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NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New York Knicks108–86Detroit Pistons

New York Knicks at Detroit Pistons

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting
214th meetingof 425 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
Bob McAdoo44:0016–302–2——17334434
Ray Williams40:009–170–0——84——218
Jim Cleamons40:003–125–7——712——011
Toby Knight38:0011–154–5——92——326
Marvin Webster29:001–20–0——102——42
John Rudd22:004–41–2——32——29
Mike Glenn16:003–90–00000——36
Glen Gondrezick11:001–30–0——51——22
Team totals240:0048–9212–160059263420108

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
PlayerMINFGFTORBDRBTRBASTSTLBLKPFPTS
M.L. Carr41:006–113–5——55——515
Bob Lanier39:008–156–9——51——322
Kevin Porter39:003–121–2——312——37
Terry Tyler35:007–121–2——72——315
John Long25:007–150–0——21——014
Earl Tatum23:003–50–0——10——56
Leon Douglas18:001–51–5——40——53
Andre Wakefield9:001–20–00000——12
Ben Poquette8:000–32–20001——02
Steve Sheppard2:000–00–00000——00
Essie Hollis1:000–00–00000——00
Team totals240:0036–8014–25002722——2586

This season

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

Records going in

New York Knicks
22–30
Detroit Pistons
18–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.