NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics91–99New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 4 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 321st meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sidney Wicks	43:00	8–22	4–5	5	11	16	3	0	1	2	5	20
Dave Bing	41:00	4–15	3–5	1	2	3	9	3	0	4	4	11
Dave Cowens	40:00	11–21	1–2	5	5	10	5	1	0	3	5	23
John Havlicek	39:00	5–19	0–0	3	6	9	7	1	0	1	0	10
Don Chaney	35:00	4–14	0–0	4	5	9	1	0	0	2	4	8
Kermit Washington	19:00	4–6	2–2	5	5	10	0	0	2	1	4	10
Ernie DiGregorio	11:00	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	4	1	1	2	0	2
Kevin Stacom	8:00	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Cedric Maxwell	4:00	2–2	1–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
Team totals	240:00	40–105	11–16	23	36	59	29	7	4	15	23	91

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	45:00	11–23	10–11	—	—	14	6	—	—	—	2	32
Earl Monroe	36:00	8–13	6–6	—	—	5	4	—	—	—	4	22
Butch Beard	36:00	5–9	0–0	—	—	3	5	—	—	—	2	10
Jim McMillian	31:00	7–10	0–0	—	—	1	3	—	—	—	2	14
Spencer Haywood	28:00	6–9	1–2	—	—	8	2	—	—	—	1	13
Lonnie Shelton	24:00	1–6	3–6	—	—	4	2	—	—	—	2	5
Glen Gondrezick	14:00	0–1	1–2	—	—	2	0	—	—	—	2	1
Jim Cleamons	12:00	1–3	0–0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	1	2
Ray Williams	12:00	0–2	0–0	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	0	0
Toby Knight	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–76	21–27	0	0	39	26	—	—	—	16	99

This season

New York Knicks 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1977-78.

25 Nov 1977New York Knicks 119–121 Boston Celtics
6 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 119–122 New York Knicks
4 Mar 197891–99 this game
5 Mar 1978New York Knicks 94–112 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 23–36
New York Knicks: 33–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 226, Boston Celtics 343.

6 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 119–122 New York Knicks
5 Mar 1978New York Knicks 94–112 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.