NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Bucks106–117Detroit Pistons

Milwaukee Bucks at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 8 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 67th meetingof 292 played

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	37:00	9–17	5–9	—	—	8	2	1	1	0	23
Brian Winters	37:00	7–20	6–6	0	0	0	5	3	0	3	20
John Gianelli	31:00	4–7	1–2	—	—	4	2	2	2	3	9
Ernie Grunfeld	28:00	6–10	5–7	—	—	4	3	0	0	4	17
Lloyd Walton	25:00	3–8	0–2	—	—	1	7	0	0	0	6
Kevin Restani	21:00	3–7	0–0	—	—	2	1	1	0	2	6
Junior Bridgeman	16:00	4–10	0–0	—	—	5	1	2	0	2	8
Kent Benson	16:00	2–4	4–4	—	—	9	1	1	1	4	8
Quinn Buckner	13:00	2–4	1–1	—	—	2	0	1	0	4	5
Norm Van Lier	12:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	4
George Johnson	4:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–90	22–31	0	0	36	24	12	4	26	106

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	42:00	8–14	1–1	—	—	10	6	3	1	4	17
Bob Lanier	36:00	15–24	5–8	—	—	14	1	1	1	3	35
Terry Tyler	28:00	3–6	3–3	—	—	8	1	0	5	3	9
Rickey Green	27:00	5–8	7–9	—	—	2	4	0	0	2	17
Kevin Porter	26:00	1–3	1–2	0	0	0	10	1	0	5	3
John Long	25:00	5–14	2–2	—	—	6	4	1	0	6	12
Ben Poquette	20:00	3–4	2–3	—	—	7	1	0	2	3	8
Earl Tatum	19:00	5–10	2–3	—	—	4	0	0	1	2	12
Andre Wakefield	9:00	1–1	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Otis Howard	8:00	0–4	0–0	—	—	2	0	0	0	3	0
Team totals	240:00	46–88	25–33	0	0	53	27	6	10	31	117

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Milwaukee Bucks 1 in NBA 1978-79.

8 Nov 1978106–117 this game
26 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 84–143 Milwaukee Bucks
11 Mar 1979Detroit Pistons 125–115 Milwaukee Bucks

Records going in

Milwaukee Bucks: 5–9
Detroit Pistons: 3–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 130, Milwaukee Bucks 162.

2 Apr 1978Milwaukee Bucks 129–121 Detroit Pistons
26 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 84–143 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.