NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons108–107Chicago Bulls

Detroit Pistons at Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday 23 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 82nd meetingof 324 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eric Money	42:00	10–18	2–6	2	1	3	4	2	0	8	3	22
Chris Ford	41:00	5–8	0–0	3	2	5	4	3	0	1	2	10
John Shumate	39:00	4–11	15–18	0	6	6	3	0	0	4	2	23
Bob Lanier	37:00	8–17	8–8	2	12	14	1	2	3	4	5	24
M.L. Carr	28:00	4–7	3–4	2	5	7	0	4	0	3	5	11
Leon Douglas	20:00	3–5	3–5	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	5	9
Gus Gerard	20:00	1–6	0–0	1	3	4	2	1	0	2	3	2
Al Skinner	13:00	3–4	1–1	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	4	7
Team totals	240:00	38–76	32–42	12	32	44	15	14	3	25	29	108

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	40:00	5–12	1–5	1	10	11	2	0	6	6	4	11
Norm Van Lier	39:00	3–9	6–6	2	4	6	11	2	0	3	6	12
Scott May	34:00	7–18	5–5	1	5	6	3	0	0	3	2	19
Wilbur Holland	34:00	8–14	3–5	2	1	3	4	7	0	3	5	19
Mickey Johnson	28:00	9–14	1–1	2	4	6	3	2	1	3	5	19
John Mengelt	23:00	6–11	1–2	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	5	13
Mark Landsberger	12:00	1–3	4–4	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	6
Steve Sheppard	11:00	2–6	0–0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	4
Nick Weatherspoon	11:00	1–4	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	2
Jim Ard	8:00	1–1	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Team totals	240:00	43–92	21–28	15	31	46	27	13	7	21	33	107

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1977-78.

23 Dec 1977108–107 this game
15 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 107–101 Detroit Pistons
19 Mar 1978Chicago Bulls 92–112 Detroit Pistons
31 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 107–117 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 12–17
Chicago Bulls: 18–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 164, Detroit Pistons 160.

16 Mar 1977Chicago Bulls 104–97 Detroit Pistons
15 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 107–101 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.