- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1978-79Regular season
- Meeting
- 218th meetingof 446 played
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Maxwell | 31:00 | 9–14 | 4–5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Chris Ford | 31:00 | 10–17 | 2–4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Bob McAdoo | 28:00 | 7–20 | 5–7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| Dave Cowens | 28:00 | 3–8 | 0–0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Rick Robey | 26:00 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Tiny Archibald | 23:00 | 4–12 | 4–5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Curtis Rowe | 21:00 | 4–9 | 0–0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Jeff Judkins | 21:00 | 3–6 | 1–1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Kevin Stacom | 13:00 | 5–9 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Frankie Sanders | 10:00 | 2–9 | 2–2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Don Chaney | 8:00 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 49–111 | 19–26 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 117 |
Detroit Pistons
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.L. Carr | 34:00 | 8–13 | 4–6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Kevin Porter | 30:00 | 12–18 | 6–8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| Bob Lanier | 24:00 | 11–16 | 2–2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| John Long | 24:00 | 7–14 | 2–2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Terry Tyler | 23:00 | 5–7 | 0–2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Leon Douglas | 21:00 | 7–10 | 1–3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| Earl Tatum | 20:00 | 5–9 | 4–5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| Ben Poquette | 20:00 | 4–6 | 0–0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Andre Wakefield | 15:00 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Sheppard | 11:00 | 6–8 | 3–7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Jim Brewer | 11:00 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Team totals | 233:00 | 69–108 | 22–35 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 160 |
This season
Detroit Pistons 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1978-79.
Records going in
- Boston Celtics
- 25–39
- Detroit Pistons
- 24–40
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Detroit Pistons 165, Boston Celtics 281.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.