NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks102–118Detroit Pistons

Milwaukee Bucks at Detroit Pistons

Date: Thursday 22 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 64th meetingof 292 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Brian Winters	34:00	6–12	4–4	—	—	3	4	0	0	3	16
Marques Johnson	32:00	8–13	0–0	—	—	8	5	3	1	0	16
Dave Meyers	31:00	7–15	5–7	—	—	8	3	1	0	4	19
Alex English	30:00	4–9	0–0	—	—	4	3	2	1	4	8
Quinn Buckner	29:00	7–10	0–1	—	—	3	3	3	1	2	14
John Gianelli	28:00	4–10	0–0	—	—	4	0	0	2	4	8
Junior Bridgeman	24:00	6–12	1–2	—	—	4	1	1	0	2	13
Ernie Grunfeld	23:00	2–6	0–0	—	—	3	3	1	0	5	4
Rich Laurel	9:00	1–5	2–2	—	—	1	1	1	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	45–92	12–16	—	—	38	23	12	5	24	102

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Chris Ford	41:00	3–8	3–4	—	—	2	9	3	0	2	9
John Shumate	36:00	9–11	4–6	—	—	9	5	4	0	4	22
Bob Lanier	34:00	11–14	7–8	—	—	9	2	1	0	3	29
Al Skinner	30:00	6–9	3–5	—	—	3	4	4	0	4	15
Gus Gerard	27:00	5–12	0–0	—	—	9	2	0	2	1	10
Ralph Simpson	26:00	5–13	0–0	—	—	5	5	2	0	3	10
Leon Douglas	21:00	2–7	0–0	—	—	3	0	0	1	4	4
M.L. Carr	13:00	5–8	1–2	—	—	3	1	1	1	2	11
Al Eberhard	9:00	1–2	2–2	—	—	2	1	0	0	0	4
Ben Poquette	3:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	49–88	20–27	0	0	45	29	15	4	23	118

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Milwaukee Bucks 2 in NBA 1977-78.

29 Nov 1977Detroit Pistons 100–99 Milwaukee Bucks
22 Dec 1977102–118 this game
26 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 109–110 Milwaukee Bucks
2 Apr 1978Milwaukee Bucks 129–121 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 18–14
Detroit Pistons: 11–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 130, Milwaukee Bucks 162.

29 Nov 1977Detroit Pistons 100–99 Milwaukee Bucks
26 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 109–110 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.