NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics117–110Indiana Pacers

Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers

Date: Saturday 2 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 7th meetingof 234 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	45:00	7–21	5–5	2	12	14	4	0	2	1	5	19
Billy Knight	39:00	10–17	5–5	1	7	8	4	2	0	3	2	25
Chris Ford	34:00	8–12	1–1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	17
Cedric Maxwell	27:00	4–12	11–14	7	6	13	3	1	1	4	6	19
Tiny Archibald	24:00	2–6	8–8	2	3	5	8	1	0	6	1	12
Jo Jo White	24:00	2–5	0–0	0	3	3	7	1	1	1	0	4
Marvin Barnes	17:00	3–5	0–0	1	3	4	1	2	0	2	5	6
Jeff Judkins	14:00	5–6	0–2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	10
Don Chaney	11:00	1–5	0–0	2	1	3	0	1	0	1	2	2
Earl Williams	5:00	0–1	3–4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	3
Team totals	240:00	42–90	33–39	16	37	53	29	11	4	20	26	117

Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ricky Sobers	40:00	11–20	5–6	1	1	2	2	3	0	2	5	27
Mike Bantom	35:00	6–13	11–11	2	9	11	7	3	2	1	5	23
Alex English	33:00	6–15	0–0	5	3	8	3	0	1	2	4	12
Johnny Davis	32:00	6–11	2–5	2	1	3	3	0	0	3	4	14
James Edwards	30:00	6–14	3–6	3	7	10	2	3	0	5	6	15
Rick Robey	24:00	3–11	0–0	1	6	7	2	0	1	1	1	6
Wayne Radford	22:00	4–7	1–2	2	2	4	1	2	0	1	5	9
Corky Calhoun	14:00	0–2	2–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2
Steve Green	5:00	1–2	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
Len Elmore	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Kevin Stacom	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–95	24–32	17	33	50	22	11	4	19	34	110

This season

Indiana Pacers 1, Boston Celtics 3 in NBA 1978-79.

2 Dec 1978117–110 this game
20 Dec 1978Indiana Pacers 105–121 Boston Celtics
26 Jan 1979Boston Celtics 106–119 Indiana Pacers
9 Feb 1979Indiana Pacers 101–112 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 6–16
Indiana Pacers: 8–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Indiana Pacers 100, Boston Celtics 134.

2 Apr 1978Indiana Pacers 123–120 Boston Celtics
20 Dec 1978Indiana Pacers 105–121 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.