NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons106–98Houston Rockets

Detroit Pistons at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 16 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 55th meetingof 153 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Eric Money	40:00	10–19	2–5	—	—	7	3	0	0	3	22
John Shumate	38:00	8–14	4–10	—	—	14	0	0	0	1	20
Bob Lanier	35:00	10–19	5–6	—	—	10	6	1	2	4	25
M.L. Carr	35:00	5–9	2–2	—	—	10	2	0	0	3	12
Jim Price	33:00	4–10	5–6	—	—	3	2	4	0	3	13
Leon Douglas	23:00	3–4	1–3	—	—	5	2	0	0	0	7
Chris Ford	23:00	1–3	2–2	—	—	3	3	0	0	3	4
Gus Gerard	13:00	1–4	1–5	—	—	7	1	0	1	0	3
Team totals	240:00	42–82	22–39	—	—	59	19	5	3	17	106

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Calvin Murphy	45:00	13–28	7–7	—	—	3	3	2	0	3	33
Kevin Kunnert	38:00	6–17	2–2	—	—	4	1	0	0	4	14
Robert Reid	37:00	5–10	1–2	—	—	16	4	1	1	5	11
John Lucas	36:00	3–11	2–2	—	—	6	8	4	0	3	8
Ed Ratleff	30:00	6–11	4–4	—	—	3	3	2	0	3	16
Dwight Jones	23:00	2–11	4–4	—	—	6	0	0	0	4	8
Mike Dunleavy	10:00	1–6	0–1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	2
C.J. Kupec	8:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	1	2	1	0	1	0
Alonzo Bradley	7:00	2–7	0–0	—	—	4	0	0	0	2	4
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	6:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	39–105	20–22	0	0	43	26	11	1	26	98

This season

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

9 Nov 1977Houston Rockets 107–127 Detroit Pistons
20 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 108–118 Houston Rockets
22 Feb 1978Houston Rockets 108–119 Detroit Pistons
16 Mar 1978106–98 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 31–37
Houston Rockets: 24–46

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Feb 1978Houston Rockets 108–119 Detroit Pistons
27 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 119–131 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.