NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics101–97Golden State Warriors

Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors

Date: Wednesday 21 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 281st meetingof 378 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	40:00	5–7	6–7	1	7	8	2	1	1	4	3	16
Dave Cowens	36:00	8–12	4–4	1	5	6	8	0	0	3	2	20
Bob McAdoo	34:00	7–14	3–6	0	11	11	1	1	2	2	5	17
Tiny Archibald	32:00	5–8	2–2	0	0	0	7	1	0	4	1	12
Chris Ford	23:00	4–4	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	8
Curtis Rowe	22:00	0–1	2–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
Jeff Judkins	21:00	5–10	2–2	4	1	5	0	1	0	0	1	12
Don Chaney	15:00	1–5	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	3	2
Rick Robey	12:00	5–7	2–2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	12
Kevin Stacom	5:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	240:00	40–68	21–25	8	29	37	23	6	3	18	19	101

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Abernethy	40:00	9–13	3–4	1	5	6	1	3	0	1	4	21
John Lucas	39:00	11–16	3–3	1	4	5	11	1	1	1	1	25
Sonny Parker	36:00	7–16	2–4	2	3	5	7	3	0	4	3	16
Purvis Short	34:00	6–16	0–0	2	3	5	2	1	0	3	4	12
Robert Parish	31:00	6–9	0–0	3	5	8	4	1	2	4	5	12
Clifford Ray	22:00	2–5	0–1	2	5	7	4	0	1	1	1	4
Jo Jo White	16:00	1–4	0–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	3	2
Wayne Cooper	13:00	2–6	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	1	1	3	4
Raymond Townsend	5:00	0–1	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Nate Williams	4:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Team totals	240:00	44–86	9–16	13	28	41	30	9	5	19	28	97

This season

Golden State Warriors 1, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1978-79.

5 Jan 1979Boston Celtics 98–113 Golden State Warriors
28 Jan 1979Golden State Warriors 102–103 Boston Celtics
21 Feb 1979101–97 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 23–34
Golden State Warriors: 28–32

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Golden State Warriors 151, Boston Celtics 227.

28 Jan 1979Golden State Warriors 102–103 Boston Celtics
29 Dec 1979Boston Celtics 104–88 Golden State Warriors

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.