NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics117–135Milwaukee Bucks

Boston Celtics at Milwaukee Bucks

Date: Wednesday 28 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 58th meetingof 283 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob McAdoo	42:00	13–21	4–7	—	—	10	4	1	0	6	3	30
Chris Ford	41:00	5–12	6–6	—	—	1	4	1	1	2	2	16
Cedric Maxwell	36:00	8–16	9–10	7	7	14	4	2	0	3	5	25
Curtis Rowe	36:00	7–12	7–9	—	—	11	4	0	1	4	3	21
Tiny Archibald	34:00	3–10	3–6	—	—	1	8	2	0	2	2	9
Jeff Judkins	23:00	3–7	2–2	—	—	3	2	1	0	1	1	8
Rick Robey	15:00	1–7	0–0	—	—	3	1	0	0	3	1	2
Kevin Stacom	7:00	1–4	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
Frankie Sanders	6:00	2–5	0–0	—	—	3	0	1	0	1	1	4
Team totals	240:00	43–94	31–40	7	7	46	29	8	2	22	19	117

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marques Johnson	38:00	13–24	2–2	—	—	4	4	4	2	0	2	28
Brian Winters	33:00	10–22	2–3	—	—	3	6	0	1	0	4	22
Kent Benson	33:00	8–16	5–6	—	—	9	3	3	2	3	5	21
Quinn Buckner	33:00	5–11	1–3	—	—	5	10	6	1	1	3	11
Junior Bridgeman	28:00	14–15	2–2	—	—	7	8	0	0	2	4	30
John Gianelli	22:00	3–4	0–0	—	—	5	3	0	0	3	1	6
Ernie Grunfeld	17:00	5–9	2–2	—	—	5	4	0	1	2	4	12
Lloyd Walton	15:00	0–1	1–2	—	—	1	2	0	0	1	1	1
George Johnson	13:00	1–2	2–2	—	—	2	1	1	2	2	2	4
Kevin Restani	5:00	0–1	0–0	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Smith	3:00	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	59–105	17–22	0	0	42	43	14	9	14	27	135

This season

Milwaukee Bucks 3, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1978-79.

7 Nov 1978Boston Celtics 108–125 Milwaukee Bucks
19 Jan 1979Milwaukee Bucks 102–103 Boston Celtics
4 Mar 1979Milwaukee Bucks 135–122 Boston Celtics
28 Mar 1979117–135 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 28–46
Milwaukee Bucks: 34–41

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Milwaukee Bucks 134, Boston Celtics 149.

4 Mar 1979Milwaukee Bucks 135–122 Boston Celtics
9 Dec 1979Boston Celtics 113–108 Milwaukee Bucks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.