NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics117–125Washington Bullets

Boston Celtics at Washington Bullets

Date: Saturday 16 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 128th meetingof 352 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	46:00	4–9	9–10	1	4	5	2	3	0	3	3	17
Chris Ford	41:00	10–18	2–3	3	2	5	6	3	1	2	2	22
Dave Cowens	38:00	11–29	3–4	4	8	12	5	2	0	3	6	25
Marvin Barnes	34:00	5–13	0–0	3	8	11	4	2	1	2	5	10
Jo Jo White	32:00	10–18	3–4	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	5	23
Don Chaney	21:00	4–8	0–0	1	2	3	4	1	0	1	5	8
Curtis Rowe	9:00	1–3	6–6	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	8
Billy Knight	9:00	0–3	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Tiny Archibald	4:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
Jeff Judkins	3:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Dennis Awtrey	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	46–104	25–29	12	31	43	27	12	2	16	33	117

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	48:00	10–16	9–12	4	11	15	1	2	2	6	5	29
Kevin Grevey	34:00	8–16	2–2	3	3	6	2	0	0	1	4	18
Tom Henderson	31:00	6–9	2–5	0	1	1	8	0	0	3	2	14
Bob Dandridge	31:00	4–11	5–5	0	3	3	9	4	0	6	4	13
Mitch Kupchak	28:00	9–13	10–12	2	7	9	1	0	0	0	4	28
Greg Ballard	20:00	2–6	1–2	3	4	7	0	1	0	2	2	5
Larry Wright	16:00	0–4	8–8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	8
Charles Johnson	15:00	5–9	0–0	1	2	3	3	1	0	2	1	10
Wes Unseld	12:00	0–2	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Corzine	5:00	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	44–87	37–46	13	35	48	29	8	4	22	25	125

This season

Washington Wizards 4, Boston Celtics 0 in NBA 1978-79.

22 Nov 1978Washington Bullets 119–103 Boston Celtics
16 Dec 1978117–125 this game
24 Jan 1979Washington Bullets 128–106 Boston Celtics
4 Apr 1979Boston Celtics 119–145 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 10–19
Washington Bullets: 21–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 129, Boston Celtics 223.

22 Nov 1978Washington Bullets 119–103 Boston Celtics
24 Jan 1979Washington Bullets 128–106 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.