NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons105–103Los Angeles Lakers

Detroit Pistons at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Tuesday 28 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 288th meetingof 396 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	40:00	6–16	5–6	4	6	10	3	3	1	4	2	17
Ben Poquette	36:00	7–15	3–3	4	10	14	3	1	3	4	3	17
Earl Tatum	33:00	8–15	3–5	1	1	2	2	9	1	2	2	19
Kevin Porter	32:00	5–14	0–0	1	2	3	12	3	0	3	4	10
Terry Tyler	29:00	5–10	2–3	1	4	5	1	0	2	3	1	12
Leon Douglas	27:00	5–14	1–2	6	4	10	1	1	1	1	5	11
John Long	18:00	5–15	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	10
Rickey Green	12:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Essie Hollis	9:00	3–5	1–2	6	1	7	0	1	0	1	3	7
Andre Wakefield	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	45–105	15–21	23	29	52	26	19	8	22	22	105

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	43:00	11–18	5–5	3	13	16	4	4	11	5	3	27
Norm Nixon	39:00	2–8	0–2	1	0	1	10	3	0	3	2	4
Jamaal Wilkes	38:00	6–15	4–4	5	6	11	4	1	0	4	5	16
Adrian Dantley	36:00	7–16	3–4	5	4	9	3	1	0	4	2	17
Lou Hudson	29:00	8–13	0–0	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	16
Don Ford	14:00	3–4	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
Jim Price	14:00	2–4	2–2	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	1	6
Ron Boone	14:00	2–7	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	5	0	4
Kenny Carr	8:00	2–4	1–3	3	2	5	1	0	2	1	1	5
Dave Robisch	5:00	1–2	0–1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	2
Team totals	240:00	44–91	15–21	21	31	52	29	13	14	28	18	103

This season

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

15 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 133–126 Detroit Pistons
28 Nov 1978105–103 this game
25 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 100–135 Detroit Pistons
30 Mar 1979Detroit Pistons 113–124 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 7–13
Los Angeles Lakers: 15–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

15 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 133–126 Detroit Pistons
25 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 100–135 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.