NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

New Orleans Jazz112–122Boston Celtics

New Orleans Jazz at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 28 February 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 20th meetingof 112 played

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Spencer Haywood	46:00	13–26	5–5	1	7	8	1	0	1	4	2	31
Rich Kelley	41:00	8–12	5–5	2	10	12	3	2	1	2	3	21
Ron Lee	40:00	2–11	2–4	0	3	3	6	1	0	2	2	6
Jim McElroy	37:00	10–21	9–9	1	4	5	5	2	0	1	1	29
James Hardy	24:00	2–4	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	6	4
Aaron James	17:00	4–7	1–1	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	5	9
Gail Goodrich	13:00	3–6	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Paul Griffin	13:00	0–3	0–0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
Tommie Green	6:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Marty Byrnes	3:00	3–3	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
Team totals	240:00	45–93	22–24	8	28	36	20	5	2	14	22	112

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	43:00	9–17	3–5	1	9	10	4	0	0	2	2	21
Chris Ford	32:00	5–14	2–2	2	1	3	5	0	0	2	2	12
Jeff Judkins	30:00	8–14	1–1	2	0	2	4	1	0	4	1	17
Bob McAdoo	29:00	9–18	7–9	2	4	6	2	1	0	1	1	25
Cedric Maxwell	28:00	5–8	8–10	4	8	12	5	3	1	2	5	18
Tiny Archibald	23:00	4–8	1–1	2	1	3	5	0	0	3	3	9
Curtis Rowe	23:00	1–2	1–2	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	2	3
Rick Robey	19:00	4–7	3–3	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	11
Don Chaney	9:00	1–2	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	3	2
Frankie Sanders	2:00	2–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
Kevin Stacom	2:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	48–92	26–33	18	29	47	31	5	1	17	21	122

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Utah Jazz 2 in NBA 1978-79.

19 Oct 1978Boston Celtics 115–120 New Orleans Jazz
13 Dec 1978New Orleans Jazz 96–102 Boston Celtics
28 Feb 1979112–122 this game
3 Apr 1979Boston Celtics 125–141 New Orleans Jazz

Records going in

New Orleans Jazz: 21–43
Boston Celtics: 24–36

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 65, Utah Jazz 47.

13 Dec 1978New Orleans Jazz 96–102 Boston Celtics
3 Apr 1979Boston Celtics 125–141 New Orleans Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.