NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics109–111Cleveland Cavaliers

Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Tuesday 27 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 284 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	46:00	18–22	6–7	4	8	12	5	1	1	9	5	42
Cedric Maxwell	45:00	8–16	5–8	2	6	8	2	1	2	1	4	21
Chris Ford	44:00	4–10	0–0	0	6	6	6	2	1	5	5	8
Tiny Archibald	37:00	4–10	9–10	0	2	2	8	1	0	4	2	17
Curtis Rowe	30:00	5–9	1–3	2	3	5	2	0	0	1	0	11
Rick Robey	23:00	5–6	0–0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1	5	10
Jeff Judkins	13:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0
Kevin Stacom	2:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	44–76	21–28	8	30	38	23	6	4	22	25	109

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	41:00	8–11	6–8	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	22
Campy Russell	39:00	4–14	5–6	2	5	7	12	2	1	1	5	13
Jim Chones	36:00	8–13	3–5	6	4	10	3	1	0	1	3	19
Mike Mitchell	29:00	6–11	2–2	1	5	6	1	1	0	1	1	14
Butch Lee	25:00	7–12	3–4	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	3	17
Foots Walker	23:00	2–7	1–2	1	2	3	1	1	0	4	2	5
Harry Davis	18:00	6–8	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	3	12
Elmore Smith	12:00	2–5	1–2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	5
Bingo Smith	10:00	2–6	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Kenny Higgs	7:00	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	240:00	45–89	21–29	12	21	33	25	10	3	13	22	111

This season

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

13 Oct 1978Cleveland Cavaliers 115–101 Boston Celtics
18 Nov 1978Boston Celtics 92–90 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 98–112 Boston Celtics
27 Mar 1979109–111 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 28–45
Cleveland Cavaliers: 28–46

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

2 Feb 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 98–112 Boston Celtics
13 Oct 1979Boston Celtics 139–117 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.