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NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons103–87Buffalo Braves

Detroit Pistons at Buffalo Braves

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting
34th meetingof 130 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Chris Ford46:005–120–0——610——110
Bob Lanier43:0010–1710–11——175——330
John Shumate38:006–74–7——70——016
Gus Gerard37:009–151–2——62——419
Al Skinner18:004–62–2——23——310
Ralph Simpson18:003–80–0——420026
Leon Douglas15:000–32–2——60——42
Eric Money14:001–44–40002——66
M.L. Carr11:002–40–0——30——14
Team totals240:0040–7623–280051240024103

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Randy Smith40:009–196–8——68——224
Billy Knight37:008–194–4——30——320
Ted McClain35:005–103–4——32——213
Wil Jones28:003–83–4——92——49
Swen Nater25:002–101–2——21——55
Jim McDaniels23:002–90–0——30——34
Chuck Williams15:001–21–3——20——23
Marvin Barnes13:000–41–2——10——41
Bill Willoughby11:002–50–0——22——24
Scott Lloyd7:001–40–0——20——12
Mike Glenn6:001–30–00000——02
Team totals240:0034–9319–27003315——2887

This season

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

Records going in

Detroit Pistons
14–18
Buffalo Braves
13–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.