NBA 1970-71Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics110–108San Diego Rockets

Boston Celtics at San Diego Rockets

Date: Tuesday 29 December 1970
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1970-71Regular season
Meeting: 20th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	47:00	11–25	0–0	12	7	3	22
Dave Cowens	42:00	6–16	4–8	11	3	4	16
Jo Jo White	41:00	9–16	2–3	3	6	2	20
Don Nelson	34:00	6–16	4–7	9	2	3	16
Hank Finkel	26:00	7–12	0–0	7	2	4	14
Steve Kuberski	22:00	2–13	0–0	10	2	1	4
Art Williams	11:00	4–7	2–2	4	3	0	10
Don Chaney	9:00	0–0	0–1	2	2	2	0
Bill Dinwiddie	7:00	3–4	2–3	3	0	2	8
Garfield Smith	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	48–109	14–24	61	27	21	110

San Diego Rockets

San Diego Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	45:00	14–28	9–15	14	1	2	37
Stu Lantz	40:00	11–17	2–4	4	7	2	24
Don Adams	39:00	5–18	2–3	5	4	5	12
John Trapp	32:00	3–7	5–6	8	2	4	11
Johnny Egan	20:00	1–3	0–0	4	2	2	2
Calvin Murphy	19:00	3–6	2–2	6	5	2	8
Bernie Williams	17:00	3–7	0–0	1	6	1	6
John Block	15:00	2–5	1–2	6	1	0	5
Toby Kimball	7:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	4	0
Rudy Tomjanovich	6:00	1–5	1–1	5	0	2	3
Team totals	240:00	43–96	22–33	53	28	24	108

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Boston Celtics 3 in NBA 1970-71.

29 Dec 1970110–108 this game
20 Jan 1971San Diego Rockets 112–142 Boston Celtics
20 Feb 1971Boston Celtics 118–128 San Diego Rockets
3 Mar 1971San Diego Rockets 113–128 Boston Celtics
11 Mar 1971Boston Celtics 91–115 San Diego Rockets

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 21–16
San Diego Rockets: 21–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Mar 1970Boston Celtics 117–125 San Diego Rockets
20 Jan 1971San Diego Rockets 112–142 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.