NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Washington Bullets128–106Boston Celtics

Washington Bullets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 24 January 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 129th meetingof 352 played

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	38:00	7–17	4–4	2	8	10	2	0	2	4	1	18
Charles Johnson	35:00	13–23	2–2	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	28
Larry Wright	33:00	12–17	2–2	1	1	2	5	3	0	2	3	26
Wes Unseld	27:00	2–5	3–4	2	5	7	3	0	0	0	1	7
Greg Ballard	26:00	10–15	4–4	4	8	12	3	1	0	3	4	24
Tom Henderson	24:00	2–7	0–0	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	1	4
Bob Dandridge	22:00	3–10	5–6	1	5	6	4	1	0	2	3	11
Mitch Kupchak	22:00	4–11	0–0	2	6	8	1	0	0	0	0	8
Roger Phegley	7:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0
Dave Corzine	6:00	1–1	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	54–107	20–22	17	35	52	26	9	2	13	16	128

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	39:00	8–13	3–3	1	9	10	3	0	1	5	5	19
Curtis Rowe	37:00	8–12	1–2	1	4	5	1	0	0	2	2	17
Tiny Archibald	26:00	4–10	2–2	1	0	1	5	1	0	3	2	10
Chris Ford	26:00	4–11	0–0	2	5	7	4	0	0	1	1	8
Dave Cowens	25:00	5–10	0–0	0	4	4	3	0	0	2	3	10
Jeff Judkins	23:00	3–8	2–2	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	0	8
Jo Jo White	21:00	4–8	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	8
Tom Barker	17:00	4–8	4–5	4	2	6	1	1	1	2	5	12
Frankie Sanders	17:00	5–10	0–0	0	4	4	1	0	1	1	2	10
Marvin Barnes	9:00	2–5	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	4
Team totals	240:00	47–95	12–14	10	32	42	23	4	4	20	22	106

This season

Boston Celtics 0, Washington Wizards 4 in NBA 1978-79.

22 Nov 1978Washington Bullets 119–103 Boston Celtics
16 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 117–125 Washington Bullets
24 Jan 1979128–106 this game
4 Apr 1979Boston Celtics 119–145 Washington Bullets

Records going in

Washington Bullets: 31–14
Boston Celtics: 16–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 223, Washington Wizards 129.

16 Dec 1978Boston Celtics 117–125 Washington Bullets
4 Apr 1979Boston Celtics 119–145 Washington Bullets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.