NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics113–137Denver Nuggets

Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets

Date: Friday 23 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 11th meetingof 104 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	44:00	13–23	1–2	1	5	6	3	0	4	3	1	27
Cedric Maxwell	36:00	8–12	5–9	1	4	5	5	1	0	3	3	21
Chris Ford	33:00	6–12	1–1	2	5	7	5	1	0	2	1	13
Tiny Archibald	32:00	8–12	1–1	0	3	3	9	0	0	4	4	17
Frankie Sanders	22:00	5–12	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	1	0	1	10
Jeff Judkins	17:00	5–9	0–1	2	2	4	3	0	0	1	3	10
Rick Robey	17:00	1–3	2–2	1	6	7	1	0	1	2	6	4
Curtis Rowe	16:00	4–7	1–2	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	9
Don Chaney	13:00	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	5	0
Kevin Stacom	10:00	1–6	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	2
Team totals	240:00	51–97	11–18	9	31	40	31	4	6	19	26	113

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Thompson	34:00	15–21	1–3	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	31
Dan Issel	32:00	5–7	9–11	4	9	13	7	0	1	0	0	19
Tom Boswell	31:00	9–13	4–4	2	3	5	3	0	0	1	2	22
George McGinnis	29:00	6–17	1–2	4	8	12	7	0	2	3	2	13
Charlie Scott	26:00	3–5	4–5	0	3	3	4	0	1	0	1	10
Bob Wilkerson	24:00	4–10	2–3	0	5	5	5	5	0	3	2	10
Robert Smith	16:00	4–10	2–2	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	10
Anthony Roberts	16:00	4–8	0–0	2	3	5	0	0	0	2	4	8
Kim Hughes	16:00	3–3	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	5	6
Bo Ellis	10:00	2–4	2–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
John Kuester	6:00	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2
Team totals	240:00	56–100	25–32	15	36	51	34	9	7	13	20	137

This season

Denver Nuggets 3, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1978-79.

17 Nov 1978Denver Nuggets 118–120 Boston Celtics
6 Jan 1979Boston Celtics 98–127 Denver Nuggets
23 Mar 1979113–137 this game
6 Apr 1979Denver Nuggets 107–101 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 27–44
Denver Nuggets: 40–33

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 42, Boston Celtics 62.

6 Jan 1979Boston Celtics 98–127 Denver Nuggets
6 Apr 1979Denver Nuggets 107–101 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.