NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Kansas City Kings116–111Detroit Pistons

Kansas City Kings at Detroit Pistons

Date: Tuesday 21 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 276th meetingof 372 played

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Bill Robinzine	39:00	7–18	6–10	—	—	18	1	1	0	4	20
Scott Wedman	36:00	10–10	2–2	—	—	4	1	2	0	4	22
Richard Washington	29:00	3–10	2–2	—	—	6	0	1	3	5	8
Otis Birdsong	27:00	6–11	6–6	—	—	4	3	1	0	3	18
Lucius Allen	26:00	8–14	0–0	—	—	4	7	1	0	3	16
Tom Burleson	26:00	2–6	1–2	—	—	8	1	0	4	4	5
Ron Boone	23:00	8–12	0–0	—	—	4	2	1	0	3	16
John Kuester	20:00	2–4	0–0	—	—	4	9	0	0	3	4
Bob Nash	14:00	3–6	1–2	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	7
Team totals	240:00	49–91	18–24	—	—	53	25	7	7	31	116

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
John Shumate	48:00	8–13	8–9	—	—	16	2	2	0	2	24
M.L. Carr	48:00	5–12	4–5	—	—	8	1	3	0	4	14
Eric Money	43:00	8–24	8–8	—	—	4	3	3	0	5	24
Leon Douglas	32:00	7–16	4–6	—	—	11	0	1	2	3	18
Chris Ford	30:00	4–12	1–2	—	—	4	6	4	0	2	9
Jim Price	16:00	2–7	4–4	0	0	0	3	1	1	4	8
Ben Poquette	10:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4
Al Eberhard	8:00	3–6	2–2	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	8
Al Skinner	5:00	1–3	0–0	—	—	2	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	40–97	31–36	0	0	47	16	15	3	22	111

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Sacramento Kings 3 in NBA 1977-78.

2 Dec 1977Detroit Pistons 97–108 Kansas City Kings
2 Feb 1978Detroit Pistons 101–113 Kansas City Kings
19 Feb 1978Kansas City Kings 107–110 Detroit Pistons
21 Mar 1978116–111 this game

Records going in

Kansas City Kings: 27–43
Detroit Pistons: 33–37

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 186, Sacramento Kings 186.

19 Feb 1978Kansas City Kings 107–110 Detroit Pistons
27 Oct 1978Kansas City Kings 102–107 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.