NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns121–111Boston Celtics

Phoenix Suns at Boston Celtics

Date: Thursday 5 January 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 50th meetingof 147 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	40:00	16–28	11–11	1	3	4	6	0	0	3	1	43
Dennis Awtrey	40:00	2–4	1–1	2	10	12	6	0	1	3	2	5
Walter Davis	38:00	16–29	8–9	5	6	11	2	1	0	3	4	40
Don Buse	36:00	5–11	2–3	0	3	3	8	2	0	0	3	12
Gar Heard	29:00	2–6	2–2	2	3	5	1	1	1	2	3	6
Alvin Scott	23:00	0–2	1–2	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1
Ron Lee	13:00	6–11	0–0	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	2	12
Curtis Perry	10:00	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	4	0
Bayard Forrest	8:00	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2
Mike Bratz	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	48–95	25–28	13	31	44	27	5	3	13	23	121

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	46:00	7–15	3–3	0	12	12	3	2	0	2	3	17
Jo Jo White	42:00	10–21	2–2	1	5	6	4	2	0	2	2	22
John Havlicek	36:00	9–16	6–6	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	5	24
Kevin Stacom	25:00	6–11	4–6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	16
Dave Bing	24:00	2–10	2–4	2	1	3	2	0	1	3	5	6
Curtis Rowe	20:00	2–5	6–6	1	3	4	2	0	0	1	2	10
Sidney Wicks	16:00	1–3	0–2	1	6	7	0	0	0	0	2	2
Cedric Maxwell	13:00	4–5	4–6	3	2	5	2	1	1	2	1	12
Tom Boswell	13:00	1–2	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Don Chaney	5:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	42–90	27–35	12	31	43	18	7	2	11	27	111

This season

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

23 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 110–129 Phoenix Suns
5 Jan 1978121–111 this game
16 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 98–95 Phoenix Suns
17 Mar 1978Phoenix Suns 108–115 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 22–14
Boston Celtics: 11–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

23 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 110–129 Phoenix Suns
16 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 98–95 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.