NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons108–118Houston Rockets

Detroit Pistons at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 20 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 53rd meetingof 153 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	42:00	7–14	2–3	—	—	8	6	—	0	2	16
Chris Ford	37:00	6–8	2–3	0	0	0	6	3	0	1	14
John Shumate	36:00	5–12	6–9	—	—	10	1	—	0	0	16
M.L. Carr	35:00	8–12	0–0	—	—	6	4	3	0	1	16
Al Skinner	30:00	3–6	4–5	—	—	3	2	—	0	2	10
Eric Money	26:00	9–15	0–0	—	—	2	3	—	0	3	18
Leon Douglas	16:00	3–7	2–3	—	—	4	1	—	0	6	8
Al Eberhard	13:00	4–7	2–2	—	—	1	2	—	0	0	10
Ralph Simpson	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	1	0	0
Ben Poquette	2:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–82	18–25	0	0	34	25	6	1	15	108

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
John Lucas	45:00	5–11	0–0	—	—	3	15	4	1	2	10
Calvin Murphy	34:00	9–22	5–5	—	—	1	5	5	1	4	23
Dwight Jones	34:00	9–10	3–3	—	—	4	2	0	1	4	21
Robert Reid	34:00	8–14	2–4	—	—	6	1	2	0	4	18
Moses Malone	32:00	9–15	2–3	—	—	16	2	0	1	4	20
Kevin Kunnert	30:00	7–13	0–0	—	—	12	5	0	0	4	14
C.J. Kupec	14:00	4–5	0–0	—	—	2	1	0	0	0	8
Ed Ratleff	13:00	1–5	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	1	2
Rudy White	4:00	1–4	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	53–99	12–15	—	—	46	33	11	4	24	118

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Detroit Pistons 3 in NBA 1977-78.

9 Nov 1977Houston Rockets 107–127 Detroit Pistons
20 Jan 1978108–118 this game
22 Feb 1978Houston Rockets 108–119 Detroit Pistons
16 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 106–98 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 18–23
Houston Rockets: 15–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 76, Detroit Pistons 77.

9 Nov 1977Houston Rockets 107–127 Detroit Pistons
22 Feb 1978Houston Rockets 108–119 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.