NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns119–105Detroit Pistons

Phoenix Suns at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 18 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 54th meetingof 149 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	39:00	11–19	6–7	0	2	2	4	2	0	2	2	28
Ron Lee	36:00	8–16	2–2	2	1	3	7	2	0	4	2	18
Walter Davis	34:00	6–11	4–6	1	6	7	4	1	1	4	4	16
Alvan Adams	33:00	7–13	8–10	2	11	13	5	2	0	9	3	22
Alvin Scott	32:00	3–8	1–2	1	4	5	3	4	1	1	1	7
Marty Byrnes	22:00	6–8	1–3	4	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	13
Joel Kramer	16:00	4–4	3–4	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	5	11
Don Buse	15:00	2–3	0–0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	3	4
Bayard Forrest	13:00	0–1	0–2	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	5	0
Team totals	240:00	47–83	25–36	10	31	41	31	14	4	23	25	119

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Long	39:00	11–25	3–4	5	7	12	2	2	0	2	3	25
M.L. Carr	38:00	8–17	3–3	5	1	6	2	4	1	5	6	19
Leon Douglas	38:00	4–10	8–10	4	8	12	3	0	1	5	5	16
Terry Tyler	35:00	7–15	0–0	5	4	9	1	1	6	5	4	14
Kevin Porter	29:00	4–10	2–2	2	2	4	9	2	0	7	3	10
Ben Poquette	21:00	3–8	2–3	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	3	8
Rickey Green	20:00	4–8	1–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	9
Otis Howard	12:00	0–8	3–4	4	4	8	2	1	1	1	1	3
Andre Wakefield	4:00	0–1	1–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	1
Earl Tatum	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	41–102	23–30	28	30	58	21	11	9	28	31	105

This season

Detroit Pistons 0, Phoenix Suns 4 in NBA 1978-79.

18 Nov 1978119–105 this game
30 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 109–119 Phoenix Suns
18 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 97–87 Detroit Pistons
1 Apr 1979Detroit Pistons 105–116 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 11–6
Detroit Pistons: 6–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 73, Phoenix Suns 76.

1 Mar 1978Detroit Pistons 115–102 Phoenix Suns
30 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 109–119 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.