NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics99–96New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 15 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 329th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	11–23	3–3	6–6	4	9	13	1	3	0	1	6	31
Tiny Archibald	9–16	0–1	1–1	0	5	5	7	0	0	3	2	19
Rick Robey	5–5	0–0	1–3	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	11
Cedric Maxwell	4–6	0–0	1–2	1	3	4	0	0	0	3	5	9
Chris Ford	3–12	0–2	3–4	1	1	2	5	1	0	3	2	9
Don Chaney	3–3	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	8
Dave Cowens	3–19	0–0	0–0	3	5	8	7	2	2	1	1	6
Jeff Judkins	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
M.L. Carr	1–2	0–0	0–2	1	1	2	3	1	0	2	0	2
Gerald Henderson	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	41–88	3–6	14–20	12	28	40	26	10	2	13	20	99

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ray Williams	9–19	0–1	4–5	2	7	9	6	1	0	3	2	22
Michael Ray Richardson	9–16	0–0	2–3	4	3	7	9	3	1	2	2	20
Bill Cartwright	7–10	0–0	5–6	2	11	13	3	1	0	3	4	19
Toby Knight	6–17	0–0	4–4	2	3	5	1	0	0	3	5	16
Joe Meriweather	4–10	0–1	0–0	2	7	9	0	0	2	4	3	8
Hollis Copeland	2–4	0–0	0–0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
Mike Glenn	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Larry Demic	1–3	0–0	1–4	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	4	3
Earl Monroe	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Geoff Huston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sly Williams	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	40–85	0–2	16–22	16	34	50	20	6	4	18	24	96

This season

New York Knicks 1, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1979-80.

17 Nov 1979Boston Celtics 109–113 New York Knicks
30 Nov 1979New York Knicks 97–100 Boston Celtics
15 Dec 197999–96 this game
9 Jan 1980New York Knicks 95–112 Boston Celtics
15 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 123–120 New York Knicks
26 Mar 1980New York Knicks 121–129 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 23–7
New York Knicks: 14–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 226, Boston Celtics 343.

30 Nov 1979New York Knicks 97–100 Boston Celtics
9 Jan 1980New York Knicks 95–112 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.