NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers100–135Detroit Pistons

Los Angeles Lakers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Thursday 25 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 289th meetingof 396 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	32:00	9–15	5–5	2	0	2	3	1	0	4	3	23
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	31:00	5–16	3–5	1	7	8	3	0	1	2	2	13
Norm Nixon	30:00	4–8	2–2	0	4	4	6	0	1	2	4	10
Jamaal Wilkes	28:00	8–17	0–0	3	4	7	2	2	0	2	2	16
Jim Price	23:00	2–6	1–1	0	2	2	6	1	0	5	0	5
Dave Robisch	21:00	2–3	2–2	0	5	5	3	0	1	0	1	6
Lou Hudson	20:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2
Kenny Carr	17:00	5–7	0–0	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	2	10
Don Ford	15:00	2–4	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	4
Ron Carter	12:00	3–5	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7
Ron Boone	11:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4
Team totals	240:00	43–87	14–17	9	27	36	24	4	3	20	22	100

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	42:00	10–21	1–1	1	2	3	18	1	0	2	1	21
M.L. Carr	40:00	8–12	6–7	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	3	22
John Long	36:00	9–12	3–3	0	5	5	0	2	0	2	1	21
Bob Lanier	27:00	13–22	2–2	4	6	10	0	1	2	1	5	28
Leon Douglas	27:00	2–8	3–4	4	5	9	2	0	1	1	4	7
Ben Poquette	20:00	4–5	0–1	1	4	5	0	0	3	1	1	8
Andre Wakefield	15:00	4–4	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	8
Terry Tyler	15:00	4–9	0–0	1	3	4	1	2	0	0	4	8
Steve Sheppard	14:00	2–4	4–4	3	3	6	2	1	0	1	2	8
Essie Hollis	4:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4
Team totals	240:00	58–100	19–22	14	32	46	30	11	7	9	22	135

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Los Angeles Lakers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

15 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 133–126 Detroit Pistons
28 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 105–103 Los Angeles Lakers
25 Jan 1979100–135 this game
30 Mar 1979Detroit Pistons 113–124 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 30–18
Detroit Pistons: 16–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 158, Los Angeles Lakers 238.

28 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 105–103 Los Angeles Lakers
30 Mar 1979Detroit Pistons 113–124 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.