NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final/OT

Phoenix Suns113–107Detroit Pistons

Phoenix Suns at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 7 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 50th meetingof 149 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Don Buse	43:00	5–10	2–2	1	5	6	7	1	0	2	3	12
Alvan Adams	39:00	12–23	2–2	5	8	13	5	2	1	3	5	26
Paul Westphal	37:00	11–19	5–6	0	0	0	9	3	0	7	0	27
Walter Davis	37:00	7–15	13–15	1	4	5	2	2	1	2	2	27
Dennis Awtrey	25:00	3–7	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	6
Curtis Perry	23:00	2–6	0–0	4	5	9	2	1	0	2	4	4
Alvin Scott	22:00	1–4	1–1	3	5	8	2	1	0	1	3	3
Ron Lee	17:00	1–7	0–0	2	1	3	1	2	0	3	1	2
Gar Heard	13:00	2–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	4
Mike Bratz	9:00	0–5	2–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	265:00	44–99	25–28	19	31	50	28	14	3	23	21	113

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Chris Ford	48:00	5–14	0–0	0	2	2	10	4	0	6	2	10
Bob Lanier	36:00	12–21	3–5	7	13	20	4	2	0	4	1	27
Al Eberhard	34:00	8–13	2–4	3	2	5	0	2	0	2	5	18
Ralph Simpson	34:00	4–15	2–3	0	1	1	5	1	0	4	0	10
John Shumate	29:00	6–6	8–9	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	20
Al Skinner	24:00	3–8	1–2	2	3	5	1	2	0	5	6	7
Leon Douglas	23:00	4–7	0–0	4	4	8	5	1	0	1	4	8
M.L. Carr	23:00	1–4	3–4	1	3	4	0	0	0	3	3	5
Gus Gerard	12:00	0–4	2–2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	263:00	43–92	21–29	19	31	50	27	13	0	26	23	107

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Phoenix Suns 2 in NBA 1977-78.

7 Dec 1977113–107 this game
13 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 100–111 Phoenix Suns
1 Feb 1978Phoenix Suns 120–127 Detroit Pistons
1 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 115–102 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 12–9
Detroit Pistons: 8–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

1 Apr 1977Detroit Pistons 116–133 Phoenix Suns
13 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 100–111 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.