NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons81–96Golden State Warriors

Detroit Pistons at Golden State Warriors

Date: Wednesday 3 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 235th meetingof 327 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	44:00	6–14	6–6	2	8	10	1	2	0	3	4	18
John Long	39:00	6–15	2–3	3	1	4	1	3	0	3	4	14
Bob Lanier	34:00	5–13	3–6	2	6	8	4	2	1	5	5	13
Terry Tyler	33:00	5–6	1–2	1	6	7	3	0	0	1	2	11
Kevin Porter	30:00	2–10	2–2	1	1	2	7	2	0	4	4	6
Leon Douglas	21:00	1–2	3–6	1	4	5	0	0	1	4	4	5
Andre Wakefield	18:00	4–8	0–0	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	8
Ben Poquette	8:00	1–2	4–4	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	6
Earl Tatum	7:00	0–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Larry McNeill	6:00	0–3	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	30–77	21–29	11	32	43	19	11	2	24	23	81

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sonny Parker	43:00	10–20	4–4	4	3	7	4	2	0	1	3	24
John Lucas	38:00	7–16	4–5	0	3	3	10	1	1	2	1	18
Robert Parish	33:00	9–16	0–3	4	6	10	1	2	7	2	4	18
Phil Smith	33:00	4–10	2–2	0	2	2	5	2	0	7	4	10
Clifford Ray	27:00	2–5	2–2	2	10	12	2	0	0	2	3	6
Wayne Cooper	18:00	4–8	0–0	4	5	9	0	0	1	2	5	8
Nate Williams	18:00	3–5	0–0	1	5	6	2	2	0	2	3	6
Wesley Cox	14:00	0–2	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0
Raymond Townsend	13:00	2–4	2–2	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	6
Tom Abernethy	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	41–86	14–18	15	37	52	26	11	10	21	26	96

This season

Golden State Warriors 3, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1978-79.

4 Nov 1978Golden State Warriors 103–95 Detroit Pistons
3 Jan 197981–96 this game
13 Jan 1979Golden State Warriors 109–114 Detroit Pistons
3 Apr 1979Detroit Pistons 100–104 Golden State Warriors

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 12–25
Golden State Warriors: 19–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Golden State Warriors 173, Detroit Pistons 154.

4 Nov 1978Golden State Warriors 103–95 Detroit Pistons
13 Jan 1979Golden State Warriors 109–114 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.