NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics109–116New Jersey Nets

Boston Celtics at New Jersey Nets

Date: Friday 28 October 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 5th meetingof 242 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	44:00	10–17	4–5	2	18	20	7	2	1	1	3	24
Charlie Scott	43:00	8–17	6–9	4	2	6	6	3	0	6	5	22
Jo Jo White	41:00	6–14	2–3	2	2	4	6	1	0	7	3	14
John Havlicek	38:00	9–17	5–5	2	3	5	5	3	1	3	4	23
Sidney Wicks	25:00	6–13	0–3	5	3	8	2	0	1	2	5	12
Tom Boswell	16:00	4–5	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	8
Curtis Rowe	14:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Dave Bing	13:00	1–5	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Fred Saunders	6:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2
Team totals	240:00	46–95	17–25	16	30	46	30	9	4	23	26	109

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bernard King	42:00	13–18	4–4	—	—	9	3	4	—	—	0	30
George Johnson	38:00	2–7	4–8	—	—	8	3	—	—	—	4	8
Bubbles Hawkins	34:00	8–18	2–2	—	—	6	4	—	—	—	3	18
Darnell Hillman	31:00	6–15	5–6	—	—	11	2	—	—	—	4	17
Dave Wohl	30:00	6–10	5–6	—	—	1	2	—	0	—	4	17
Al Skinner	23:00	2–5	7–8	—	—	8	4	—	—	—	5	11
Bob Carrington	14:00	3–4	1–2	0	0	0	1	—	—	—	1	7
Tim Bassett	11:00	1–2	0–0	—	—	4	0	—	—	—	1	2
Mark Crow	9:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	3	—	—	—	2	2
Bird Averitt	8:00	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	—	—	—	0	4
Team totals	240:00	44–86	28–36	0	0	47	23	4	0	—	24	116

This season

Brooklyn Nets 1, Boston Celtics 3 in NBA 1977-78.

28 Oct 1977109–116 this game
13 Dec 1977New Jersey Nets 108–122 Boston Celtics
13 Jan 1978New Jersey Nets 111–114 Boston Celtics
26 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 94–92 New Jersey Nets

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 1–3
New Jersey Nets: 0–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 87, Boston Celtics 155.

27 Mar 1977New York Nets 109–114 Boston Celtics
13 Dec 1977New Jersey Nets 108–122 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.