NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final/OT

Boston Celtics118–114Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Tuesday 4 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 221st meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
M.L. Carr	9–15	2–2	2–3	0	2	2	1	3	0	4	2	22
Tiny Archibald	7–10	0–0	5–7	0	2	2	14	1	0	2	6	19
Larry Bird	7–21	0–2	4–4	4	8	12	3	4	1	4	5	18
Cedric Maxwell	3–10	0–0	10–14	4	5	9	3	0	0	5	2	16
Rick Robey	7–10	0–0	2–2	7	3	10	1	0	0	3	4	16
Dave Cowens	7–17	0–1	1–2	1	9	10	4	0	0	3	2	15
Chris Ford	4–12	2–3	0–0	3	1	4	1	2	0	1	4	10
Jeff Judkins	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2
Don Chaney	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerald Henderson	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
Team totals	45–102	4–9	24–32	20	31	51	28	11	1	26	26	118

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Long	12–22	0–0	8–9	5	6	11	6	3	0	2	5	32
Bob McAdoo	14–25	0–0	1–1	1	7	8	4	2	1	9	6	29
Bob Lanier	9–15	0–0	5–6	4	8	12	3	0	6	4	2	23
Roy Hamilton	4–10	0–0	2–6	0	3	3	9	2	0	3	3	10
Earl Evans	3–7	0–0	0–1	4	2	6	3	2	0	1	2	6
Terry Duerod	3–5	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	1	6
Terry Tyler	3–10	0–0	0–0	4	5	9	1	3	2	1	4	6
Phil Hubbard	0–2	0–0	2–4	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	3	2
Team totals	48–96	0–0	18–27	19	34	53	26	13	9	26	26	114

This season

Detroit Pistons 0, Boston Celtics 6 in NBA 1979-80.

14 Nov 1979Detroit Pistons 111–115 Boston Celtics
4 Dec 1979118–114 this game
23 Jan 1980Boston Celtics 131–104 Detroit Pistons
10 Feb 1980Detroit Pistons 111–128 Boston Celtics
2 Mar 1980Detroit Pistons 115–118 Boston Celtics
20 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 124–106 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 18–5
Detroit Pistons: 8–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 165, Boston Celtics 281.

14 Nov 1979Detroit Pistons 111–115 Boston Celtics
23 Jan 1980Boston Celtics 131–104 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.