- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1970-71Regular season
- Meeting
- 23rd meetingof 178 played
San Diego Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvin Hayes | 39:00 | 13–26 | 9–11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| Stu Lantz | 35:00 | 4–11 | 7–9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Don Adams | 33:00 | 3–13 | 2–2 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Calvin Murphy | 26:00 | 8–21 | 4–6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| Larry Siegfried | 26:00 | 2–7 | 2–2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| John Block | 22:00 | 4–7 | 1–3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| John Trapp | 22:00 | 3–8 | 0–0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | 11:00 | 2–3 | 4–6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Toby Kimball | 11:00 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Johnny Egan | 9:00 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bernie Williams | 6:00 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 42–107 | 29–41 | 54 | 19 | 26 | 113 |
Boston Celtics
| Player | MIN | FG | FT | TRB | AST | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Havlicek | 46:00 | 11–25 | 4–6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
| Jo Jo White | 43:00 | 16–32 | 2–2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 |
| Dave Cowens | 40:00 | 6–18 | 7–8 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| Garfield Smith | 26:00 | 4–10 | 4–9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Don Nelson | 19:00 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Art Williams | 18:00 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| Hank Finkel | 17:00 | 2–7 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Steve Kuberski | 14:00 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Don Chaney | 11:00 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Rex Morgan | 3:00 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Tom Sanders | 2:00 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dinwiddie | 1:00 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 50–116 | 28–38 | 76 | 30 | 27 | 128 |
This season
Boston Celtics 3, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1970-71.
Records going in
- San Diego Rockets
- 33–39
- Boston Celtics
- 38–34
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.