NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons104–101Washington Bullets

Detroit Pistons at Washington Bullets

Date: Tuesday 24 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 114th meetingof 317 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	41:00	6–11	2–3	—	—	10	4	3	14
Bob Lanier	40:00	10–20	4–5	—	—	11	2	3	24
Eric Money	40:00	11–20	0–2	0	0	0	4	6	22
Chris Ford	40:00	6–10	3–5	—	—	14	2	2	15
Leon Douglas	28:00	4–9	4–4	—	—	4	0	1	12
John Shumate	24:00	2–4	6–7	—	—	3	3	3	10
Al Skinner	23:00	1–6	5–9	—	—	2	5	4	7
Ben Poquette	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	40–81	24–35	0	0	44	20	23	104

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	44:00	4–15	2–5	—	—	6	3	6	10
Bob Dandridge	41:00	7–16	6–6	—	—	4	2	4	20
Larry Wright	35:00	8–13	2–2	—	—	2	4	4	18
Kevin Grevey	33:00	9–21	6–7	—	—	3	2	2	24
Wes Unseld	30:00	4–5	2–2	—	—	10	4	4	10
Greg Ballard	20:00	4–7	0–0	—	—	7	2	2	8
Joe Pace	18:00	2–5	1–3	—	—	2	0	3	5
Charles Johnson	13:00	2–9	2–3	—	—	1	2	1	6
Phil Walker	6:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	2	2	3	0
Team totals	240:00	40–93	21–28	—	—	37	21	29	101

This season

Washington Wizards 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1977-78.

21 Oct 1977Detroit Pistons 109–117 Washington Bullets
13 Nov 1977Washington Bullets 102–104 Detroit Pistons
24 Jan 1978104–101 this game
3 Mar 1978Washington Bullets 124–108 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 18–25
Washington Bullets: 24–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 147, Detroit Pistons 170.

13 Nov 1977Washington Bullets 102–104 Detroit Pistons
3 Mar 1978Washington Bullets 124–108 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.