NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

San Diego Clippers111–117Boston Celtics

San Diego Clippers at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 6 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 62nd meetingof 156 played

San Diego Clippers

San Diego Clippers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
World B. Free	40:00	9–24	7–8	2	1	3	4	0	1	5	5	25
Randy Smith	40:00	10–24	3–3	2	2	4	10	3	0	3	0	23
Kermit Washington	35:00	6–13	2–4	6	5	11	2	1	1	3	4	14
Swen Nater	25:00	6–11	1–2	2	9	11	3	0	0	2	6	13
Bob Bigelow	24:00	3–3	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	6
Kevin Kunnert	21:00	4–10	0–0	5	4	9	1	0	3	3	1	8
Freeman Williams	19:00	6–9	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	12
Sidney Wicks	19:00	4–9	0–1	5	3	8	0	2	0	2	4	8
Nick Weatherspoon	16:00	1–7	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	2
John Olive	1:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	49–110	13–18	24	26	50	25	7	6	23	27	111

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	40:00	8–19	6–7	2	8	10	6	3	0	4	4	22
Jo Jo White	35:00	3–8	3–3	0	2	2	7	2	0	1	2	9
Marvin Barnes	32:00	8–10	4–5	5	4	9	2	1	0	2	5	20
Chris Ford	31:00	8–16	0–0	2	1	3	7	1	0	3	4	16
Cedric Maxwell	28:00	6–7	4–9	0	5	5	3	1	0	3	1	16
Billy Knight	21:00	3–9	2–2	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	8
Jeff Judkins	17:00	2–5	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	6
Don Chaney	15:00	3–5	2–2	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	8
Tiny Archibald	13:00	3–5	2–2	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	3	8
Dennis Awtrey	8:00	2–2	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	3	4
Team totals	240:00	46–86	25–32	10	31	41	28	9	0	20	25	117

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Los Angeles Clippers 3 in NBA 1978-79.

26 Nov 1978Boston Celtics 103–105 San Diego Clippers
6 Dec 1978111–117 this game
25 Feb 1979Boston Celtics 116–131 San Diego Clippers
2 Mar 1979San Diego Clippers 106–99 Boston Celtics

Records going in

San Diego Clippers: 11–16
Boston Celtics: 8–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 105, Los Angeles Clippers 51.

26 Nov 1978Boston Celtics 103–105 San Diego Clippers
25 Feb 1979Boston Celtics 116–131 San Diego Clippers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.