NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons83–116Los Angeles Lakers

Detroit Pistons at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 18 November 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 283rd meetingof 396 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Leon Douglas	34:00	5–13	5–7	9	15	24	1	1	0	6	6	15
M.L. Carr	30:00	5–12	1–2	3	3	6	4	1	0	5	5	11
Ben Poquette	29:00	5–11	0–0	2	4	6	0	0	1	3	6	10
Ralph Simpson	29:00	1–13	3–3	0	0	0	2	3	0	4	1	5
Al Skinner	28:00	5–13	1–2	1	3	4	3	1	1	2	3	11
Eric Money	23:00	2–13	1–2	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	1	5
Marvin Barnes	21:00	2–7	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	1	3	4	4
Al Eberhard	19:00	1–2	3–4	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	5
Chris Ford	15:00	6–10	0–0	2	0	2	4	1	0	2	1	12
Willie Norwood	12:00	1–2	3–4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	5
Team totals	240:00	33–96	17–24	20	30	50	20	10	3	30	31	83

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
James Edwards	33:00	5–12	9–13	1	10	11	1	2	3	5	3	19
Kermit Washington	32:00	6–8	2–2	2	7	9	0	1	0	3	4	14
Don Ford	31:00	7–11	0–0	0	4	4	3	1	0	2	3	14
Earl Tatum	27:00	7–10	1–2	2	3	5	5	2	1	1	2	15
Jamaal Wilkes	26:00	6–11	3–3	0	4	4	4	2	0	1	0	15
Ernie DiGregorio	25:00	0–2	0–0	0	2	2	11	2	0	4	0	0
Norm Nixon	23:00	5–10	2–3	0	3	3	8	2	0	2	2	12
Tom Abernethy	22:00	6–9	0–0	1	4	5	2	2	1	0	3	12
Lou Hudson	21:00	6–16	3–7	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	15
Team totals	240:00	48–89	20–30	6	37	43	35	15	6	18	20	116

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1977-78.

18 Nov 197783–116 this game
30 Nov 1977Los Angeles Lakers 98–104 Detroit Pistons
8 Feb 1978Los Angeles Lakers 105–95 Detroit Pistons
26 Feb 1978Detroit Pistons 127–124 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 6–6
Los Angeles Lakers: 6–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 238, Detroit Pistons 158.

3 Apr 1977Detroit Pistons 107–115 Los Angeles Lakers
30 Nov 1977Los Angeles Lakers 98–104 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.