NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers91–87Boston Celtics

Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 21 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 309th meetingof 579 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Doug Collins	35:00	6–15	2–3	2	3	5	3	1	0	2	2	14
Caldwell Jones	35:00	4–5	0–0	1	8	9	3	0	3	2	5	8
Bobby Jones	33:00	7–11	7–8	4	5	9	1	1	0	2	4	21
Henry Bibby	32:00	2–8	2–4	1	4	5	2	1	0	1	2	6
Julius Erving	30:00	10–17	2–3	0	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	22
Darryl Dawkins	29:00	3–13	0–0	0	11	11	1	0	2	2	3	6
Maurice Cheeks	20:00	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	4	2
Joe Bryant	17:00	3–9	1–1	3	4	7	3	0	0	0	2	7
Ralph Simpson	9:00	1–5	3–3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	5
Team totals	240:00	37–86	17–22	11	38	49	19	6	7	15	25	91

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	46:00	6–13	8–12	3	9	12	3	0	3	3	1	20
Dave Cowens	41:00	7–19	1–2	4	11	15	2	0	2	3	5	15
Chris Ford	39:00	7–14	4–5	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	2	18
Jo Jo White	34:00	5–18	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	10
Curtis Rowe	29:00	5–15	0–0	5	4	9	2	0	0	1	4	10
Marvin Barnes	23:00	1–6	0–0	4	6	10	2	1	0	1	3	2
Tiny Archibald	14:00	3–7	0–2	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	6
Jeff Judkins	9:00	1–2	2–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	4
Tom Barker	3:00	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Frankie Sanders	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	36–95	15–23	19	34	53	17	4	5	15	18	87

This season

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

20 Jan 1979Boston Celtics 108–102 Philadelphia 76ers
21 Jan 197991–87 this game
7 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 107–114 Philadelphia 76ers
25 Mar 1979Philadelphia 76ers 94–103 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 27–15
Boston Celtics: 16–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

20 Jan 1979Boston Celtics 108–102 Philadelphia 76ers
7 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 107–114 Philadelphia 76ers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.