NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns120–127Detroit Pistons

Phoenix Suns at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 1 February 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 52nd meetingof 149 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	35:00	9–23	8–8	1	1	2	3	0	0	4	3	26
Don Buse	31:00	4–7	2–2	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	1	10
Alvan Adams	30:00	6–10	0–0	0	9	9	5	0	0	6	3	12
Paul Westphal	29:00	11–18	2–2	0	0	0	9	2	0	2	3	24
Ron Lee	24:00	9–14	1–2	1	1	2	2	5	0	4	2	19
Dennis Awtrey	21:00	4–7	1–2	3	2	5	2	0	0	3	3	9
Gar Heard	21:00	2–5	2–3	1	6	7	1	2	0	1	5	6
Bayard Forrest	21:00	1–5	0–2	1	4	5	1	0	0	3	5	2
Alvin Scott	16:00	4–4	0–0	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	8
Mike Bratz	12:00	2–3	0–0	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	1	4
Team totals	240:00	52–96	16–21	9	25	34	30	15	2	28	26	120

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eric Money	42:00	10–20	7–8	1	2	3	5	7	0	9	2	27
Bob Lanier	40:00	13–21	10–15	5	9	14	7	1	0	3	0	36
M.L. Carr	40:00	5–14	4–4	5	8	13	2	3	0	5	3	14
John Shumate	38:00	5–7	10–10	3	9	12	1	4	0	1	3	20
Chris Ford	38:00	8–13	0–0	0	1	1	7	4	0	2	2	16
Al Skinner	16:00	1–3	6–6	1	1	2	0	1	0	5	2	8
Leon Douglas	14:00	1–3	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	4	5	2
Gus Gerard	8:00	2–3	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	5	4
Ben Poquette	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–84	37–43	16	36	52	24	20	0	31	22	127

This season

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

7 Dec 1977Phoenix Suns 113–107 Detroit Pistons
13 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 100–111 Phoenix Suns
1 Feb 1978120–127 this game
1 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 115–102 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 33–15
Detroit Pistons: 22–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

13 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 100–111 Phoenix Suns
1 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 115–102 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.