NBA 1968-69Regular season

Final

Cincinnati Royals114–112Boston Celtics

Cincinnati Royals at Boston Celtics

Date: Tuesday 31 December 1968
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1968-69Regular season
Meeting: 191st meetingof 332 played

Cincinnati Royals

Cincinnati Royals box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Tresvant	43:00	8–15	3–8	10	2	5	19
Connie Dierking	—	10–22	8–10	12	2	6	28
Jerry Lucas	—	8–18	7–10	24	2	2	23
Oscar Robertson	—	6–20	10–11	9	12	2	22
Tom Van Arsdale	—	7–15	3–4	3	1	6	17
Adrian Smith	—	1–6	1–2	1	0	3	3
Walt Wesley	—	1–5	0–0	2	0	1	2
Fred Foster	—	0–0	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	43:00	41–101	32–45	61	19	26	114

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	—	11–21	8–9	7	12	2	30
Bailey Howell	—	11–22	6–7	9	2	4	28
Tom Sanders	—	7–20	4–9	11	6	3	18
Don Nelson	—	5–8	1–5	3	0	4	11
Larry Siegfried	—	4–12	2–3	1	4	3	10
Jim Barnes	—	4–6	1–3	4	0	5	9
Bill Russell	—	1–2	2–5	11	0	5	4
Sam Jones	—	1–6	0–0	3	2	1	2
Em Bryant	—	0–1	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	44–98	24–41	49	26	28	112

This season

Boston Celtics 5, Sacramento Kings 2 in NBA 1968-69.

23 Oct 1968Cincinnati Royals 101–108 Boston Celtics
15 Nov 1968Cincinnati Royals 105–116 Boston Celtics
7 Dec 1968Boston Celtics 117–114 Cincinnati Royals
31 Dec 1968114–112 this game
31 Jan 1969Cincinnati Royals 101–116 Boston Celtics
13 Mar 1969Boston Celtics 110–120 Cincinnati Royals
21 Mar 1969Cincinnati Royals 119–145 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Cincinnati Royals: 21–14
Boston Celtics: 22–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 206, Sacramento Kings 126.

7 Dec 1968Boston Celtics 117–114 Cincinnati Royals
31 Jan 1969Cincinnati Royals 101–116 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.