NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics110–129Phoenix Suns

Boston Celtics at Phoenix Suns

Date: Friday 23 December 1977
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 147 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Charlie Scott	36:00	6–11	2–2	0	4	4	3	0	0	9	3	14
John Havlicek	33:00	11–17	2–2	1	4	5	5	3	0	5	4	24
Jo Jo White	32:00	7–14	0–0	1	3	4	4	3	0	5	2	14
Curtis Rowe	31:00	3–12	1–2	2	10	12	2	0	0	6	2	7
Sidney Wicks	30:00	4–8	2–4	1	8	9	2	0	0	3	4	10
Tom Boswell	29:00	7–10	8–9	3	5	8	5	0	0	2	6	22
Dave Bing	17:00	5–9	1–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	11
Fred Saunders	14:00	0–3	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	2	0
Cedric Maxwell	12:00	2–4	0–2	2	2	4	0	0	1	1	1	4
Kevin Stacom	8:00	2–4	0–0	1	4	5	3	0	0	1	0	4
Team totals	242:00	47–92	16–23	11	42	53	27	8	1	35	26	110

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ron Lee	32:00	9–21	0–0	1	1	2	10	7	1	3	2	18
Don Buse	31:00	6–10	4–4	0	2	2	4	7	0	0	1	16
Curtis Perry	29:00	6–7	1–2	5	1	6	1	1	1	1	2	13
Gar Heard	29:00	4–11	2–2	8	1	9	4	2	0	3	3	10
Alvan Adams	22:00	5–13	3–8	4	1	5	4	0	1	2	3	13
Paul Westphal	21:00	8–14	3–3	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	2	19
Walter Davis	20:00	7–11	3–4	1	1	2	4	3	0	4	2	17
Dennis Awtrey	17:00	1–1	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
Alvin Scott	16:00	3–3	1–3	3	0	3	2	2	1	1	1	7
Bayard Forrest	16:00	2–6	0–2	7	2	9	5	0	1	2	2	4
Mike Bratz	12:00	5–11	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	10
Team totals	245:00	56–108	17–28	32	11	43	42	22	5	19	20	129

This season

Phoenix Suns 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1977-78.

23 Dec 1977110–129 this game
5 Jan 1978Phoenix Suns 121–111 Boston Celtics
16 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 98–95 Phoenix Suns
17 Mar 1978Phoenix Suns 108–115 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 10–20
Phoenix Suns: 18–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 62, Boston Celtics 85.

13 Mar 1977Phoenix Suns 107–124 Boston Celtics
5 Jan 1978Phoenix Suns 121–111 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.