NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons117–124Chicago Bulls

Detroit Pistons at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 27 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 88th meetingof 324 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	44:00	13–22	6–8	4	1	5	22	4	0	4	3	32
M.L. Carr	36:00	4–10	3–4	0	6	6	3	2	0	2	4	11
John Long	34:00	10–15	2–2	2	2	4	2	1	0	1	2	22
Terry Tyler	34:00	4–6	0–0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	4	8
Leon Douglas	28:00	5–9	3–6	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	5	13
Ben Poquette	26:00	5–10	9–10	1	6	7	0	2	1	1	3	19
Jim Brewer	20:00	3–5	0–0	2	3	5	0	1	1	2	4	6
Earl Tatum	11:00	3–7	0–0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	6
Andre Wakefield	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Steve Sheppard	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	47–84	23–30	12	21	33	30	11	2	16	27	117

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	44:00	12–15	9–10	2	7	9	2	1	2	3	4	33
Mickey Johnson	34:00	6–15	2–2	3	6	9	11	1	0	4	3	14
Wilbur Holland	26:00	4–7	1–1	0	0	0	5	1	1	2	4	9
John Mengelt	25:00	10–13	6–7	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	26
Mark Landsberger	24:00	4–8	0–0	1	8	9	1	2	0	2	4	8
Reggie Theus	23:00	3–8	0–0	0	1	1	6	1	0	3	2	6
Tate Armstrong	22:00	2–3	4–4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	8
John Brown	21:00	5–7	2–2	3	3	6	3	0	0	0	1	12
Ollie Johnson	19:00	4–5	0–1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	8
Scott Lloyd	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	50–81	24–27	9	27	36	36	9	3	17	24	124

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

3 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 99–93 Chicago Bulls
10 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 101–115 Detroit Pistons
27 Feb 1979117–124 this game
8 Apr 1979Chicago Bulls 117–107 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 23–38
Chicago Bulls: 22–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 164, Detroit Pistons 160.

10 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 101–115 Detroit Pistons
8 Apr 1979Chicago Bulls 117–107 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.