NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets102–116Boston Celtics

New Jersey Nets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 12 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 15th meetingof 242 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Winford Boynes	36:00	8–20	0–0	0–0	4	1	5	2	3	0	0	1	16
Calvin Natt	34:00	7–17	0–0	1–1	3	6	9	2	2	0	4	6	15
Eddie Jordan	31:00	5–14	0–1	4–6	2	2	4	4	0	0	2	2	14
Cliff Robinson	30:00	8–19	0–1	4–7	4	5	9	1	1	1	0	3	20
Rich Kelley	30:00	4–11	0–0	3–4	6	5	11	3	2	4	1	4	11
Jan van Breda Kolff	24:00	2–6	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	6
Robert Smith	17:00	3–4	0–0	5–6	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	5	11
Mike Newlin	17:00	2–6	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	5
George Johnson	14:00	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	3	0
Bob Elliott	7:00	1–3	0–0	2–3	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	4
George Johnson	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	3	0
Team totals	240:00	40–104	0–2	22–31	23	30	53	20	11	6	15	30	102

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Cowens	—	10–28	0–1	4–4	3	7	10	3	0	3	1	3	24
Larry Bird	—	8–14	0–0	5–5	6	5	11	5	0	1	3	5	21
Chris Ford	—	7–10	3–6	1–2	1	2	3	3	0	1	1	3	18
Cedric Maxwell	—	6–8	0–0	1–1	1	6	7	4	4	3	2	1	13
Tiny Archibald	—	3–7	1–1	6–6	0	5	5	7	0	0	6	5	13
Gerald Henderson	—	4–5	0–0	4–4	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	3	12
Rick Robey	—	2–9	0–0	2–2	5	3	8	1	0	0	1	1	6
Jeff Judkins	—	2–4	0–1	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Don Chaney	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	2
M.L. Carr	—	1–5	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	2
Eric Fernsten	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	44–93	4–9	24–26	19	34	53	24	6	9	18	23	116

This season

Boston Celtics 5, Brooklyn Nets 1 in NBA 1979-80.

31 Oct 1979Boston Celtics 116–79 New Jersey Nets
21 Nov 1979New Jersey Nets 103–111 Boston Celtics
12 Dec 1979102–116 this game
16 Dec 1979Boston Celtics 115–112 New Jersey Nets
17 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 117–92 New Jersey Nets
23 Mar 1980New Jersey Nets 101–96 Boston Celtics

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 11–17
Boston Celtics: 21–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 155, Brooklyn Nets 87.

21 Nov 1979New Jersey Nets 103–111 Boston Celtics
16 Dec 1979Boston Celtics 115–112 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.