NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics98–103Cleveland Cavaliers

Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday 29 October 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 42nd meetingof 284 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	41:00	6–18	4–5	2	12	14	5	1	2	2	2	16
Jo Jo White	29:00	9–18	0–0	1	2	3	4	0	0	1	5	18
Sidney Wicks	27:00	4–9	3–4	4	4	8	1	0	1	1	2	11
John Havlicek	24:00	3–6	4–4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	10
Dave Bing	24:00	2–7	3–4	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	7
Charlie Scott	23:00	3–8	2–2	0	3	3	3	1	0	1	4	8
Fred Saunders	20:00	5–11	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	12
Kevin Stacom	20:00	3–10	2–2	1	5	6	2	1	1	0	2	8
Curtis Rowe	19:00	1–3	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	2	2
Tom Boswell	10:00	2–4	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	4
Cedric Maxwell	3:00	0–0	2–3	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	38–94	22–26	13	32	45	18	5	5	10	29	98

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bingo Smith	38:00	5–13	6–6	1	2	3	5	1	0	3	3	16
Foots Walker	38:00	3–6	9–11	2	6	8	4	0	0	3	1	15
Jim Brewer	36:00	4–8	1–3	1	4	5	3	0	0	2	2	9
Walt Frazier	34:00	9–17	4–4	0	6	6	2	1	0	3	3	22
Jim Chones	34:00	3–11	2–2	2	11	13	3	0	1	0	2	8
Austin Carr	23:00	5–12	2–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	12
Elmore Smith	14:00	2–7	2–2	1	2	3	0	0	2	2	5	6
John Lambert	12:00	1–4	1–2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	3
Campy Russell	5:00	3–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Dick Snyder	5:00	0–1	4–4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Eddie Jordan	1:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	36–83	31–36	9	36	45	21	4	3	15	21	103

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 3, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1977-78.

29 Oct 197798–103 this game
2 Nov 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 104–101 Boston Celtics
16 Mar 1978Boston Celtics 102–112 Cleveland Cavaliers
22 Mar 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 99–105 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 1–4
Cleveland Cavaliers: 2–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 114, Boston Celtics 170.

10 Apr 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 105–115 Boston Celtics
2 Nov 1977Cleveland Cavaliers 104–101 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.