NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons100–111Phoenix Suns

Detroit Pistons at Phoenix Suns

Date: Friday 13 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 51st meetingof 149 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Chris Ford	45:00	7–9	0–0	2	4	6	5	1	0	7	5	14
M.L. Carr	38:00	13–18	2–2	1	4	5	2	6	0	5	6	28
Eric Money	38:00	8–19	1–2	1	1	2	4	2	0	4	3	17
Bob Lanier	38:00	3–11	4–8	0	10	10	3	2	2	4	2	10
John Shumate	36:00	5–8	8–11	0	7	7	3	3	2	2	2	18
Leon Douglas	22:00	1–2	1–2	0	2	2	3	4	0	4	3	3
Al Skinner	13:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2
Gus Gerard	8:00	2–5	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	6
Ben Poquette	2:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Team totals	240:00	41–75	18–27	4	29	33	20	21	4	30	27	100

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	35:00	9–16	7–9	4	4	8	3	3	0	4	3	25
Don Buse	35:00	6–8	1–1	0	2	2	7	3	0	2	3	13
Dennis Awtrey	31:00	3–5	0–0	3	7	10	5	1	0	4	2	6
Paul Westphal	29:00	10–21	6–12	0	1	1	5	2	0	4	0	26
Curtis Perry	22:00	3–7	0–0	1	8	9	2	2	0	2	3	6
Ron Lee	20:00	9–13	1–1	0	0	0	4	3	0	5	1	19
Gar Heard	19:00	2–8	0–0	1	7	8	0	0	1	0	3	4
Bayard Forrest	13:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	5	2
Alvin Scott	13:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
Mike Bratz	12:00	3–5	1–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	7
Alvan Adams	11:00	0–3	3–4	1	1	2	1	1	0	5	2	3
Team totals	240:00	46–89	19–29	10	33	43	33	17	1	30	23	111

This season

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

7 Dec 1977Phoenix Suns 113–107 Detroit Pistons
13 Jan 1978100–111 this game
1 Feb 1978Phoenix Suns 120–127 Detroit Pistons
1 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 115–102 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 17–21
Phoenix Suns: 25–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

7 Dec 1977Phoenix Suns 113–107 Detroit Pistons
1 Feb 1978Phoenix Suns 120–127 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.