NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics98–113Golden State Warriors

Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors

Date: Friday 5 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 279th meetingof 378 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Chris Ford	43:00	12–22	6–8	0	2	2	11	0	1	7	0	30
Cedric Maxwell	35:00	6–9	4–4	2	3	5	2	4	0	6	4	16
Dave Cowens	34:00	5–10	2–2	0	11	11	3	3	0	2	6	12
Marvin Barnes	31:00	3–11	1–2	1	3	4	0	2	2	0	5	7
Jo Jo White	28:00	6–15	2–2	0	3	3	1	2	0	2	3	14
Jeff Judkins	20:00	5–8	3–3	1	2	3	3	2	0	3	2	13
Billy Knight	17:00	0–4	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	2	3	0
Don Chaney	16:00	2–6	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	6
Dennis Awtrey	7:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tiny Archibald	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Curtis Rowe	4:00	0–1	0–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	39–87	20–25	6	26	32	23	14	3	23	25	98

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Parish	42:00	5–17	6–7	7	12	19	1	1	6	5	3	16
Sonny Parker	40:00	6–14	3–3	2	2	4	5	3	1	2	0	15
John Lucas	37:00	9–16	1–1	1	4	5	10	2	0	8	3	19
Clifford Ray	30:00	4–6	0–0	3	12	15	2	0	2	7	5	8
Nate Williams	24:00	10–13	7–8	2	3	5	1	1	1	2	1	27
Phil Smith	24:00	3–9	5–7	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	2	11
Wayne Cooper	22:00	4–8	0–0	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	3	8
Raymond Townsend	15:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	5	1	0	1	4	4
Tom Abernethy	4:00	2–2	1–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	5
Wesley Cox	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
Team totals	240:00	45–89	23–28	16	43	59	27	8	10	31	24	113

This season

Golden State Warriors 1, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1978-79.

5 Jan 197998–113 this game
28 Jan 1979Golden State Warriors 102–103 Boston Celtics
21 Feb 1979Boston Celtics 101–97 Golden State Warriors

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 13–22
Golden State Warriors: 20–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Golden State Warriors 151, Boston Celtics 227.

14 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 98–75 Golden State Warriors
28 Jan 1979Golden State Warriors 102–103 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.