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NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final/OT

Detroit Pistons125–129New York Knicks

Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting
211th meetingof 425 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
M.L. Carr48:008–226–9——187——222
John Shumate48:004–143–4——90——311
Eric Money42:0015–289–9——44——339
Chris Ford42:0010–171–1——78——121
Al Skinner34:004–104–4——23——312
Jim Price22:004–80–1——31——48
Ben Poquette19:003–42–2——51——28
Al Eberhard7:000–30–0——10——10
Jim Bostic3:002–30–0——110004
Team totals265:0050–10925–30——50250019125

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Butch Beard38:008–164–4——109——420
Jim McMillian38:006–120–0——58——112
Earl Monroe38:005–121–2——45——211
Bob McAdoo35:0012–202–4——106——626
Toby Knight31:005–123–6——134——013
Lonnie Shelton28:009–131–2——63——519
Jim Cleamons20:002–70–0——30——14
Glen Gondrezick17:002–30–0——32——14
Ray Williams10:005–94–4——32——214
Spencer Haywood10:003–40–00001——06
Team totals265:0057–10815–22005740——22129

This season

New York Knicks 3, Detroit Pistons 0 in NBA 1977-78.

Records going in

Detroit Pistons
36–43
New York Knicks
40–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 233, Detroit Pistons 192.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.