NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons96–112Portland Trail Blazers

Detroit Pistons at Portland Trail Blazers

Date: Tuesday 31 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 38th meetingof 136 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	45:00	6–12	2–2	3	5	8	5	1	0	5	3	14
Bob Lanier	43:00	12–26	9–10	2	8	10	2	0	2	11	5	33
Terry Tyler	41:00	3–9	5–9	4	7	11	0	1	3	0	2	11
Kevin Porter	38:00	4–8	2–2	0	0	0	11	4	1	4	4	10
John Long	31:00	4–10	0–0	3	2	5	3	0	0	1	3	8
Rickey Green	16:00	3–5	2–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	8
Earl Tatum	12:00	3–9	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
Otis Howard	5:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Leon Douglas	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ben Poquette	3:00	1–1	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2
Bubbles Hawkins	2:00	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	38–84	20–25	14	28	42	25	7	7	23	18	96

Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mychal Thompson	38:00	8–16	2–2	2	15	17	8	2	3	4	2	18
Lionel Hollins	33:00	8–15	3–3	1	2	3	6	2	0	5	4	19
Tom Owens	33:00	4–12	4–5	3	4	7	2	1	0	1	3	12
Bob Gross	31:00	7–8	0–0	1	3	4	4	2	1	2	2	14
T.R. Dunn	28:00	6–12	2–2	5	3	8	0	0	0	1	2	14
Ron Brewer	26:00	4–12	2–4	1	0	1	6	1	0	3	2	10
Dave Twardzik	23:00	4–8	1–1	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	5	9
Clemon Johnson	17:00	4–8	0–0	4	5	9	5	0	1	1	3	8
Kim Anderson	9:00	3–6	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	3	6
Willie Smith	2:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	49–98	14–17	18	34	52	36	10	5	21	26	112

This season

Portland Trail Blazers 3, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1978-79.

31 Oct 197896–112 this game
5 Jan 1979Detroit Pistons 96–98 Portland Trail Blazers
11 Jan 1979Portland Trail Blazers 101–104 Detroit Pistons
25 Feb 1979Portland Trail Blazers 126–119 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 2–6
Portland Trail Blazers: 3–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Portland Trail Blazers 72, Detroit Pistons 64.

24 Mar 1978Portland Trail Blazers 95–107 Detroit Pistons
5 Jan 1979Detroit Pistons 96–98 Portland Trail Blazers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.