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NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Washington Bullets116–114Detroit Pistons

Washington Bullets at Detroit Pistons

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting
117th meetingof 317 played

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Elvin Hayes41:0011–206–13——182——528
Bob Dandridge35:006–121–3——66——113
Wes Unseld35:005–93–4——124——213
Kevin Grevey31:008–174–6——32——220
Tom Henderson31:005–124–6——35——414
Mitch Kupchak19:002–61–2——13——25
Larry Wright17:001–63–5——21——15
Charles Johnson17:002–50–00002——34
Greg Ballard14:005–94–6——70——214
Team totals240:0045–9626–45005225——22116

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
M.L. Carr46:009–153–4——104——521
Kevin Porter43:007–132–2——512——316
Terry Tyler35:009–211–5——123——619
Ben Poquette34:008–153–4——111——619
John Long28:002–142–2——21——56
Leon Douglas22:0010–113–7——60——623
Earl Tatum19:003–90–0——21——16
Essie Hollis6:001–20–00000——22
Dennis Boyd5:001–30–000020012
Andre Wakefield2:000–00–00001——20
Team totals240:0050–10314–240048250037114

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Washington Wizards 3 in NBA 1978-79.

Records going in

Washington Bullets
20–9
Detroit Pistons
10–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 170, Washington Wizards 147.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.