NBA 1977-78Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns108–115Boston Celtics

Phoenix Suns at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 17 March 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1977-78Regular season
Meeting: 52nd meetingof 147 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alvan Adams	39:00	10–14	2–3	2	10	12	2	1	4	2	5	22
Walter Davis	36:00	8–22	4–4	2	3	5	3	0	0	2	2	20
Paul Westphal	34:00	10–22	4–4	2	0	2	7	1	0	4	3	24
Gar Heard	33:00	6–10	0–2	1	8	9	3	2	3	2	3	12
Ron Lee	27:00	9–14	1–2	3	1	4	5	3	0	5	4	19
Don Buse	26:00	2–5	0–0	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	4
Alvin Scott	15:00	1–2	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Greg Griffin	12:00	0–2	1–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Bratz	9:00	2–3	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	4
Dennis Awtrey	9:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	0
Team totals	240:00	48–95	12–17	12	29	41	27	8	8	16	23	108

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Havlicek	41:00	15–25	2–2	0	5	5	4	2	1	2	4	32
Dave Bing	41:00	8–20	6–7	0	1	1	7	1	0	4	4	22
Don Chaney	38:00	6–12	5–6	3	2	5	4	2	1	0	2	17
Dave Cowens	38:00	2–11	5–5	5	11	16	7	1	0	2	2	9
Sidney Wicks	32:00	5–14	5–7	2	6	8	0	0	2	3	4	15
Kermit Washington	27:00	3–7	2–2	5	6	11	1	2	1	2	1	8
Kevin Stacom	17:00	4–9	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	3	8
Curtis Rowe	3:00	1–1	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Tom Boswell	3:00	1–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	45–100	25–29	17	34	51	26	8	5	14	21	115

This season

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

23 Dec 1977Boston Celtics 110–129 Phoenix Suns
5 Jan 1978Phoenix Suns 121–111 Boston Celtics
16 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 98–95 Phoenix Suns
17 Mar 1978108–115 this game

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 42–28
Boston Celtics: 25–40

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

16 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 98–95 Phoenix Suns
8 Dec 1978Phoenix Suns 124–104 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.