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NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons109–114New Orleans Jazz

Detroit Pistons at New Orleans Jazz

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting
17th meetingof 112 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Bob Lanier41:006–196–6——9202418
Terry Tyler37:0011–182–6——184——524
Kevin Porter36:005–111–2——28——311
M.L. Carr33:006–162–2——73——414
Chris Ford33:002–101–2——74——15
Leon Douglas27:003–101–2——160——47
John Long24:0011–213–4——61——425
Rickey Green5:001–30–00000——02
Ben Poquette4:000–33–50000——13
Team totals240:0045–11119–290065220226109

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Truck Robinson46:008–184–6——14204120
Pete Maravich40:0016–274–5——6621236
Gail Goodrich35:008–174–5——28——420
Rich Kelley30:006–145–6——155—4417
Aaron James23:002–103–4——62——27
Jim McElroy22:002–33–4——23——17
Joe Meriweather18:001–110–0——40——42
James Hardy17:001–40–0——63——22
Paul Griffin10:001–21–3——52——23
Team totals241:0045–10624–33——60312922114

This season

Utah Jazz 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

Records going in

Detroit Pistons
0–2
New Orleans Jazz
0–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Utah Jazz 73, Detroit Pistons 39.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.