	1	—	—	—	2	11
Eric Money	37:00	11–18	2–2	—	—	4	4	—	—	—	2	24
Chris Ford	27:00	2–5	2–2	0	0	0	5	—	—	—	0	6
Marvin Barnes	25:00	5–12	1–1	—	—	13	1	—	—	—	5	11
Ralph Simpson	18:00	4–6	0–0	—	—	4	2	—	0	—	0	8
Leon Douglas	17:00	0–0	2–5	—	—	9	0	—	—	—	3	2
Kevin Porter	13:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	4	—	0	—	1	0
Howard Porter	11:00	1–4	0–0	—	—	4	0	—	—	—	3	2
Willie Norwood	6:00	1–2	0–0	—	—	1	0	—	—	—	1	2
Wayman Britt	1:00	0–0	1–2	—	—	1	0	—	0	—	0	1
Ben Poquette	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–88	14–19	0	0	56	20	—	0	—	19	100

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1977-78.

24 Oct 197785–100 this game
26 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 100–122 Detroit Pistons
14 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 98–105 Boston Celtics
7 Apr 1978Detroit Pistons 111–109 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 0–2
Detroit Pistons: 2–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 165, Boston Celtics 281.

4 Mar 1977Boston Celtics 94–92 Detroit Pistons
26 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 100–122 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.