NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New York Knicks83–88Detroit Pistons

New York Knicks at Detroit Pistons

Date: Thursday 15 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 215th meetingof 425 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Marvin Webster	41:00	4–8	3–4	—	—	12	0	2	11
Ray Williams	40:00	10–24	2–2	—	—	10	10	1	22
Toby Knight	39:00	9–17	0–1	—	—	4	1	3	18
Glen Gondrezick	38:00	3–7	0–0	—	—	8	3	0	6
Jim Cleamons	26:00	3–9	2–2	—	—	3	4	2	8
Joe Meriweather	16:00	3–5	1–1	0	0	0	0	2	7
Mike Glenn	16:00	3–9	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	6
Earl Monroe	15:00	2–5	1–2	—	—	1	2	1	5
Michael Ray Richardson	6:00	0–4	0–0	—	—	3	0	1	0
Tom Barker	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	37–88	9–12	0	0	41	23	13	83

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	47:00	9–20	1–2	—	—	4	12	2	19
M.L. Carr	44:00	8–14	1–2	—	—	8	3	3	17
Bob Lanier	38:00	8–16	5–5	—	—	17	0	3	21
Leon Douglas	33:00	4–9	1–2	—	—	9	1	0	9
John Long	31:00	3–12	1–1	—	—	4	2	2	7
Terry Tyler	20:00	2–7	1–3	—	—	7	0	1	5
Earl Tatum	16:00	4–5	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	8
Ben Poquette	5:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Jim Brewer	5:00	0–0	0–0	—	—	1	0	2	0
Andre Wakefield	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–86	10–15	0	0	50	18	16	88

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, New York Knicks 3 in NBA 1978-79.

21 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 79–96 New York Knicks
16 Jan 1979Detroit Pistons 110–111 New York Knicks
31 Jan 1979New York Knicks 108–86 Detroit Pistons
15 Mar 197983–88 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 29–41
Detroit Pistons: 26–41

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 192, New York Knicks 233.

31 Jan 1979New York Knicks 108–86 Detroit Pistons
18 Oct 1979New York Knicks 115–129 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.