NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics112–103Kansas City Kings

Boston Celtics at Kansas City Kings

Date: Wednesday 27 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 239th meetingof 332 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	47:00	7–10	0–0	1	9	10	4	2	3	4	3	14
Marvin Barnes	44:00	11–21	7–10	1	6	7	0	2	0	5	3	29
Jo Jo White	34:00	10–14	5–5	0	2	2	5	2	0	4	2	25
Chris Ford	34:00	6–10	2–2	3	1	4	8	2	1	3	6	14
Cedric Maxwell	34:00	5–7	0–1	3	5	8	5	1	0	4	4	10
Billy Knight	22:00	5–8	1–1	0	5	5	1	0	0	3	1	11
Jeff Judkins	21:00	4–6	0–0	0	3	3	1	2	2	3	3	8
Tiny Archibald	7:00	0–1	1–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1
Team totals	243:00	48–77	16–21	8	32	40	26	11	6	28	22	112

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Otis Birdsong	38:00	13–22	3–4	2	3	5	5	3	0	0	2	29
Sam Lacey	36:00	6–14	0–1	4	4	8	4	1	0	3	3	12
Darnell Hillman	35:00	1–8	2–2	6	8	14	4	2	0	1	4	4
Scott Wedman	34:00	6–20	1–1	3	5	8	1	3	1	3	3	13
Billy McKinney	24:00	14–14	2–3	0	0	0	6	2	0	2	1	30
Phil Ford	24:00	1–8	0–0	0	0	0	5	3	0	3	4	2
Tom Burleson	12:00	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	2
Bill Robinzine	11:00	1–4	2–2	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	4
Bob Nash	10:00	2–4	1–1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	5
Marlon Redmond	10:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Gus Gerard	6:00	1–2	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	46–101	11–14	17	25	42	25	16	2	18	22	103

This season

Sacramento Kings 3, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1978-79.

30 Nov 1978Boston Celtics 94–108 Kansas City Kings
15 Dec 1978Kansas City Kings 105–101 Boston Celtics
27 Dec 1978112–103 this game
17 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 120–99 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 12–20
Kansas City Kings: 19–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Sacramento Kings 126, Boston Celtics 206.

15 Dec 1978Kansas City Kings 105–101 Boston Celtics
17 Jan 1979Kansas City Kings 120–99 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.