NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons113–124Los Angeles Lakers

Detroit Pistons at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 30 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 290th meetingof 396 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	44:00	13–18	0–2	0	3	3	4	0	0	3	4	26
Kevin Porter	43:00	6–22	3–4	1	2	3	23	1	0	3	5	15
Leon Douglas	42:00	5–10	7–9	5	8	13	1	0	0	2	4	17
John Long	29:00	10–18	2–2	1	4	5	2	1	0	0	1	22
Terry Tyler	27:00	5–9	1–2	2	6	8	1	1	0	2	3	11
Earl Tatum	24:00	7–12	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	14
Ben Poquette	14:00	2–7	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	4
Jim Brewer	12:00	2–4	0–0	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	4
Andre Wakefield	5:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Team totals	240:00	50–102	13–19	13	28	41	32	4	0	13	19	113

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jamaal Wilkes	43:00	10–21	3–6	5	8	13	5	0	0	3	3	23
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	43:00	7–10	0–2	1	16	17	8	1	4	4	4	14
Norm Nixon	35:00	11–18	6–6	1	1	2	9	1	0	2	3	28
Don Ford	31:00	9–12	3–4	1	7	8	1	0	1	2	4	21
Ron Boone	26:00	6–8	3–3	0	5	5	5	1	0	4	3	15
Lou Hudson	22:00	4–6	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	0	8
Adrian Dantley	17:00	3–9	0–0	1	3	4	2	0	0	3	2	6
Jim Price	13:00	4–5	1–2	1	0	1	3	0	0	—	0	9
Dave Robisch	7:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	2	0
Kenny Carr	3:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Team totals	240:00	54–93	16–23	10	41	51	38	3	5	19	21	124

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1978-79.

15 Nov 1978Los Angeles Lakers 133–126 Detroit Pistons
28 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 105–103 Los Angeles Lakers
25 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 100–135 Detroit Pistons
30 Mar 1979113–124 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 29–46
Los Angeles Lakers: 43–32

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 238, Detroit Pistons 158.

25 Jan 1979Los Angeles Lakers 100–135 Detroit Pistons
14 Dec 1979Detroit Pistons 122–138 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.