- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1970-71Regular season
- Meeting
- 21st meetingof 178 played
San Diego Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvin Hayes | 41:00 | 11–21 | 8–9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 |
| Stu Lantz | 41:00 | 5–15 | 9–10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| Don Adams | 30:00 | 7–14 | 3–5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| John Trapp | 26:00 | 5–8 | 4–7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| Bernie Williams | 24:00 | 0–9 | 6–6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| John Block | 23:00 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Calvin Murphy | 21:00 | 5–11 | 1–2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Toby Kimball | 12:00 | 3–9 | 1–2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Johnny Egan | 10:00 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | 8:00 | 0–4 | 5–6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Curtis Perry | 4:00 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 37–101 | 38–48 | 50 | 18 | 30 | 112 |
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Havlicek | 44:00 | 11–26 | 9–11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 31 |
| Jo Jo White | 39:00 | 11–22 | 2–3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| Steve Kuberski | 30:00 | 6–13 | 0–0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Dave Cowens | 29:00 | 3–8 | 1–2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Don Nelson | 24:00 | 8–11 | 6–6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| Hank Finkel | 22:00 | 5–8 | 2–3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Don Chaney | 20:00 | 4–10 | 1–1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Art Williams | 18:00 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| Rex Morgan | 6:00 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Garfield Smith | 5:00 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Willie Williams | 3:00 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 56–107 | 30–36 | 62 | 33 | 37 | 142 |
This season
Boston Celtics 3, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1970-71.
Records going in
- San Diego Rockets
- 23–27
- Boston Celtics
- 27–21
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.