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NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons117–124New York Knicks

Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting
209th meetingof 425 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
Bob Lanier42:008–146–9——87———422
M.L. Carr32:004–73–3——73———411
Eric Money30:008–124–4——37———420
Leon Douglas30:004–75–13——110———313
Marvin Barnes25:004–105–11——41———313
Ralph Simpson23:005–116–8——34—0—116
Chris Ford23:002–62–2——31———56
Kevin Porter21:000–14–7——13—0—34
Willie Norwood9:005–60–0——20———110
Howard Porter5:001–20–0——10———02
Team totals240:0041–7635–57——4326—0—28117

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKTOVPFPTS
Bob McAdoo40:0016–275–6——155———537
Butch Beard32:004–101–2——34———29
Spencer Haywood31:004–80–0——73———58
Earl Monroe26:007–162–5——35———316
Lonnie Shelton26:006–90–0——95———612
Ray Williams24:007–124–8——364——418
Glen Gondrezick22:007–100–0——11———414
Toby Knight16:003–90–0——41———36
Jim McMillian8:001–42–2——20———14
Phil Jackson8:000–00–00001———10
Ticky Burden7:000–00–0000110010
Team totals240:0055–10514–2300473250035124

This season

New York Knicks 3, Detroit Pistons 0 in NBA 1977-78.

Records going in

Detroit Pistons
4–2
New York Knicks
2–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 233, Detroit Pistons 192.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.