NBA 1968-69Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons119–117Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 30 October 1968
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1968-69Regular season
Meeting: 170th meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dave Bing	—	15–29	3–3	6	4	5	33
Jimmy Walker	—	13–21	5–8	2	5	3	31
Eddie Miles	—	6–17	1–1	6	1	4	13
Happy Hairston	—	4–11	5–5	11	1	2	13
Otto Moore	—	5–13	2–4	10	2	5	12
Dave DeBusschere	—	3–14	3–3	14	2	5	9
Jim Fox	—	2–3	4–6	6	0	1	8
Sonny Dove	—	0–0	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	48–108	23–30	55	15	26	119

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Mal Graham	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	1	0
Bailey Howell	—	13–23	7–10	5	1	4	33
John Havlicek	—	10–22	4–6	4	7	2	24
Larry Siegfried	—	7–13	7–11	1	5	5	21
Tom Sanders	—	5–14	4–7	14	1	4	14
Don Nelson	—	4–7	2–2	8	0	4	10
Sam Jones	—	4–10	0–0	2	4	0	8
Bill Russell	—	2–7	1–4	25	8	2	5
Em Bryant	—	1–1	0–0	0	1	2	2
Rich Johnson	—	0–0	0–1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	1:00	46–97	25–41	59	27	24	117

This season

Boston Celtics 5, Detroit Pistons 1 in NBA 1968-69.

18 Oct 1968Boston Celtics 106–88 Detroit Pistons
30 Oct 1968119–117 this game
6 Dec 1968Detroit Pistons 118–132 Boston Celtics
11 Dec 1968Boston Celtics 108–106 Detroit Pistons
8 Jan 1969Detroit Pistons 104–113 Boston Celtics
12 Feb 1969Boston Celtics 113–106 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 2–3
Boston Celtics: 4–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 281, Detroit Pistons 165.

18 Oct 1968Boston Celtics 106–88 Detroit Pistons
6 Dec 1968Detroit Pistons 118–132 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.