NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers133–126Detroit Pistons

Los Angeles Lakers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 15 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 287th meetingof 396 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	46:00	14–25	5–6	5	4	9	4	2	1	2	1	33
Norm Nixon	44:00	7–15	4–7	1	1	2	11	0	0	3	5	18
Jamaal Wilkes	38:00	10–17	7–10	3	14	17	6	1	0	6	2	27
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	33:00	10–17	6–8	2	11	13	4	0	6	1	6	26
Ron Boone	31:00	4–10	6–8	3	1	4	1	2	0	0	2	14
Dave Robisch	18:00	1–7	4–4	1	5	6	3	0	0	0	0	6
Lou Hudson	17:00	3–8	1–1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	7
Don Ford	9:00	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Jim Price	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	49–100	35–46	16	37	53	30	6	7	14	19	133

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Terry Tyler	42:00	5–13	0–0	3	5	8	2	1	5	1	2	10
Kevin Porter	39:00	3–8	6–6	0	1	1	20	1	2	2	4	12
M.L. Carr	38:00	2–6	2–2	0	2	2	7	1	2	2	4	6
John Long	31:00	10–27	3–4	3	0	3	0	0	1	2	3	23
Ben Poquette	28:00	12–19	4–4	3	7	10	1	0	3	4	6	28
Earl Tatum	22:00	6–15	1–2	2	3	5	3	0	2	2	5	13
Leon Douglas	19:00	6–7	3–4	2	4	6	2	0	0	1	4	15
Otis Howard	15:00	7–11	2–3	4	7	11	0	0	0	0	2	16
Rickey Green	11:00	1–6	1–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
Andre Wakefield	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	246:00	52–112	22–27	18	29	47	36	3	15	14	32	126

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

15 Nov 1978133–126 this game
28 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 105–103 Los Angeles Lakers
25 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 100–135 Detroit Pistons
30 Mar 1979Detroit Pistons 113–124 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 11–4
Detroit Pistons: 6–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 158, Los Angeles Lakers 238.

26 Feb 1978Detroit Pistons 127–124 Los Angeles Lakers
28 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 105–103 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.