NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics98–127Denver Nuggets

Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets

Date: Saturday 6 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 10th meetingof 104 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy Knight	39:00	8–15	4–7	0	6	6	1	0	0	2	1	20
Chris Ford	31:00	7–13	4–9	2	1	3	1	0	0	2	2	18
Cedric Maxwell	31:00	3–7	2–2	5	2	7	2	1	0	2	1	8
Dave Cowens	31:00	4–8	0–0	0	5	5	6	0	1	4	2	8
Jo Jo White	26:00	5–11	0–0	0	1	1	6	1	0	1	1	10
Jeff Judkins	24:00	2–10	0–0	2	3	5	5	1	0	5	3	4
Don Chaney	19:00	6–11	0–0	3	2	5	3	1	0	1	4	12
Dennis Awtrey	17:00	1–2	5–5	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	3	7
Curtis Rowe	16:00	3–5	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	6
Tiny Archibald	6:00	2–3	1–1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	5
Team totals	240:00	41–85	16–24	13	25	38	25	4	2	19	18	98

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Wilkerson	32:00	4–9	0–0	1	6	7	5	2	0	0	1	8
Dan Issel	29:00	9–11	5–7	2	5	7	6	1	1	1	2	23
Charlie Scott	29:00	7–9	4–4	0	2	2	7	2	1	3	1	18
Robert Smith	23:00	6–10	0–0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	3	12
George McGinnis	22:00	7–10	4–4	4	5	9	3	0	0	3	2	18
David Thompson	22:00	7–16	3–3	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	2	17
Tom Boswell	22:00	5–7	0–0	0	4	4	5	1	0	1	3	10
Kim Hughes	19:00	0–1	2–2	0	8	8	2	1	3	1	4	2
John Kuester	15:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	2
Phil Hicks	14:00	7–10	1–1	2	2	4	2	0	0	3	1	15
Bo Ellis	13:00	1–6	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	2
Team totals	240:00	54–93	19–21	12	35	47	41	11	5	12	23	127

This season

Denver Nuggets 3, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1978-79.

17 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 118–120 Boston Celtics
6 Jan 197998–127 this game
23 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 113–137 Denver Nuggets
6 Apr 1979Denver Nuggets 107–101 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 13–23
Denver Nuggets: 19–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 42, Boston Celtics 62.

17 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 118–120 Boston Celtics
23 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 113–137 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.