NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons107–117Chicago Bulls

Detroit Pistons at Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday 31 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 85th meetingof 324 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Price	46:00	2–16	3–3	1	3	4	6	1	0	2	0	7
John Shumate	43:00	5–15	11–13	2	6	8	1	2	1	2	4	21
Chris Ford	41:00	10–18	0–0	1	3	4	7	5	0	4	4	20
M.L. Carr	37:00	11–17	1–1	5	4	9	2	4	2	1	3	23
Leon Douglas	32:00	13–20	2–5	5	4	9	1	2	2	3	5	28
Al Skinner	24:00	2–5	0–0	0	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	4
Eric Money	9:00	2–6	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4
Ben Poquette	8:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	45–99	17–22	14	24	38	21	15	5	15	19	107

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	38:00	8–18	7–11	5	16	21	3	1	3	5	3	23
Mark Landsberger	36:00	11–18	3–5	12	7	19	0	1	0	3	2	25
John Mengelt	25:00	6–9	3–4	0	1	1	12	0	0	1	0	15
Mickey Johnson	25:00	4–11	2–2	2	5	7	3	1	1	7	4	10
Wilbur Holland	24:00	5–13	3–3	1	0	1	6	4	1	2	3	13
Tate Armstrong	24:00	6–12	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	12
Norm Van Lier	23:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	8	2	0	3	3	2
Steve Sheppard	13:00	3–8	0–0	1	2	3	3	0	0	1	2	6
Derrek Dickey	12:00	2–3	1–2	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	5
Cazzie Russell	10:00	3–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6
Cliff Pondexter	10:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	49–99	19–27	22	37	59	41	9	5	26	18	117

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1977-78.

23 Dec 1977Detroit Pistons 108–107 Chicago Bulls
15 Jan 1978Chicago Bulls 107–101 Detroit Pistons
19 Mar 1978Chicago Bulls 92–112 Detroit Pistons
31 Mar 1978107–117 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 36–39
Chicago Bulls: 37–40

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 164, Detroit Pistons 160.

19 Mar 1978Chicago Bulls 92–112 Detroit Pistons
3 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 99–93 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.