NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons128–123Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 12 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 216th meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Terry Tyler	39:00	4–7	1–4	0	3	3	2	0	2	2	5	9
Kevin Porter	37:00	10–18	2–3	0	2	2	7	3	0	2	3	22
M.L. Carr	35:00	5–8	7–9	4	2	6	2	5	0	2	3	17
John Long	34:00	12–17	0–0	1	3	4	3	2	0	2	1	24
Ben Poquette	32:00	5–13	0–0	3	3	6	3	1	0	0	5	10
Rickey Green	17:00	5–10	1–2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	11
Otis Howard	15:00	6–7	4–4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	16
Earl Tatum	14:00	3–8	1–1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	7
Leon Douglas	10:00	1–3	3–4	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	5
Andre Wakefield	7:00	3–3	1–1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7
Team totals	240:00	54–94	20–28	10	17	27	25	11	2	8	27	128

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	45:00	11–18	10–11	3	10	13	4	1	0	4	5	32
Cedric Maxwell	39:00	8–10	4–8	5	9	14	6	0	1	4	2	20
Chris Ford	36:00	9–14	0–1	1	1	2	4	1	0	2	4	18
Jo Jo White	35:00	4–10	2–2	0	3	3	7	2	0	3	5	10
Billy Knight	31:00	7–11	3–4	1	2	3	3	0	0	7	2	17
Jeff Judkins	30:00	5–12	6–8	1	3	4	2	1	0	4	5	16
Marvin Barnes	12:00	1–2	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	3	2
Don Chaney	8:00	4–5	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8
Curtis Rowe	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	49–82	25–34	13	31	44	28	5	1	26	26	123

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

12 Nov 1978128–123 this game
5 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 114–112 Detroit Pistons
9 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 117–160 Detroit Pistons
16 Mar 1979Detroit Pistons 98–99 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 5–10
Boston Celtics: 2–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 281, Detroit Pistons 165.

7 Apr 1978Detroit Pistons 111–109 Boston Celtics
5 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 114–112 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.