NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics114–112Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Tuesday 5 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 217th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy Knight	38:00	14–24	2–4	0	4	4	0	1	1	5	2	30
Cedric Maxwell	38:00	8–11	9–10	5	5	10	1	0	1	6	3	25
Dave Cowens	37:00	6–14	6–7	5	15	20	2	1	2	4	6	18
Jo Jo White	28:00	5–9	0–0	0	3	3	4	2	0	3	3	10
Tiny Archibald	26:00	3–5	4–7	1	0	1	11	1	0	4	1	10
Chris Ford	25:00	3–8	0–0	2	3	5	3	1	0	4	3	6
Marvin Barnes	21:00	1–3	3–5	2	3	5	3	0	1	4	5	5
Jeff Judkins	17:00	1–3	6–7	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	8
Don Chaney	9:00	1–5	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	3	2
Dennis Awtrey	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–82	30–40	17	36	53	25	8	7	31	27	114

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	40:00	6–13	5–9	3	3	6	4	2	0	2	4	17
Terry Tyler	36:00	12–22	0–0	5	5	10	1	4	3	5	4	24
Leon Douglas	35:00	9–15	6–8	3	7	10	0	4	0	4	6	24
Kevin Porter	34:00	4–8	0–0	0	2	2	17	1	0	4	5	8
Earl Tatum	27:00	6–13	4–4	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	16
John Long	27:00	5–14	4–5	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	14
Ben Poquette	19:00	2–4	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	3	0	5	4
Rickey Green	15:00	0–5	1–2	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	1
Essie Hollis	6:00	1–3	2–2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	4
Andre Wakefield	1:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	45–98	22–30	14	20	34	29	17	6	17	28	112

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1978-79.

12 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 128–123 Boston Celtics
5 Dec 1978114–112 this game
9 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 117–160 Detroit Pistons
16 Mar 1979Detroit Pistons 98–99 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 7–16
Detroit Pistons: 9–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 165, Boston Celtics 281.

12 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 128–123 Boston Celtics
9 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 117–160 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.