NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons109–119Phoenix Suns

Detroit Pistons at Phoenix Suns

Date: Thursday 30 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 55th meetingof 149 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	38:00	7–13	0–1	3	2	5	0	1	1	3	4	14
Ben Poquette	37:00	7–8	4–4	1	5	6	2	0	3	3	3	18
Terry Tyler	34:00	10–21	0–0	5	7	12	1	1	4	2	5	20
Kevin Porter	33:00	5–10	1–2	1	4	5	12	2	0	4	2	11
Leon Douglas	31:00	6–14	0–0	5	11	16	1	1	0	6	6	12
Earl Tatum	25:00	5–8	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	10
John Long	23:00	8–17	0–1	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	4	16
Rickey Green	14:00	1–5	2–2	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	1	4
Essie Hollis	3:00	2–5	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4
Andre Wakefield	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	51–101	7–10	16	32	48	24	10	8	22	30	109

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter Davis	35:00	12–20	2–3	1	5	6	9	2	0	4	1	26
Paul Westphal	34:00	12–19	5–9	2	1	3	6	0	1	2	1	29
Don Buse	34:00	3–8	2–2	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	2	8
Alvan Adams	30:00	9–13	3–3	2	4	6	5	2	2	2	3	21
Alvin Scott	28:00	2–4	5–5	1	10	11	2	1	1	2	3	9
Joel Kramer	20:00	2–4	1–2	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	5
Ron Lee	18:00	4–11	0–0	2	1	3	2	2	0	1	2	8
Bayard Forrest	18:00	2–6	1–2	3	2	5	2	0	1	0	0	5
Marty Byrnes	13:00	1–8	2–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	4
Mike Bratz	10:00	2–5	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	4
Team totals	240:00	49–98	21–28	12	31	43	32	7	6	18	14	119

This season

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

18 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 119–105 Detroit Pistons
30 Nov 1978109–119 this game
18 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 97–87 Detroit Pistons
1 Apr 1979Detroit Pistons 105–116 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 8–13
Phoenix Suns: 16–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

18 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 119–105 Detroit Pistons
18 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 97–87 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.