NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons125–115Milwaukee Bucks

Detroit Pistons at Milwaukee Bucks

Date: Sunday 11 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 69th meetingof 292 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	46:00	13–24	2–3	—	—	3	19	6	0	4	4	28
M.L. Carr	41:00	9–14	1–2	—	—	5	2	3	1	5	5	19
Bob Lanier	37:00	12–16	7–7	—	—	7	5	3	2	3	4	31
John Long	34:00	7–12	2–2	—	—	4	3	0	0	2	4	16
Leon Douglas	24:00	4–8	0–0	—	—	3	1	3	0	4	4	8
Terry Tyler	22:00	4–6	3–4	—	—	2	0	0	0	2	1	11
Ben Poquette	15:00	4–6	0–0	—	—	2	2	0	1	0	2	8
Jim Brewer	9:00	1–2	0–2	—	—	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Earl Tatum	8:00	1–4	0–2	—	—	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
Andre Wakefield	2:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Steve Sheppard	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	55–92	15–22	0	0	31	35	15	4	21	26	125

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	38:00	9–18	2–4	—	—	5	4	0	0	2	0	20
Brian Winters	37:00	8–20	0–1	—	—	4	4	4	1	4	2	16
Kent Benson	30:00	10–13	1–3	—	—	7	1	3	0	2	6	21
Lloyd Walton	29:00	4–4	0–0	—	—	1	10	1	1	5	1	8
Ernie Grunfeld	27:00	3–10	9–10	—	—	7	4	1	0	4	4	15
Junior Bridgeman	21:00	6–11	6–6	—	—	5	2	0	0	2	0	18
John Gianelli	21:00	2–7	0–0	—	—	6	3	1	1	0	2	4
Quinn Buckner	17:00	4–4	1–1	—	—	2	6	1	1	3	1	9
George Johnson	11:00	2–3	0–0	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	4	4
Kevin Restani	9:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	2	1	0	0	2	2	0
Team totals	240:00	48–92	19–25	—	—	40	35	12	4	24	22	115

This season

Milwaukee Bucks 1, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

8 Nov 1978Milwaukee Bucks 106–117 Detroit Pistons
26 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 84–143 Milwaukee Bucks
11 Mar 1979125–115 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 25–40
Milwaukee Bucks: 30–38

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Milwaukee Bucks 162, Detroit Pistons 130.

26 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 84–143 Milwaukee Bucks
27 Oct 1979Detroit Pistons 118–132 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.