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NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final/2OT

Buffalo Braves126–122Detroit Pistons

Buffalo Braves at Detroit Pistons

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting
33rd meetingof 130 played

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Billy Knight57:005–1611–15——107——121
Randy Smith50:0011–269–11——54——231
Swen Nater50:0010–156–7——192——526
Chuck Williams49:009–122–2——25——420
Wil Jones44:006–144–6——92——516
Mike Glenn9:001–40–00001——12
Ted McClain9:000–10–0——22——00
Bill Willoughby8:002–32–20000——36
Jim McDaniels8:002–30–0——20——34
Scott Lloyd6:000–00–0——10——30
Team totals290:0046–9434–43005023——27126

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Chris Ford47:005–120–0——27——210
Eric Money46:009–162–3——26——520
Bob Lanier43:0015–266–6——162——036
John Shumate38:004–88–10——104——516
Gus Gerard36:009–141–2——92——619
Leon Douglas32:005–124–6——72——514
Al Skinner19:001–61–2——33——43
Al Eberhard17:002–70–0——51——14
Ralph Simpson10:000–40–0——220000
Ben Poquette2:000–00–00000——00
Team totals290:0050–10522–290056290028122

This season

Detroit Pistons 3, Los Angeles Clippers 1 in NBA 1977-78.

Records going in

Buffalo Braves
11–14
Detroit Pistons
9–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 73, Los Angeles Clippers 57.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.