NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics100–99Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 24 October 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 69th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	8–12	0–0	4–10	0	10	10	4	1	2	5	5	20
Dave Cowens	7–12	0–0	3–5	2	9	11	4	0	0	2	3	17
Larry Bird	6–21	0–0	3–4	4	6	10	6	0	1	4	3	15
Tiny Archibald	5–7	0–0	3–4	0	6	6	7	3	0	5	2	13
Chris Ford	6–11	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	6	2	0	3	3	12
M.L. Carr	4–8	0–0	2–4	3	3	6	2	2	1	2	3	10
Gerald Henderson	1–2	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	4
Rick Robey	2–4	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	1	0	2	3	4
Jeff Judkins	1–3	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3
Don Chaney	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	41–82	1–1	17–29	11	36	47	30	9	4	27	26	100

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Reid	8–21	0–0	4–5	3	5	8	1	4	0	2	5	20
Moses Malone	7–15	0–0	5–9	8	10	18	2	0	1	3	3	19
Calvin Murphy	7–16	0–0	4–4	2	1	3	3	3	0	2	4	18
Rudy Tomjanovich	5–11	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	2	1	0	2	3	11
Allen Leavell	5–7	0–0	0–1	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	2	10
Rudy White	3–7	0–0	3–4	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	9
Rick Barry	2–7	0–2	2–2	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	6
Tom Henderson	2–7	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	9	4	0	3	4	4
Dwight Jones	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Major Jones	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	40–94	0–2	19–27	17	25	42	22	14	2	18	23	99

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Boston Celtics 10 in NBA 1979-80.

12 Oct 1979Houston Rockets 106–114 Boston Celtics
24 Oct 1979100–99 this game
2 Jan 1980Boston Celtics 111–103 Houston Rockets
22 Jan 1980Houston Rockets 106–112 Boston Celtics
5 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 103–99 Houston Rockets
12 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 105–121 Boston Celtics
9 Apr 1980Houston Rockets 101–119 Boston Celtics
11 Apr 1980Houston Rockets 75–95 Boston Celtics
13 Apr 1980Boston Celtics 100–81 Houston Rockets
14 Apr 1980Boston Celtics 138–121 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 4–2
Houston Rockets: 2–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 63, Boston Celtics 115.

12 Oct 1979Houston Rockets 106–114 Boston Celtics
2 Jan 1980Boston Celtics 111–103 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.