NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics92–90Cleveland Cavaliers

Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday 18 November 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 47th meetingof 284 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	45:00	7–17	3–3	3	15	18	2	2	0	4	4	17
Jo Jo White	41:00	7–16	6–6	0	4	4	7	0	0	5	3	20
Billy Knight	40:00	4–13	4–5	3	5	8	2	1	0	5	1	12
Cedric Maxwell	35:00	2–4	8–9	3	6	9	1	0	0	4	3	12
Tiny Archibald	30:00	2–11	5–6	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	9
Chris Ford	22:00	2–6	4–7	2	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	8
Earl Williams	13:00	2–4	0–0	1	4	5	0	1	0	1	2	4
Jeff Judkins	12:00	5–5	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	10
Marvin Barnes	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	31–76	30–36	12	38	50	16	5	2	21	23	92

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Campy Russell	44:00	7–13	15–17	3	10	13	5	0	0	4	3	29
Foots Walker	42:00	2–5	3–5	0	2	2	6	7	0	2	4	7
Jim Chones	38:00	6–18	0–1	1	2	3	0	0	0	4	5	12
Austin Carr	35:00	10–20	1–2	3	4	7	3	1	0	1	5	21
Jim Brewer	33:00	3–4	0–2	1	8	9	2	1	1	4	2	6
John Lambert	13:00	2–4	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	6
Terry Furlow	13:00	1–10	1–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Bingo Smith	10:00	1–6	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Kenny Higgs	6:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Mike Mitchell	6:00	1–3	0–1	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2
Team totals	240:00	34–84	22–32	9	30	39	17	10	2	17	25	90

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1978-79.

13 Oct 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 115–101 Boston Celtics
18 Nov 197892–90 this game
2 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 98–112 Boston Celtics
27 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 109–111 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 3–12
Cleveland Cavaliers: 5–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 114, Boston Celtics 170.

13 Oct 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 115–101 Boston Celtics
2 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 98–112 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.