NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons109–124Houston Rockets

Detroit Pistons at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 7 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 62nd meetingof 153 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	—	8–13	0–?	1–2	3	4	2	3	2	5	17
Jim McElroy	—	6–10	0–?	5–5	1	5	1	0	2	2	17
John Long	—	8–24	0–?	1–2	3	2	1	0	3	3	17
Earl Evans	—	7–13	0–?	2–5	4	5	1	0	2	2	16
Roy Hamilton	—	4–7	0–?	4–5	6	5	2	0	4	1	12
Phil Hubbard	—	3–5	0–?	5–9	3	1	1	0	1	5	11
Terry Duerod	—	3–10	0–?	0–0	2	2	2	0	1	0	6
Terry Tyler	—	3–9	0–?	0–0	5	2	2	1	2	4	6
Leon Douglas	—	2–4	0–?	1–1	6	3	0	1	0	1	5
Bob McAdoo	—	1–3	0–?	0–0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	—	45–98	0–?	19–29	35	29	12	5	17	24	109

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Shumate	21:00	5–7	0–0	2–2	5	0	0	0	1	2	12
Rick Barry	—	9–14	0–?	2–2	7	7	1	0	4	2	20
Calvin Murphy	—	8–16	0–?	2–2	2	6	1	0	3	5	18
Moses Malone	—	8–11	0–?	2–3	9	2	2	0	5	2	18
Mike Dunleavy	—	4–6	0–?	8–9	3	16	0	0	3	1	16
Robert Reid	—	5–8	0–?	4–7	7	3	3	0	4	1	14
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	6–11	0–?	2–2	4	1	2	0	2	3	14
Major Jones	—	3–7	0–?	2–3	10	1	0	1	2	2	8
Allen Leavell	—	1–4	0–?	2–2	1	6	0	0	2	4	4
Team totals	21:00	49–84	0–0	26–32	48	42	9	1	26	22	124

This season

Houston Rockets 5, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1979-80.

3 Nov 1979Houston Rockets 114–111 Detroit Pistons
10 Nov 1979Detroit Pistons 104–112 Houston Rockets
7 Dec 1979109–124 this game
19 Jan 1980Houston Rockets 110–122 Detroit Pistons
16 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 102–99 Detroit Pistons
28 Mar 1980Detroit Pistons 112–128 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 8–18
Houston Rockets: 13–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 76, Detroit Pistons 77.

10 Nov 1979Detroit Pistons 104–112 Houston Rockets
19 Jan 1980Houston Rockets 110–122 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.