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NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons79–96New York Knicks

Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting
212th meetingof 425 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
John Long36:007–130–00001——114
Kevin Porter36:003–120–0——212——36
M.L. Carr34:006–116–8——54——418
Terry Tyler32:003–82–2——121——48
Leon Douglas31:003–90–2——132——46
Bob Lanier30:008–181–2——53——017
Rickey Green14:000–52–50000——22
Earl Tatum12:003–80–0——10——16
Ben Poquette10:000–20–0——31——30
Otis Howard4:000–20–0——20——00
Andre Wakefield1:001–10–0——10——02
Team totals240:0034–8911–19004424——2279

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Marvin Webster45:005–112–3——165——312
Ray Williams42:007–174–4——9124—318
Toby Knight41:008–194–6——91——420
Spencer Haywood40:0012–223–5——13101427
Jim Cleamons28:004–90–0——24——18
Earl Monroe22:004–140–00001——18
Glen Gondrezick9:001–11–3——30——33
John Rudd7:000–00–0——30——10
Michael Ray Richardson6:000–30–00000——20
Team totals240:0041–9614–21005524412296

This season

New York Knicks 3, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1978-79.

Records going in

Detroit Pistons
6–12
New York Knicks
10–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 233, Detroit Pistons 192.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.