NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons99–113Cleveland Cavaliers

Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday 1 April 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 32nd meetingof 273 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Shumate	42:00	6–15	4–4	0	7	7	5	0	0	4	2	16
Chris Ford	41:00	9–20	3–4	2	3	5	5	6	0	2	1	21
M.L. Carr	40:00	4–15	2–4	5	8	13	4	1	0	3	2	10
Leon Douglas	34:00	8–21	4–6	6	5	11	0	1	2	5	2	20
Al Skinner	30:00	6–9	4–5	3	1	4	3	0	1	3	3	16
Jim Price	25:00	2–8	2–2	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	3	6
Ben Poquette	20:00	4–8	2–2	2	1	3	1	0	2	0	0	10
Eric Money	8:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–99	21–27	18	26	44	23	8	5	21	13	99

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	30:00	11–19	3–4	2	2	4	5	4	1	1	2	25
Jim Chones	28:00	7–10	0–0	3	13	16	1	1	1	1	1	14
Terry Furlow	28:00	5–13	2–3	0	1	1	4	2	0	4	1	12
Elmore Smith	27:00	4–6	1–3	4	4	8	1	0	2	0	2	9
Campy Russell	25:00	7–16	3–3	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	0	17
Bingo Smith	25:00	5–9	0–0	2	1	3	2	0	1	3	1	10
John Lambert	21:00	2–9	0–0	3	3	6	0	2	2	2	5	4
Jim Brewer	20:00	3–5	0–0	3	3	6	1	0	2	3	3	6
Foots Walker	20:00	1–4	0–0	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	4	2
Dick Snyder	18:00	7–9	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	14
Team totals	242:00	52–100	9–13	18	30	48	21	11	10	19	22	113

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1977-78.

26 Nov 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 105–87 Detroit Pistons
28 Jan 1978Detroit Pistons 115–105 Cleveland Cavaliers
29 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 116–120 Detroit Pistons
1 Apr 197899–113 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 36–40
Cleveland Cavaliers: 38–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 129, Detroit Pistons 144.

29 Jan 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 116–120 Detroit Pistons
25 Oct 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 105–110 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.