NBA 1969-70Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics117–125San Diego Rockets

Boston Celtics at San Diego Rockets

Date: Tuesday 17 March 1970
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1969-70Regular season
Meeting: 19th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	—	14–25	2–2	13	5	2	30
Jim Barnes	—	7–13	2–2	5	1	4	16
Jo Jo White	—	6–13	2–3	3	4	1	14
Bailey Howell	—	5–12	3–4	7	0	3	13
Don Nelson	—	4–11	5–8	10	2	3	13
Larry Siegfried	—	6–13	1–1	1	11	3	13
Steve Kuberski	—	5–15	0–0	5	1	0	10
Rich Johnson	—	3–9	0–0	4	2	3	6
Hank Finkel	—	0–5	2–2	8	0	4	2
Don Chaney	—	0–3	0–0	1	0	1	0
Team totals	—	50–119	17–22	57	26	24	117

San Diego Rockets

San Diego Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bingo Smith	16:00	4–9	2–2	4	0	0	10
Elvin Hayes	—	12–20	6–7	25	3	0	30
Stu Lantz	—	8–18	3–5	3	3	4	19
Don Kojis	—	6–10	6–7	7	2	2	18
Toby Kimball	—	4–12	3–4	14	7	3	11
Jim Barnett	—	5–10	0–0	2	6	1	10
Art Williams	—	4–10	0–0	7	8	4	8
John Block	—	2–8	4–4	5	3	4	8
Pat Riley	—	2–4	2–2	1	1	0	6
John Trapp	—	1–4	1–2	2	1	1	3
Bernie Williams	—	0–5	2–2	0	2	0	2
Team totals	16:00	48–110	29–35	70	36	19	125

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Boston Celtics 4 in NBA 1969-70.

31 Oct 1969San Diego Rockets 113–118 Boston Celtics
22 Nov 1969Boston Celtics 116–125 San Diego Rockets
12 Dec 1969San Diego Rockets 104–107 Boston Celtics
27 Dec 1969Boston Celtics 111–110 San Diego Rockets
25 Feb 1970San Diego Rockets 124–147 Boston Celtics
17 Mar 1970117–125 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 32–45
San Diego Rockets: 25–53

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 63, Boston Celtics 115.

25 Feb 1970San Diego Rockets 124–147 Boston Celtics
29 Dec 1970Boston Celtics 110–108 San Diego Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.