NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons101–112Houston Rockets

Detroit Pistons at Houston Rockets

Date: Saturday 30 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 57th meetingof 153 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	45:00	6–12	2–2	—	—	7	5	3	0	4	3	14
Kevin Porter	43:00	12–21	7–7	—	—	2	12	1	0	5	4	31
Bob Lanier	32:00	8–11	4–7	—	—	9	2	0	0	4	6	20
Terry Tyler	32:00	6–12	2–2	—	—	4	0	2	1	2	3	14
John Long	29:00	4–12	4–5	—	—	4	2	1	0	2	4	12
Leon Douglas	27:00	3–5	0–0	—	—	12	2	1	0	2	6	6
Ben Poquette	15:00	2–11	0–0	—	—	4	0	0	0	0	3	4
Andre Wakefield	8:00	0–3	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Earl Tatum	7:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Essie Hollis	2:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	41–89	19–23	0	0	43	24	8	1	20	32	101

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Reid	46:00	7–16	2–3	—	—	4	5	2	2	4	5	16
Rick Barry	45:00	9–18	0–0	—	—	9	13	1	0	2	3	18
Moses Malone	44:00	10–13	10–17	—	—	19	2	0	1	2	4	30
Dwight Jones	37:00	7–14	2–2	—	—	7	2	0	1	2	1	16
Calvin Murphy	33:00	8–17	4–4	—	—	1	5	0	0	3	5	20
Mike Newlin	27:00	4–10	0–0	—	—	4	6	0	0	3	2	8
Jacky Dorsey	4:00	2–4	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
Mike Dunleavy	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Alonzo Bradley	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	47–92	18–26	0	0	45	35	3	4	16	21	112

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

27 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 119–131 Detroit Pistons
30 Dec 1978101–112 this game
6 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 108–113 Houston Rockets
16 Feb 1979Houston Rockets 96–110 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 12–23
Houston Rockets: 18–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 76, Detroit Pistons 77.

27 Dec 1978Houston Rockets 119–131 Detroit Pistons
6 Feb 1979Detroit Pistons 108–113 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.