NBA 1969-70Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons121–124Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 31 December 1969
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1969-70Regular season
Meeting: 177th meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jimmy Walker	—	9–18	9–10	1	2	0	27
Erwin Mueller	—	6–13	5–5	10	4	1	17
McCoy McLemore	—	7–11	2–2	5	2	6	16
Dave Bing	—	5–13	5–6	1	1	4	15
Howard Komives	—	6–10	3–3	6	0	2	15
Terry Dischinger	—	3–10	6–6	2	1	3	12
Bill Hewitt	—	4–8	3–7	6	0	4	11
Walt Bellamy	—	1–3	4–9	6	1	4	6
Otto Moore	—	1–2	0–0	3	1	1	2
Steve Mix	—	0–0	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	42–88	37–48	40	12	26	121

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Rich Johnson	2:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	1	0
John Havlicek	—	10–16	10–11	5	4	4	30
Tom Sanders	—	8–12	8–9	7	2	5	24
Don Nelson	—	7–11	7–10	10	3	5	21
Bailey Howell	—	7–16	3–4	4	2	5	17
Larry Siegfried	—	6–15	2–2	5	3	4	14
Jim Barnes	—	4–6	2–2	6	1	6	10
Em Bryant	—	2–6	0–0	4	1	0	4
Don Chaney	—	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	2
Hank Finkel	—	1–2	0–0	2	3	2	2
Steve Kuberski	—	0–4	0–0	3	1	2	0
Team totals	2:00	46–93	32–38	46	20	34	124

This season

Boston Celtics 4, Detroit Pistons 3 in NBA 1969-70.

21 Oct 1969Boston Celtics 97–98 Detroit Pistons
16 Dec 1969Detroit Pistons 98–117 Boston Celtics
31 Dec 1969121–124 this game
2 Jan 1970Boston Celtics 110–92 Detroit Pistons
14 Jan 1970Detroit Pistons 118–123 Boston Celtics
23 Jan 1970Detroit Pistons 109–105 Boston Celtics
10 Mar 1970Boston Celtics 112–115 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 13–24
Boston Celtics: 14–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

16 Dec 1969Detroit Pistons 98–117 Boston Celtics
2 Jan 1970Boston Celtics 110–92 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.