NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons99–93Chicago Bulls

Detroit Pistons at Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday 3 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 86th meetingof 324 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	44:00	10–16	4–5	4	3	7	2	3	0	2	5	24
Kevin Porter	40:00	9–16	1–2	1	1	2	10	3	0	3	2	19
Terry Tyler	40:00	4–9	0–0	2	8	10	3	2	1	2	3	8
Bob Lanier	36:00	9–20	4–6	2	6	8	2	1	4	3	3	22
John Long	35:00	6–11	4–5	2	3	5	1	1	0	1	2	16
Ben Poquette	21:00	1–2	0–0	0	2	2	1	3	1	1	2	2
Rickey Green	12:00	2–2	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	2	4
Earl Tatum	8:00	2–5	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Andre Wakefield	4:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	43–83	13–18	12	27	39	21	14	7	15	20	99

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	46:00	10–13	4–7	2	8	10	6	0	5	2	2	24
Mickey Johnson	41:00	7–15	0–0	1	7	8	7	0	1	2	4	14
Reggie Theus	40:00	5–13	2–2	1	1	2	8	0	1	4	2	12
Wilbur Holland	33:00	6–13	1–2	3	2	5	6	1	1	3	2	13
Mark Landsberger	28:00	6–10	2–3	6	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	14
John Mengelt	17:00	5–9	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	10
Ollie Johnson	13:00	0–4	0–0	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
Steve Sheppard	11:00	3–5	0–0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	6
Charles Dudley	6:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
John Brown	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Scott Lloyd	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–84	9–14	15	28	43	31	1	8	21	15	93

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

3 Nov 197899–93 this game
10 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 101–115 Detroit Pistons
27 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 117–124 Chicago Bulls
8 Apr 1979Chicago Bulls 117–107 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 2–8
Chicago Bulls: 1–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 164, Detroit Pistons 160.

31 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 107–117 Chicago Bulls
10 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 101–115 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.