NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final/OT

Detroit Pistons120–122Indiana Pacers

Detroit Pistons at Indiana Pacers

Date: Tuesday 13 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 11th meetingof 236 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	51:00	15–24	3–3	—	—	8	4	—	—	—	5	33
Kevin Porter	51:00	10–19	3–3	—	—	6	18	2	—	3	4	23
Bob Lanier	42:00	7–17	5–5	—	—	13	5	—	3	5	4	19
John Long	37:00	6–24	0–0	—	—	7	2	2	—	4	4	12
Leon Douglas	29:00	2–7	1–2	—	—	7	1	—	—	—	5	5
Terry Tyler	23:00	6–13	1–2	—	—	9	0	—	—	—	1	13
Earl Tatum	14:00	5–8	1–2	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	4	11
Jim Brewer	11:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	3	0	—	—	—	1	0
Ben Poquette	6:00	1–1	2–2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	4
Andre Wakefield	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	0
Team totals	265:00	52–114	16–19	0	0	54	31	4	3	12	28	120

Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ricky Sobers	51:00	9–16	6–8	—	—	6	9	3	—	4	3	24
Johnny Davis	46:00	11–23	1–2	—	—	2	4	—	—	3	3	23
Mike Bantom	44:00	9–15	4–5	—	—	12	5	—	2	4	2	22
James Edwards	37:00	8–16	4–7	—	—	16	4	—	3	—	4	20
Alex English	30:00	7–12	2–2	—	—	8	3	2	—	—	3	16
Billy Knight	25:00	7–9	1–2	—	—	2	3	—	—	4	1	15
Len Elmore	16:00	0–4	0–0	—	—	6	1	—	3	—	2	0
Corky Calhoun	9:00	1–2	0–0	—	—	1	3	—	—	—	1	2
Brad Davis	7:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	0	0
Team totals	265:00	52–98	18–26	—	—	55	33	5	8	15	19	122

This season

Indiana Pacers 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

8 Dec 1978Detroit Pistons 107–114 Indiana Pacers
21 Dec 1978Indiana Pacers 108–121 Detroit Pistons
13 Mar 1979120–122 this game
17 Mar 1979Indiana Pacers 98–105 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 26–40
Indiana Pacers: 29–39

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Indiana Pacers 118, Detroit Pistons 118.

21 Dec 1978Indiana Pacers 108–121 Detroit Pistons
17 Mar 1979Indiana Pacers 98–105 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.