NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics97–104Los Angeles Lakers

Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Sunday 18 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 232nd meetingof 362 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	46:00	13–24	6–7	4	11	15	4	1	2	3	4	32
Charlie Scott	44:00	6–21	1–2	1	2	3	9	1	0	4	5	13
John Havlicek	41:00	7–12	6–6	1	4	5	4	2	0	4	2	20
Jo Jo White	36:00	2–6	2–2	0	1	1	5	2	0	0	1	6
Sidney Wicks	30:00	3–9	4–6	6	10	16	0	1	1	4	4	10
Dave Bing	16:00	3–6	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	6
Tom Boswell	12:00	2–2	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	4
Cedric Maxwell	8:00	1–2	2–2	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	4
Curtis Rowe	7:00	1–3	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	38–85	21–25	14	36	50	23	8	4	19	20	97

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Lou Hudson	43:00	2–11	4–4	2	4	6	4	4	0	1	2	8
Adrian Dantley	40:00	8–16	4–5	4	7	11	1	1	1	2	2	20
Norm Nixon	40:00	8–17	0–0	2	4	6	13	2	0	2	1	16
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	39:00	15–27	2–3	6	6	12	3	0	2	4	1	32
Jamaal Wilkes	30:00	8–15	2–2	2	6	8	2	1	1	1	5	18
Tom Abernethy	16:00	2–6	0–0	3	1	4	1	2	1	0	3	4
Don Chaney	13:00	0–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Dave Robisch	9:00	0–6	2–2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
Don Ford	5:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Kenny Carr	5:00	1–5	0–0	2	3	5	0	0	1	1	1	2
Team totals	240:00	45–109	14–16	23	31	54	26	12	6	11	16	104

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1977-78.

18 Dec 197797–104 this game
1 Feb 1978Los Angeles Lakers 100–103 Boston Celtics
17 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 106–114 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 10–16
Los Angeles Lakers: 11–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 162, Boston Celtics 200.

4 Feb 1977Los Angeles Lakers 98–99 Boston Celtics
1 Feb 1978Los Angeles Lakers 100–103 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.