NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons114–130Kansas City Kings

Detroit Pistons at Kansas City Kings

Date: Friday 2 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 280th meetingof 372 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	40:00	5–12	6–7	—	—	8	2	2	0	5	16
Kevin Porter	39:00	9–20	2–3	—	—	5	17	3	0	4	20
Leon Douglas	36:00	8–16	1–2	—	—	11	0	0	0	5	17
John Long	35:00	6–14	5–6	—	—	4	1	0	0	3	17
Terry Tyler	30:00	6–12	6–8	—	—	7	0	0	1	4	18
Bob Lanier	25:00	7–14	2–4	0	0	0	4	1	0	4	16
Ben Poquette	12:00	1–2	0–0	—	—	6	2	0	1	3	2
Earl Tatum	10:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Andre Wakefield	9:00	2–3	0–2	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	4
Steve Sheppard	3:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Essie Hollis	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–97	22–32	0	0	42	27	6	2	29	114

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	38:00	15–20	2–3	—	—	5	7	0	0	3	32
Scott Wedman	38:00	12–22	0–0	—	—	7	1	0	0	0	24
Sam Lacey	35:00	6–10	2–2	—	—	11	9	2	4	2	14
Bill Robinzine	28:00	6–14	2–5	—	—	11	2	2	1	5	14
Phil Ford	28:00	3–9	1–2	—	—	3	14	3	0	4	7
Billy McKinney	20:00	6–8	2–4	—	—	2	5	1	0	0	14
Darnell Hillman	17:00	0–6	7–10	—	—	9	0	0	1	6	7
Tom Burleson	14:00	3–3	0–0	—	—	8	1	0	0	5	6
Lucius Allen	10:00	2–5	2–3	—	—	1	1	1	0	0	6
Bob Nash	10:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	3	0	0	0	2	4
Gus Gerard	2:00	0–1	2–3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	55–103	20–32	0	0	60	40	10	6	27	130

This season

Sacramento Kings 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

27 Oct 1978Kansas City Kings 102–107 Detroit Pistons
9 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 108–132 Kansas City Kings
20 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 110–122 Detroit Pistons
2 Feb 1979114–130 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 19–32
Kansas City Kings: 30–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 186, Detroit Pistons 186.

20 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 110–122 Detroit Pistons
29 Nov 1979Kansas City Kings 105–95 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.