NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons102–123Seattle SuperSonics

Detroit Pistons at Seattle SuperSonics

Date: Saturday 31 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 62nd meetingof 154 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
Terry Tyler	37:00	7–12	2–2	2	5	7	1	2	0	16
M.L. Carr	34:00	4–14	7–8	6	1	7	3	5	4	15
Ben Poquette	33:00	5–13	5–5	2	8	10	0	1	2	15
John Long	31:00	7–16	0–0	1	1	2	2	5	5	14
Kevin Porter	29:00	5–15	4–5	1	2	3	16	5	4	14
Leon Douglas	26:00	4–9	0–0	2	1	3	0	1	4	8
Andre Wakefield	17:00	4–10	2–4	0	1	1	0	2	2	10
Earl Tatum	17:00	3–11	0–0	1	2	3	0	1	1	6
Jim Brewer	16:00	2–5	0–0	5	3	8	0	1	3	4
Team totals	240:00	41–105	20–24	20	24	44	22	23	25	102

Seattle SuperSonics

Seattle SuperSonics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	TOV	PF	PTS
Lonnie Shelton	33:00	9–13	0–0	1	7	8	0	2	5	18
Gus Williams	25:00	8–11	2–2	1	0	1	6	1	3	18
Jack Sikma	24:00	5–8	7–7	2	12	14	4	3	3	17
John Johnson	24:00	7–9	2–2	1	2	3	4	5	2	16
Jackie Robinson	24:00	4–12	2–5	2	3	5	6	6	4	10
Dennis Johnson	23:00	3–10	2–2	0	1	1	3	1	0	8
Dennis Awtrey	22:00	1–1	0–0	0	7	7	6	5	2	2
Joe Hassett	20:00	8–11	2–2	0	0	0	1	3	2	18
Dick Snyder	20:00	2–5	0–0	0	2	2	3	3	1	4
Paul Silas	15:00	4–6	0–0	2	2	4	1	2	0	8
Fred Brown	10:00	1–4	2–2	1	0	1	0	1	2	4
Team totals	240:00	52–90	19–22	10	36	46	34	32	24	123

This season

Oklahoma City Thunder 3, Detroit Pistons 0 in NBA 1978-79.

2 Nov 1978Seattle SuperSonics 95–94 Detroit Pistons
7 Mar 1979Seattle SuperSonics 99–93 Detroit Pistons
31 Mar 1979102–123 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 29–47
Seattle SuperSonics: 48–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Oklahoma City Thunder 81, Detroit Pistons 73.

7 Mar 1979Seattle SuperSonics 99–93 Detroit Pistons
4 Jan 1980Detroit Pistons 105–123 Seattle SuperSonics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.