NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons111–109Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 7 April 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 215th meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Shumate	44:00	7–14	4–4	—	—	12	3	—	—	—	1	18
Eric Money	43:00	16–31	3–7	—	—	2	5	—	—	—	0	35
Al Skinner	42:00	7–13	4–10	—	—	12	5	—	—	—	4	18
M.L. Carr	41:00	6–11	3–6	—	—	7	1	—	—	—	2	15
Chris Ford	38:00	6–15	3–7	—	—	4	4	—	—	—	2	15
Jim Price	15:00	3–7	2–2	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	1	8
Ben Poquette	11:00	1–2	0–1	—	—	3	0	—	—	—	0	2
Jim Bostic	6:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	—	2	0
Team totals	240:00	46–94	19–37	—	—	42	19	0	0	—	12	111

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	39:00	11–24	2–4	1	5	6	4	5	0	5	1	24
Dave Cowens	35:00	5–11	2–2	3	14	17	5	2	1	5	5	12
Dave Bing	32:00	9–20	3–3	2	2	4	7	0	0	3	4	21
Kermit Washington	32:00	7–13	0–0	6	7	13	2	1	2	2	5	14
Don Chaney	30:00	6–12	1–2	3	5	8	3	2	1	4	4	13
Sidney Wicks	27:00	5–8	3–4	1	3	4	0	1	2	1	4	13
Tom Boswell	17:00	1–5	0–0	3	0	3	0	0	1	2	5	2
Ernie DiGregorio	14:00	3–7	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	6
Cedric Maxwell	14:00	2–2	0–0	1	3	4	0	1	1	1	0	4
Team totals	240:00	49–102	11–15	20	39	59	24	12	8	24	31	109

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Detroit Pistons 3 in NBA 1977-78.

24 Oct 1977Boston Celtics 85–100 Detroit Pistons
26 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 100–122 Detroit Pistons
14 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 98–105 Boston Celtics
7 Apr 1978111–109 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 36–44
Boston Celtics: 31–48

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 281, Detroit Pistons 165.

14 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 98–105 Boston Celtics
12 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 128–123 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.