NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics106–99Buffalo Braves

Boston Celtics at Buffalo Braves

Date: Friday 24 February 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 156 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sidney Wicks	42:00	12–18	2–4	2	12	14	3	1	2	5	4	26
Dave Cowens	38:00	8–13	0–0	4	6	10	6	0	0	3	4	16
Dave Bing	36:00	9–14	2–4	2	7	9	6	1	0	2	3	20
John Havlicek	35:00	5–16	2–2	2	4	6	6	0	2	2	0	12
Kermit Washington	20:00	2–5	6–8	1	6	7	4	1	1	0	2	10
Cedric Maxwell	19:00	3–6	2–2	3	0	3	1	0	1	2	3	8
Ernie DiGregorio	19:00	2–5	2–3	0	0	0	5	1	0	4	3	6
Kevin Stacom	16:00	3–7	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	6
Don Chaney	15:00	1–5	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	5	2
Team totals	240:00	45–89	16–23	14	38	52	32	7	6	18	26	106

Buffalo Braves

Buffalo Braves box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Randy Smith	45:00	11–20	5–6	—	—	4	6	—	—	—	1	27
Swen Nater	45:00	7–22	10–12	—	—	22	4	—	—	—	3	24
Billy Knight	39:00	5–13	7–8	—	—	7	2	—	—	—	4	17
Marvin Barnes	34:00	4–17	6–8	—	—	9	3	—	—	—	5	14
Chuck Williams	25:00	0–1	3–4	—	—	1	2	—	—	—	1	3
Bird Averitt	23:00	3–3	0–0	—	—	1	5	—	—	—	2	6
Larry McNeill	10:00	2–5	1–1	—	—	1	0	—	—	—	3	5
Bill Willoughby	9:00	1–1	0–0	—	—	2	0	—	—	—	0	2
Wil Jones	6:00	0–3	1–2	—	—	3	0	—	—	—	1	1
Mike Glenn	3:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	0
Scott Lloyd	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	1	0
Team totals	240:00	33–86	33–41	0	0	50	22	—	—	—	21	99

This season

Los Angeles Clippers 1, Boston Celtics 3 in NBA 1977-78.

11 Nov 1977Buffalo Braves 103–109 Boston Celtics
19 Nov 1977Boston Celtics 98–102 Buffalo Braves
24 Feb 1978106–99 this game
9 Apr 1978Buffalo Braves 114–131 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 20–34
Buffalo Braves: 19–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Clippers 51, Boston Celtics 105.

19 Nov 1977Boston Celtics 98–102 Buffalo Braves
9 Apr 1978Buffalo Braves 114–131 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.