NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons98–105Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Tuesday 14 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 214th meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Shumate	45:00	5–13	4–7	—	—	5	4	—	—	—	2	14
Eric Money	43:00	8–18	6–6	—	—	3	4	—	—	—	5	22
Bob Lanier	39:00	14–26	3–4	—	—	13	3	—	—	—	1	31
Jim Price	33:00	4–10	1–2	—	—	2	7	—	—	—	2	9
M.L. Carr	32:00	4–11	0–0	—	—	6	1	—	—	—	4	8
Chris Ford	20:00	1–6	0–1	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	1	2
Gus Gerard	16:00	3–7	4–4	—	—	2	0	—	—	—	1	10
Leon Douglas	12:00	1–3	0–2	—	—	4	0	—	—	—	4	2
Team totals	240:00	40–94	18–26	—	—	37	20	—	—	—	20	98

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	39:00	8–17	1–1	1	2	3	6	1	0	3	1	17
Dave Cowens	38:00	9–14	1–2	1	13	14	4	0	0	0	5	19
Don Chaney	33:00	5–10	4–4	1	4	5	4	2	1	3	5	14
Kermit Washington	26:00	6–11	2–3	3	10	13	2	1	2	4	1	14
Dave Bing	25:00	5–9	1–2	1	3	4	4	1	0	4	5	11
Sidney Wicks	21:00	5–12	0–0	4	2	6	2	1	0	5	4	10
Cedric Maxwell	21:00	2–6	2–2	6	1	7	2	2	0	0	0	6
Kevin Stacom	14:00	6–11	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	12
Tom Boswell	12:00	1–2	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	5	2
Curtis Rowe	6:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie DiGregorio	5:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	47–97	11–14	19	38	57	27	8	3	22	27	105

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Detroit Pistons 3 in NBA 1977-78.

24 Oct 1977Boston Celtics 85–100 Detroit Pistons
26 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 100–122 Detroit Pistons
14 Mar 197898–105 this game
7 Apr 1978Detroit Pistons 111–109 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 31–35
Boston Celtics: 24–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 281, Detroit Pistons 165.

26 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 100–122 Detroit Pistons
7 Apr 1978Detroit Pistons 111–109 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.