NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons98–99Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 16 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 219th meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	42:00	11–18	1–1	3	7	10	7	4	1	5	5	23
Earl Tatum	39:00	6–14	6–8	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	18
Bob Lanier	39:00	6–15	4–5	3	7	10	4	1	1	1	2	16
Leon Douglas	35:00	7–11	4–4	5	2	7	0	0	0	3	3	18
Kevin Porter	24:00	4–6	2–2	0	0	0	5	2	0	3	6	10
Andre Wakefield	24:00	0–6	2–2	1	3	4	4	0	0	3	1	2
Terry Tyler	17:00	3–10	0–0	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	6
John Long	9:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	2
Jim Brewer	7:00	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Ben Poquette	4:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	39–83	20–24	14	24	38	21	11	5	17	20	98

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	46:00	7–17	1–2	0	11	11	2	1	0	2	4	15
Cedric Maxwell	45:00	10–13	5–7	3	7	10	3	3	4	4	2	25
Chris Ford	35:00	7–13	0–0	3	1	4	4	0	0	4	4	14
Kevin Stacom	29:00	6–14	1–2	1	1	2	5	0	0	3	0	13
Curtis Rowe	29:00	5–11	0–0	1	3	4	2	0	0	2	5	10
Rick Robey	25:00	5–8	0–0	2	3	5	2	0	0	1	3	10
Jeff Judkins	22:00	6–9	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	0	3	2	12
Don Chaney	9:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–87	7–11	11	29	40	21	5	4	20	20	99

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

12 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 128–123 Boston Celtics
5 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 114–112 Detroit Pistons
9 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 117–160 Detroit Pistons
16 Mar 197998–99 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 27–41
Boston Celtics: 26–41

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 281, Detroit Pistons 165.

9 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 117–160 Detroit Pistons
14 Nov 1979Detroit Pistons 111–115 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.