NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New Orleans Jazz101–110Detroit Pistons

New Orleans Jazz at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 3 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 19th meetingof 112 played

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Rich Kelley	48:00	7–15	8–9	—	—	14	3	1	22
Spencer Haywood	44:00	13–23	4–4	—	—	9	1	3	30
Jim McElroy	39:00	6–19	8–10	—	—	4	2	3	20
Gail Goodrich	26:00	5–11	0–0	—	—	2	3	3	10
James Hardy	25:00	2–8	2–2	—	—	6	0	2	6
Ron Lee	23:00	2–13	3–4	—	—	5	0	2	7
Aaron James	23:00	3–9	0–0	—	—	5	2	1	6
Tommie Green	8:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Marty Byrnes	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	38–99	25–29	0	0	45	11	18	101

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	44:00	7–14	10–12	—	—	8	4	4	24
Kevin Porter	40:00	8–20	1–2	—	—	4	15	3	17
Leon Douglas	32:00	11–20	0–0	—	—	16	0	3	22
Jim Brewer	29:00	3–7	0–0	—	—	13	2	3	6
John Long	27:00	7–14	2–2	—	—	5	0	3	16
Terry Tyler	24:00	2–6	0–0	—	—	6	1	2	4
Ben Poquette	18:00	3–8	3–4	—	—	3	1	3	9
Earl Tatum	17:00	5–11	2–2	—	—	6	0	3	12
Andre Wakefield	8:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	1	2	0
Steve Sheppard	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–101	18–22	0	0	62	24	26	110

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Utah Jazz 2 in NBA 1978-79.

17 Oct 1978Detroit Pistons 109–114 New Orleans Jazz
10 Feb 1979New Orleans Jazz 107–105 Detroit Pistons
3 Mar 1979101–110 this game
5 Apr 1979Detroit Pistons 120–104 New Orleans Jazz

Records going in

New Orleans Jazz: 21–44
Detroit Pistons: 23–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 39, Utah Jazz 73.

10 Feb 1979New Orleans Jazz 107–105 Detroit Pistons
5 Apr 1979Detroit Pistons 120–104 New Orleans Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.