NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers98–112Boston Celtics

Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 2 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 48th meetingof 284 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	36:00	8–16	0–0	2	1	3	1	2	0	3	0	16
Campy Russell	34:00	6–15	4–4	1	2	3	4	1	0	5	4	16
Kenny Higgs	33:00	2–5	3–3	0	1	1	4	3	0	2	3	7
Jim Chones	29:00	7–11	1–1	2	2	4	1	0	1	4	4	15
Jim Brewer	27:00	3–7	0–0	4	4	8	1	2	1	0	2	6
Mike Mitchell	25:00	4–10	1–2	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	4	9
John Lambert	19:00	4–6	2–2	3	6	9	2	0	0	0	3	10
Butch Lee	18:00	5–8	5–6	1	1	2	3	0	0	3	2	15
Bingo Smith	10:00	0–5	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Davis	9:00	1–4	2–4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4
Team totals	240:00	40–87	18–22	16	19	35	18	9	2	19	24	98

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Curtis Rowe	41:00	6–11	1–1	3	3	6	1	0	1	2	3	13
Cedric Maxwell	38:00	10–18	7–8	4	9	13	4	0	2	2	5	27
Dave Cowens	38:00	6–11	0–0	0	8	8	3	2	0	2	1	12
Jeff Judkins	32:00	3–9	4–4	0	2	2	6	2	0	0	3	10
Chris Ford	31:00	10–14	3–3	0	1	1	4	0	0	5	4	23
Tiny Archibald	27:00	4–8	1–2	0	1	1	9	1	0	2	4	9
Tom Barker	18:00	6–9	2–2	1	3	4	1	1	0	3	2	14
Don Chaney	9:00	0–1	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	3	2
Frankie Sanders	6:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2
Team totals	240:00	46–83	20–22	9	28	37	29	6	3	21	27	112

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

13 Oct 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 115–101 Boston Celtics
18 Nov 1978Boston Celtics 92–90 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 Feb 197998–112 this game
27 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 109–111 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 20–30
Boston Celtics: 18–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 170, Cleveland Cavaliers 114.

18 Nov 1978Boston Celtics 92–90 Cleveland Cavaliers
27 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 109–111 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.