NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons115–105Cleveland Cavaliers

Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday 28 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 30th meetingof 273 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eric Money	42:00	10–17	6–8	2	1	3	8	4	1	3	2	26
Bob Lanier	40:00	12–27	6–8	3	11	14	4	3	2	1	3	30
John Shumate	37:00	6–11	0–0	2	8	10	1	1	2	2	2	12
M.L. Carr	34:00	5–7	2–2	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	1	12
Chris Ford	30:00	3–6	0–0	1	2	3	4	0	0	2	1	6
Al Skinner	24:00	7–9	6–6	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	20
Leon Douglas	19:00	0–3	3–4	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	4	3
Gus Gerard	14:00	3–8	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	6
Team totals	240:00	46–88	23–28	10	32	42	20	9	5	14	17	115

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Chones	44:00	11–20	0–0	5	7	12	1	1	3	1	3	22
Campy Russell	33:00	4–9	4–6	2	3	5	2	2	0	0	3	12
Walt Frazier	32:00	7–14	2–2	1	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	16
Foots Walker	29:00	4–9	0–0	1	1	2	9	2	0	4	5	8
Elmore Smith	28:00	7–17	3–4	2	5	7	0	0	2	1	3	17
Austin Carr	19:00	1–5	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	2
Jim Brewer	18:00	3–6	0–0	4	4	8	2	0	1	2	3	6
Bingo Smith	15:00	4–10	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	1	8
Dick Snyder	9:00	0–3	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Terry Furlow	7:00	3–7	2–3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
John Lambert	6:00	2–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	46–103	13–17	19	28	47	21	6	6	11	23	105

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1977-78.

26 Nov 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 105–87 Detroit Pistons
28 Jan 1978115–105 this game
29 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 116–120 Detroit Pistons
1 Apr 1978Detroit Pistons 99–113 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 20–25
Cleveland Cavaliers: 22–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 129, Detroit Pistons 144.

26 Nov 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 105–87 Detroit Pistons
29 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 116–120 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.