NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

San Diego Clippers118–128Detroit Pistons

San Diego Clippers at Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday 28 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 40th meetingof 130 played

San Diego Clippers

San Diego Clippers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	42:00	9–22	3–4	—	—	3	5	4	0	1	21
World B. Free	36:00	7–17	9–11	—	—	2	5	3	0	0	23
Nick Weatherspoon	35:00	8–15	2–2	—	—	2	0	1	0	3	18
Sidney Wicks	33:00	4–12	5–7	—	—	3	6	5	0	4	13
Swen Nater	30:00	8–11	0–0	—	—	10	2	2	0	3	16
Kermit Washington	29:00	3–4	3–4	—	—	3	0	0	0	3	9
Freeman Williams	18:00	8–13	0–0	—	—	4	1	1	0	0	16
Kevin Kunnert	17:00	1–4	0–0	—	—	5	0	0	2	5	2
Team totals	240:00	48–98	22–28	—	—	32	19	16	2	19	118

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	45:00	12–17	0–0	—	—	4	19	2	0	4	24
M.L. Carr	43:00	10–13	6–7	—	—	7	7	2	0	3	26
Leon Douglas	37:00	7–9	2–2	—	—	14	2	2	1	0	16
Bob Lanier	34:00	7–12	6–9	—	—	10	3	0	1	3	20
John Long	31:00	10–14	1–3	—	—	2	2	0	0	4	21
Terry Tyler	23:00	7–7	0–0	—	—	3	0	1	0	4	14
Earl Tatum	14:00	3–6	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6
Ben Poquette	8:00	0–2	1–5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
Andre Wakefield	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Steve Sheppard	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	56–81	16–26	0	0	40	33	8	4	25	128

This season

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

2 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 120–113 San Diego Clippers
29 Dec 1978San Diego Clippers 111–107 Detroit Pistons
2 Jan 1979Detroit Pistons 119–137 San Diego Clippers
28 Jan 1979118–128 this game

Records going in

San Diego Clippers: 24–26
Detroit Pistons: 17–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 73, Los Angeles Clippers 57.

2 Jan 1979Detroit Pistons 119–137 San Diego Clippers
16 Dec 1979Detroit Pistons 126–133 San Diego Clippers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.