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NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons110–111New York Knicks

Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting
213th meetingof 425 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
M.L. Carr43:005–123–4——54——113
Bob Lanier40:0010–198–13——103——228
Leon Douglas35:005–73–4——91——413
Kevin Porter33:009–160–1——37——318
John Long33:008–180–0——11——316
Terry Tyler25:006–112–2——50——414
Andre Wakefield15:001–10–0——13——12
Earl Tatum13:003–50–00002——36
Larry McNeill2:000–00–000000000
Essie Hollis1:000–00–00000——10
Team totals240:0047–8916–240034210022110

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Bob McAdoo47:0014–230–0——125——428
Toby Knight41:0012–151–2——144——425
Ray Williams30:005–183–4——415——213
Joe Meriweather30:005–102–5——61——512
Earl Monroe26:008–131–2——43——217
Glen Gondrezick23:002–21–2——40——15
Michael Ray Richardson21:002–71–3——46——35
Jim Cleamons15:000–04–5——23——14
Mike Glenn7:001–10–00002——02
Team totals240:0049–8913–23005039——22111

This season

New York Knicks 3, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1978-79.

Records going in

Detroit Pistons
14–28
New York Knicks
20–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 233, Detroit Pistons 192.

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.