NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons105–116Phoenix Suns

Detroit Pistons at Phoenix Suns

Date: Sunday 1 April 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 57th meetingof 149 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin Porter	46:00	6–20	1–2	1	2	3	25	2	0	4	3	13
M.L. Carr	40:00	6–20	6–6	5	4	9	3	4	0	3	5	18
Leon Douglas	39:00	7–10	1–5	4	7	11	0	0	0	5	3	15
John Long	33:00	12–22	0–0	1	5	6	1	2	2	1	2	24
Terry Tyler	30:00	5–12	3–5	4	6	10	1	0	0	1	2	13
Jim Brewer	18:00	0–2	0–0	2	3	5	1	1	0	0	1	0
Ben Poquette	17:00	6–8	3–4	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	3	15
Earl Tatum	13:00	3–7	0–0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	6
Andre Wakefield	4:00	0–3	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Team totals	240:00	45–104	15–24	17	30	47	31	12	2	19	21	105

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alvan Adams	33:00	11–16	1–1	3	9	12	3	1	1	3	2	23
Walter Davis	30:00	7–12	2–2	0	6	6	7	0	1	5	2	16
Don Buse	29:00	5–8	0–0	1	4	5	5	1	1	2	2	10
Paul Westphal	28:00	11–22	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	22
Mike Bratz	24:00	5–16	4–5	1	1	2	7	0	0	3	0	14
Joel Kramer	22:00	4–8	2–2	5	3	8	0	0	2	0	4	10
Gar Heard	18:00	0–2	0–0	0	5	5	1	1	0	2	3	0
Alvin Scott	17:00	4–6	0–0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	8
Ted McClain	15:00	4–7	2–2	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	10
Bayard Forrest	13:00	0–1	0–2	2	3	5	4	1	0	3	3	0
Truck Robinson	11:00	1–7	1–4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	3
Team totals	240:00	52–105	12–18	16	35	51	34	4	7	21	20	116

This season

Phoenix Suns 4, Detroit Pistons 0 in NBA 1978-79.

18 Nov 1978Phoenix Suns 119–105 Detroit Pistons
30 Nov 1978Detroit Pistons 109–119 Phoenix Suns
18 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 97–87 Detroit Pistons
1 Apr 1979105–116 this game

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 29–48
Phoenix Suns: 47–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 76, Detroit Pistons 73.

18 Jan 1979Phoenix Suns 97–87 Detroit Pistons
15 Dec 1979Detroit Pistons 105–126 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.