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NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons112–135Philadelphia 76ers

Detroit Pistons at Philadelphia 76ers

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting
211th meetingof 422 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTBLKPFPTS
Terry Tyler40:003–71–2——163—37
M.L. Carr36:007–133–4——64—517
Ben Poquette34:003–83–5——71—49
Kevin Porter32:009–127–8——28—325
Earl Tatum28:007–145–6——53—619
John Long22:006–152–2——33—414
Rickey Green22:005–131–4——13—111
Otis Howard11:000–12–9——46—02
Andre Wakefield8:002–42–20000—16
Leon Douglas4:000–10–00000—10
Bob Lanier3:001–10–00001—02
Team totals240:0043–8926–42004432—28112

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTBLKPFPTS
Julius Erving31:006–1210–10——114—122
Doug Collins31:007–130–0——290514
Maurice Cheeks30:0010–147–8——350427
Steve Mix27:0013–218–10——113—134
Darryl Dawkins23:005–70–2——83—510
Bobby Jones21:005–91–2——42—011
Henry Bibby21:000–42–2——33022
Caldwell Jones20:001–10–0——43—42
Joe Bryant17:001–75–6——52—37
Ralph Simpson14:001–50–0——11—12
Harvey Catchings5:001–32–4——31—34
Team totals240:0050–9635–44——5536029135

This season

Philadelphia 76ers 3, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1978-79.

Records going in

Detroit Pistons
5–9
Philadelphia 76ers
9–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Philadelphia 76ers 243, Detroit Pistons 179.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.