NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns124–104Boston Celtics

Phoenix Suns at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 8 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 53rd meetingof 147 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Westphal	34:00	12–20	6–7	1	1	2	6	2	0	2	1	30
Bayard Forrest	26:00	4–7	1–2	2	4	6	2	0	0	1	3	9
Walter Davis	25:00	8–13	0–0	1	8	9	4	1	0	3	1	16
Alvin Scott	25:00	2–5	2–2	3	3	6	5	0	2	0	3	6
Don Buse	25:00	1–6	1–2	0	3	3	4	0	0	2	2	3
Ron Lee	23:00	8–12	0–0	1	1	2	3	1	0	3	4	16
Alvan Adams	22:00	6–13	1–2	3	6	9	2	3	1	1	2	13
Marty Byrnes	20:00	5–7	2–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	12
Joel Kramer	18:00	2–4	5–6	2	3	5	2	0	0	3	2	9
Mike Bratz	14:00	2–4	2–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	6
Gar Heard	8:00	2–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	4
Team totals	240:00	52–93	20–25	13	32	45	32	7	3	16	26	124

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Chris Ford	38:00	6–14	2–2	0	1	1	5	2	0	2	2	14
Dave Cowens	35:00	6–11	3–6	3	9	12	5	0	0	1	3	15
Billy Knight	30:00	9–13	1–1	1	2	3	3	0	0	4	4	19
Jo Jo White	27:00	2–7	1–1	0	2	2	6	0	0	3	3	5
Cedric Maxwell	26:00	3–9	7–9	6	4	10	2	0	0	1	3	13
Marvin Barnes	22:00	6–9	0–2	2	2	4	1	1	0	2	4	12
Don Chaney	18:00	3–9	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	2	6
Tiny Archibald	16:00	3–7	3–3	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	9
Jeff Judkins	15:00	4–7	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	9
Dennis Awtrey	13:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	43–87	18–26	12	24	36	27	6	0	22	23	104

This season

Boston Celtics 0, Phoenix Suns 4 in NBA 1978-79.

8 Dec 1978124–104 this game
30 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 109–112 Phoenix Suns
14 Mar 1979Phoenix Suns 126–117 Boston Celtics
21 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 113–134 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 18–9
Boston Celtics: 9–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Mar 1978Phoenix Suns 108–115 Boston Celtics
30 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 109–112 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.