NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers105–95Detroit Pistons

Los Angeles Lakers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 8 February 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 285th meetingof 396 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	40:00	7–15	3–3	0	3	3	9	1	0	1	3	17
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	38:00	9–13	4–4	1	7	8	2	3	4	6	5	22
Adrian Dantley	38:00	5–8	4–4	2	3	5	3	1	0	5	3	14
Lou Hudson	37:00	11–19	3–3	0	2	2	5	1	0	0	2	25
Don Ford	30:00	5–12	0–0	0	3	3	4	5	1	0	2	10
Tom Abernethy	24:00	5–10	0–0	2	3	5	3	2	1	1	0	10
Charlie Scott	19:00	1–7	2–2	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	2	4
Dave Robisch	10:00	1–3	1–2	2	6	8	1	0	0	2	3	3
Kenny Carr	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0
Team totals	240:00	44–87	17–18	7	28	35	31	16	6	18	20	105

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Chris Ford	44:00	4–10	2–2	3	1	4	9	2	0	5	1	10
M.L. Carr	39:00	5–15	1–2	4	6	10	1	1	1	3	3	11
John Shumate	38:00	5–13	3–4	2	8	10	3	3	0	1	3	13
Bob Lanier	36:00	14–26	3–4	7	9	16	3	1	1	5	3	31
Jim Price	28:00	5–9	4–4	1	5	6	1	1	0	5	2	14
Al Skinner	24:00	1–4	2–2	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	3	4
Leon Douglas	18:00	0–5	2–4	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	2	2
Gus Gerard	9:00	2–4	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	4
Ben Poquette	4:00	1–2	4–4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Team totals	240:00	37–88	21–26	19	35	54	20	9	3	25	17	95

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1977-78.

18 Nov 1977Detroit Pistons 83–116 Los Angeles Lakers
30 Nov 1977Los Angeles Lakers 98–104 Detroit Pistons
8 Feb 1978105–95 this game
26 Feb 1978Detroit Pistons 127–124 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 25–26
Detroit Pistons: 23–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 158, Los Angeles Lakers 238.

30 Nov 1977Los Angeles Lakers 98–104 Detroit Pistons
26 Feb 1978Detroit Pistons 127–124 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.