NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics90–100Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 23 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 64th meetingof 273 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	44:00	6–12	7–11	4	7	11	6	1	1	8	1	19
Dave Cowens	43:00	9–12	2–3	1	7	8	1	2	2	3	6	20
Jo Jo White	39:00	8–13	1–1	0	2	2	2	0	0	7	3	17
Curtis Rowe	38:00	3–8	4–6	3	5	8	4	1	0	4	3	10
Chris Ford	30:00	5–14	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	10
Jeff Judkins	15:00	2–2	2–2	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	5	6
Marvin Barnes	13:00	1–5	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	4	2
Tiny Archibald	12:00	2–5	2–2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	6
Frankie Sanders	3:00	0–3	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Barker	3:00	0–2	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	36–76	18–25	11	26	37	18	8	4	28	26	90

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	45:00	7–12	3–6	2	11	13	5	1	1	2	4	17
Reggie Theus	42:00	11–18	6–6	0	1	1	4	2	1	3	3	28
Mickey Johnson	40:00	7–17	0–0	2	5	7	6	2	2	7	5	14
Mark Landsberger	36:00	3–7	0–2	4	7	11	5	0	1	2	2	6
Wilbur Holland	28:00	5–10	2–3	2	1	3	1	1	1	3	3	12
Charles Dudley	22:00	5–7	0–0	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	10
John Brown	19:00	5–10	0–0	1	4	5	3	1	0	3	2	10
Scott May	4:00	1–1	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
John Mengelt	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	240:00	44–82	12–19	13	29	42	29	7	6	21	20	100

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1978-79.

1 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 112–118 Boston Celtics
23 Jan 197990–100 this game
30 Mar 1979Chicago Bulls 121–105 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 16–28
Chicago Bulls: 17–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 116, Boston Celtics 157.

1 Nov 1978Chicago Bulls 112–118 Boston Celtics
30 Mar 1979Chicago Bulls 121–105 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.