NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Kansas City Kings120–99Boston Celtics

Kansas City Kings at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 17 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 240th meetingof 332 played

Kansas City Kings

Kansas City Kings box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Phil Ford	40:00	7–13	0–0	0	4	4	7	3	0	2	1	14
Scott Wedman	38:00	15–19	2–2	3	8	11	1	1	0	1	5	32
Bill Robinzine	34:00	6–11	5–6	3	9	12	3	5	0	1	3	17
Otis Birdsong	33:00	10–18	3–4	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	23
Sam Lacey	32:00	3–11	2–2	1	5	6	5	1	0	1	6	8
Darnell Hillman	17:00	3–4	2–4	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	3	8
Tom Burleson	16:00	2–5	2–2	1	2	3	1	0	2	2	3	6
Marlon Redmond	15:00	3–6	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	6
Billy McKinney	8:00	1–3	1–1	3	0	3	2	1	0	1	2	3
Bob Nash	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Gus Gerard	2:00	1–2	1–4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Team totals	240:00	51–92	18–25	13	33	46	23	12	2	12	26	120

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	42:00	11–16	13–13	7	8	15	2	1	1	3	4	35
Dave Cowens	41:00	6–17	4–4	2	7	9	1	2	2	0	3	16
Chris Ford	37:00	5–10	4–9	0	2	2	4	3	0	5	4	14
Curtis Rowe	29:00	1–5	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	3	2
Jeff Judkins	26:00	3–11	2–2	1	1	2	1	2	0	5	3	8
Jo Jo White	20:00	2–8	2–2	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	1	6
Marvin Barnes	16:00	2–4	2–2	0	2	2	1	0	0	3	2	6
Rick Robey	16:00	2–6	2–3	1	3	4	0	1	1	3	2	6
Don Chaney	13:00	3–5	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	6
Team totals	240:00	35–82	29–35	13	26	39	18	9	5	23	24	99

This season

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

30 Nov 1978Boston Celtics 94–108 Kansas City Kings
15 Dec 1978Kansas City Kings 105–101 Boston Celtics
27 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 112–103 Kansas City Kings
17 Jan 1979120–99 this game

Records going in

Kansas City Kings: 26–16
Boston Celtics: 14–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

27 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 112–103 Kansas City Kings
9 Nov 1979Kansas City Kings 119–127 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.