last time an nba team scored exactly 78 points and won before 2004

The Detroit Pistons won when scoring exactly 78 points in Game 5 of the 2003 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the 76ers on May 14, 2003.

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last time an NBA team scored exactly 78 points in a game and won before 2004

	TEAM	DATE	W	PTS	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Pistons	5/14/2003	1	78	DET	vs	PHI	W 78-77	240	37	18	6	11	29	74	39.2	8	22	36.4	12	17	70.6	47.9	7	30	12	21
2	Hornets	2/11/2003	1	78	NOH	@	MIA	W 78-69	240	49	20	7	5	31	76	40.8	1	9	11.1	15	21	71.4	45.8	14	35	14	15
3	Suns	11/1/2002	1	78	PHX	vs	CLE	W 78-74	240	53	20	8	5	30	90	33.3	1	5	20.0	17	23	73.9	39.0	19	34	17	22
4	Suns	2/21/2002	1	78	PHX	@	MEM	W 78-72	240	40	19	19	5	32	74	43.2	3	8	37.5	11	14	78.6	48.7	14	26	20	16
5	Hornets	2/20/2002	1	78	CHA	@	TOR	W 78-77	240	38	18	8	6	31	70	44.3	2	8	25.0	14	17	82.4	50.3	7	31	18	25
6	Knicks	1/29/2002	1	78	NYK	vs	PHI	W 78-71	240	43	25	6	6	32	85	37.6	6	22	27.3	8	11	72.7	43.4	12	31	14	24
7	Hornets	1/29/2002	1	78	CHA	@	SAS	W 78-73	240	46	14	11	6	29	80	36.3	3	9	33.3	17	21	81.0	43.7	13	33	16	24
8	Bulls	11/29/2001	1	78	CHI	vs	MIA	W 78-72	240	35	21	12	3	26	65	40.0	0	5	0.0	26	39	66.7	47.5	8	27	12	20
9	Knicks	11/24/2001	1	78	NYK	vs	CHI	W 78-71	240	49	19	8	2	32	75	42.7	2	11	18.2	12	15	80.0	47.8	13	36	19	30
10	Bucks	11/22/2001	1	78	MIL	@	TOR	W 78-75	240	42	14	7	5	31	75	41.3	6	22	27.3	10	11	90.9	48.8	4	38	17	13
11	Hawks	12/22/2000	1	78	ATL	@	TOR	W 78-72	240	50	18	6	10	32	81	39.5	3	7	42.9	11	11	100.0	45.4	10	40	15	13
12	Hawks	11/22/2000	1	78	ATL	vs	NYK	W 78-74	240	42	15	7	7	27	68	39.7	5	15	33.3	19	22	86.4	50.2	15	27	19	16
13	Clippers	11/15/2000	1	78	LAC	vs	NYK	W 78-74	240	47	18	5	7	32	85	37.6	4	17	23.5	10	14	71.4	42.8	16	31	14	18
14	Knicks	3/22/2000	1	78	NYK	vs	CHI	W 78-67	240	42	19	11	3	33	73	45.2	2	11	18.2	10	11	90.9	50.1	9	33	17	20
15	Clippers	2/26/2000	1	78	LAC	vs	ATL	W 78-77	240	44	18	11	9	32	85	37.6	5	7	71.4	9	13	69.2	43.0	13	31	14	15
16	Spurs	6/25/1999	1	78	SAS	@	NYK	W 78-77	240	40	20	7	2	27	67	40.3	5	13	38.5	19	25	76.0	50.0	9	31	16	17
17	Knicks	5/16/1999	1	78	NYK	@	MIA	W 78-77	240	38	12	9	2	32	74	43.2	2	10	20.0	12	16	75.0	48.1	13	25	9	23
18	Knicks	4/1/1999	1	78	NYK	vs	CLE	W 78-74	240	42	14	5	6	24	65	36.9	3	13	23.1	27	34	79.4	48.8	8	34	16	22
19	Knicks	2/19/1999	1	78	NYK	@	PHI	W 78-67	240	36	22	11	6	28	58	48.3	9	12	75.0	13	19	68.4	58.8	5	31	24	21
20	Knicks	2/15/1999	1	78	NYK	vs	DET	W 78-69	240	40	24	9	12	29	68	42.6	5	15	33.3	15	22	68.2	50.2	10	30	16	23
21	76ers	2/14/1999	1	78	PHI	vs	ATL	W 78-70	240	40	11	12	7	25	66	37.9	1	9	11.1	27	31	87.1	49.0	8	32	21	30
22	76ers	2/5/1999	1	78	PHI	@	CHA	W 78-66	240	52	19	11	10	32	84	38.1	3	12	25.0	11	16	68.8	42.8	14	38	13	26
23	Hornets	5/6/1998	1	78	CHA	@	CHI	W 78-76	240	44	17	6	1	30	75	40.0	3	9	33.3	15	18	83.3	47.0	10	34	12	17
24	Celtics	4/17/1998	1	78	BOS	vs	CLE	W 78-71	240	41	17	9	2	31	77	40.3	4	12	33.3	12	18	66.7	45.9	11	30	13	23
25	Jazz	6/8/1997	1	78	UTA	vs	CHI	W 78-73	240	39	23	5	4	29	64	45.3	5	13	38.5	15	21	71.4	53.2	5	34	14	19

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