NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns97–87Detroit Pistons

Phoenix Suns at Detroit Pistons

Date: Thursday 18 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 56th meetingof 149 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Don Buse	37:00	5–10	0–0	1	3	4	1	3	0	3	0	10
Paul Westphal	36:00	9–18	5–5	1	1	2	12	1	0	4	0	23
Truck Robinson	36:00	9–13	2–2	2	11	13	2	0	1	4	4	20
Walter Davis	35:00	12–20	2–2	1	10	11	9	2	1	4	2	26
Bayard Forrest	24:00	2–5	0–0	2	6	8	1	0	0	1	3	4
Alvin Scott	18:00	0–2	2–2	0	6	6	1	0	1	0	0	2
Joel Kramer	17:00	2–6	0–2	2	3	5	1	1	0	1	5	4
Mike Bratz	13:00	3–4	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	5	5	6
Gar Heard	12:00	1–5	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
Ted McClain	12:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–85	11–13	10	42	52	31	10	4	24	19	97

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	41:00	5–13	3–3	0	1	1	12	2	0	4	2	13
Leon Douglas	41:00	3–5	4–6	2	10	12	2	1	2	3	4	10
M.L. Carr	38:00	9–19	1–1	2	1	3	4	2	0	2	4	19
Bob Lanier	36:00	8–16	3–4	0	11	11	2	2	2	1	2	19
Terry Tyler	31:00	5–15	2–2	4	4	8	0	1	2	0	1	12
John Long	28:00	4–11	2–2	2	1	3	2	1	0	2	3	10
Earl Tatum	11:00	2–8	0–0	1	2	3	1	4	0	2	0	4
Andre Wakefield	8:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Steve Sheppard	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Larry McNeill	2:00	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Essie Hollis	1:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	36–93	15–18	12	30	42	24	14	6	16	18	87

This season

Detroit Pistons 0, Phoenix Suns 4 in NBA 1978-79.

18 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 119–105 Detroit Pistons
30 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 109–119 Phoenix Suns
18 Jan 197997–87 this game
1 Apr 1979Detroit Pistons 105–116 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 26–19
Detroit Pistons: 14–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 73, Phoenix Suns 76.

30 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 109–119 Phoenix Suns
1 Apr 1979Detroit Pistons 105–116 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.