NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics116–99Atlanta Hawks

Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Wednesday 18 October 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 237th meetingof 471 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jo Jo White	41:00	9–18	4–5	0	3	3	4	1	0	6	4	22
Dave Cowens	38:00	2–10	2–2	3	7	10	4	3	2	1	4	6
Billy Knight	37:00	14–16	9–12	1	5	6	0	2	0	6	4	37
Cedric Maxwell	34:00	4–8	11–12	4	7	11	3	3	2	7	4	19
Tiny Archibald	32:00	2–8	8–8	0	2	2	6	1	0	3	1	12
Marvin Barnes	18:00	4–9	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	4	8
Don Chaney	14:00	1–4	0–0	2	1	3	2	2	0	3	3	2
Dennis Awtrey	13:00	1–1	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	2	2
Earl Tatum	8:00	2–6	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	4
Earl Williams	5:00	0–1	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Jeff Judkins	1:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2
Team totals	241:00	40–82	36–41	12	33	45	21	15	4	29	28	116

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eddie Johnson	37:00	3–8	2–2	0	2	2	7	1	0	5	2	8
Dan Roundfield	32:00	7–11	0–2	4	8	12	3	1	1	2	3	14
Armond Hill	31:00	3–8	8–10	0	3	3	9	2	0	4	3	14
John Drew	29:00	7–19	6–11	2	4	6	0	2	0	3	6	20
Tree Rollins	29:00	7–9	0–2	2	3	5	1	2	2	3	1	14
Steve Hawes	19:00	4–8	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	4	8
Tom McMillen	18:00	2–6	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	5	4
Jack Givens	17:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	4
Butch Lee	16:00	4–8	3–6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	11
Rick Wilson	12:00	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	2
Team totals	240:00	40–84	19–33	9	25	34	25	12	3	27	31	99

This season

Atlanta Hawks 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1978-79.

18 Oct 1978116–99 this game
10 Nov 1978Atlanta Hawks 115–103 Boston Celtics
22 Dec 1978Atlanta Hawks 105–124 Boston Celtics
6 Feb 1979Boston Celtics 101–104 Atlanta Hawks

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 0–2
Atlanta Hawks: 1–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 180, Boston Celtics 291.

28 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 85–117 Atlanta Hawks
10 Nov 1978Atlanta Hawks 115–103 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.