NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics108–102Philadelphia 76ers

Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers

Date: Saturday 20 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 308th meetingof 579 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	46:00	12–20	5–6	5	9	14	4	2	1	1	1	29
Dave Cowens	44:00	5–16	4–4	2	11	13	5	0	3	3	3	14
Jo Jo White	38:00	5–11	0–0	0	2	2	7	1	0	3	1	10
Chris Ford	33:00	10–21	0–0	3	3	6	5	1	0	3	1	20
Curtis Rowe	28:00	5–11	7–8	2	4	6	2	0	0	5	5	17
Marvin Barnes	21:00	3–8	1–3	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	5	7
Jeff Judkins	13:00	1–1	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
Tiny Archibald	12:00	3–5	1–3	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	7
Rick Robey	5:00	0–2	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	240:00	44–95	20–26	13	34	47	28	7	5	16	17	108

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Julius Erving	36:00	11–29	5–6	2	6	8	5	2	0	5	0	27
Henry Bibby	33:00	7–13	1–2	3	3	6	10	2	0	2	4	15
Bobby Jones	31:00	4–5	0–0	1	5	6	2	1	1	1	2	8
Doug Collins	26:00	7–16	1–2	1	0	1	4	0	2	3	2	15
Darryl Dawkins	25:00	3–6	2–2	2	9	11	0	0	4	1	3	8
Caldwell Jones	23:00	2–5	1–2	2	4	6	0	0	1	3	2	5
Maurice Cheeks	22:00	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	2	0
Ralph Simpson	15:00	7–9	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	14
Joe Bryant	15:00	3–9	0–0	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	2	6
Steve Mix	14:00	2–4	0–0	1	4	5	2	1	1	1	2	4
Team totals	240:00	46–98	10–14	15	35	50	25	9	9	18	20	102

This season

Philadelphia 76ers 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1978-79.

20 Jan 1979108–102 this game
21 Jan 1979Philadelphia 76ers 91–87 Boston Celtics
7 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 107–114 Philadelphia 76ers
25 Mar 1979Philadelphia 76ers 94–103 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 15–27
Philadelphia 76ers: 27–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Philadelphia 76ers 247, Boston Celtics 332.

12 Mar 1978Philadelphia 76ers 105–103 Boston Celtics
21 Jan 1979Philadelphia 76ers 91–87 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.