NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons108–132Kansas City Kings

Detroit Pistons at Kansas City Kings

Date: Saturday 9 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 278th meetingof 372 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	45:00	9–14	4–6	—	—	13	1	1	0	3	22
Kevin Porter	36:00	13–22	1–3	—	—	5	8	3	0	5	27
Leon Douglas	35:00	2–12	6–7	—	—	6	1	2	0	4	10
John Long	33:00	4–17	7–9	—	—	5	0	0	0	2	15
Ben Poquette	30:00	4–11	8–11	—	—	9	0	1	1	6	16
Terry Tyler	19:00	2–6	0–2	—	—	2	0	2	3	3	4
Essie Hollis	15:00	2–7	2–2	—	—	6	0	0	0	3	6
Earl Tatum	15:00	0–6	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	5	0
Andre Wakefield	7:00	1–6	2–3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Rickey Green	5:00	1–3	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
Team totals	240:00	38–104	32–45	0	0	47	12	9	4	34	108

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	39:00	11–14	6–9	—	—	6	5	1	0	3	28
Scott Wedman	39:00	5–14	1–2	—	—	8	4	2	0	3	11
Phil Ford	35:00	5–12	10–12	—	—	1	11	2	0	4	20
Bill Robinzine	31:00	11–18	4–10	—	—	13	1	2	1	6	26
Sam Lacey	26:00	4–6	1–2	—	—	13	4	1	3	5	9
Tom Burleson	22:00	5–7	3–4	—	—	10	0	0	4	5	13
Darnell Hillman	16:00	3–6	1–3	—	—	5	2	0	2	3	7
Billy McKinney	13:00	3–4	2–2	—	—	2	2	1	0	1	8
Bob Nash	9:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	1	3	0	0	0	4
Marlon Redmond	9:00	1–1	0–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Gus Gerard	1:00	0–1	4–6	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	50–88	32–52	0	0	60	32	9	10	32	132

This season

Sacramento Kings 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

27 Oct 1978Kansas City Kings 102–107 Detroit Pistons
9 Dec 1978108–132 this game
20 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 110–122 Detroit Pistons
2 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 114–130 Kansas City Kings

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 10–17
Kansas City Kings: 14–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 186, Detroit Pistons 186.

27 Oct 1978Kansas City Kings 102–107 Detroit Pistons
20 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 110–122 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.