NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers99–89Boston Celtics

Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 10 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 235th meetingof 362 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Norm Nixon	42:00	2–9	0–0	1	2	3	7	2	0	2	2	4
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	41:00	10–17	0–0	2	10	12	3	0	4	4	1	20
Jamaal Wilkes	38:00	7–18	4–4	1	10	11	4	2	0	1	4	18
Lou Hudson	30:00	10–16	2–3	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	1	22
Don Ford	29:00	7–9	0–0	3	4	7	3	1	0	4	3	14
Dave Robisch	17:00	4–7	0–1	2	4	6	1	0	0	0	1	8
Kenny Carr	12:00	3–9	1–1	2	1	3	0	1	0	2	1	7
Jim Price	11:00	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Ron Boone	10:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	2
Adrian Dantley	10:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–93	7–9	12	31	43	25	7	4	17	14	99

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	48:00	10–13	7–10	7	8	15	3	3	2	6	1	27
Chris Ford	40:00	5–14	1–2	0	2	2	8	1	1	1	1	11
Dave Cowens	38:00	7–18	1–2	2	10	12	5	2	0	2	3	15
Marvin Barnes	33:00	8–15	0–0	1	4	5	1	2	3	2	5	16
Tiny Archibald	24:00	3–8	0–0	0	1	1	5	1	0	1	0	6
Jo Jo White	24:00	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	5	1	0	4	0	2
Dennis Awtrey	9:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	4
Don Chaney	8:00	2–3	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Billy Knight	8:00	1–4	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
Jeff Judkins	8:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	40–86	9–14	11	31	42	29	10	6	17	12	89

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Los Angeles Lakers 3 in NBA 1978-79.

10 Jan 197999–89 this game
23 Feb 1979Boston Celtics 104–113 Los Angeles Lakers
11 Mar 1979Los Angeles Lakers 106–108 Boston Celtics
18 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 111–122 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 25–16
Boston Celtics: 13–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 200, Los Angeles Lakers 162.

17 Feb 1978Boston Celtics 106–114 Los Angeles Lakers
23 Feb 1979Boston Celtics 104–113 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.