NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets108–119Detroit Pistons

Houston Rockets at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 22 February 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 54th meetingof 153 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Dwight Jones	45:00	9–18	1–1	—	—	12	4	0	0	4	19
Calvin Murphy	39:00	14–24	0–0	—	—	2	0	2	0	2	28
Kevin Kunnert	39:00	7–16	0–0	—	—	17	1	3	2	6	14
John Lucas	38:00	7–16	0–0	—	—	4	9	2	0	3	14
Mike Newlin	25:00	6–12	5–6	—	—	3	1	1	0	1	17
Alonzo Bradley	23:00	5–9	0–0	—	—	3	1	1	0	6	10
Robert Reid	16:00	1–4	0–0	—	—	3	1	0	1	3	2
C.J. Kupec	9:00	2–8	0–0	—	—	3	1	0	0	1	4
Ed Ratleff	6:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	51–108	6–7	0	0	47	20	9	3	26	108

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
John Shumate	36:00	7–16	3–6	—	—	11	1	1	0	1	17
M.L. Carr	33:00	5–9	8–8	—	—	7	2	3	0	2	18
Bob Lanier	32:00	8–16	5–6	—	—	10	4	2	0	1	21
Eric Money	32:00	6–15	4–5	—	—	1	9	1	0	2	16
Chris Ford	30:00	11–14	0–1	—	—	7	2	2	0	1	22
Leon Douglas	28:00	4–8	4–5	—	—	15	1	0	0	4	12
Jim Price	25:00	6–13	1–2	—	—	4	0	1	0	1	13
Al Skinner	9:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
Gus Gerard	8:00	0–3	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	0
Al Eberhard	7:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	47–95	25–33	0	0	56	22	11	0	16	119

This season

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

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

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 23–35
Detroit Pistons: 26–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

20 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 108–118 Houston Rockets
16 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 106–98 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.