NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final/OT

Boston Celtics115–112New Jersey Nets

Boston Celtics at New Jersey Nets

Date: Sunday 16 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 242 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	6–16	1–1	6–9	7	9	16	3	1	0	3	3	19
Tiny Archibald	—	5–15	0–0	7–7	2	1	3	6	4	0	2	4	17
Dave Cowens	—	7–21	0–1	2–2	1	4	5	8	1	2	1	3	16
Cedric Maxwell	—	5–9	0–0	5–11	6	6	12	2	1	0	7	5	15
Chris Ford	—	6–8	3–4	0–1	2	2	4	1	2	0	3	5	15
M.L. Carr	—	2–5	0–1	7–9	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	11
Rick Robey	—	4–8	0–0	0–1	1	4	5	1	0	0	2	2	8
Don Chaney	—	3–5	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	3	7
Gerald Henderson	—	2–5	0–0	3–4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	7
Team totals	—	40–92	4–7	31–45	19	27	46	27	11	4	23	27	115

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Newlin	49:00	19–28	1–3	13–15	3	3	6	3	1	0	4	3	52
Calvin Natt	49:00	4–14	0–1	0–0	2	5	7	3	2	1	4	2	8
Jan van Breda Kolff	47:00	5–14	0–0	4–4	5	9	14	5	0	0	3	6	14
Eddie Jordan	45:00	5–21	0–0	6–6	1	5	6	8	1	0	7	6	16
George Johnson	34:00	5–8	0–0	0–0	2	7	9	5	0	8	5	5	10
Rich Kelley	20:00	2–5	0–0	2–2	4	1	5	1	1	1	4	6	6
Winford Boynes	16:00	2–7	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	2	0	1	3	4	4
Robert Smith	5:00	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	265:00	43–99	1–4	25–27	20	32	52	27	5	11	30	33	112

This season

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

31 Oct 1979Boston Celtics 116–79 New Jersey Nets
21 Nov 1979New Jersey Nets 103–111 Boston Celtics
12 Dec 1979New Jersey Nets 102–116 Boston Celtics
16 Dec 1979115–112 this game
17 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 117–92 New Jersey Nets
23 Mar 1980New Jersey Nets 101–96 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 24–7
New Jersey Nets: 12–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

12 Dec 1979New Jersey Nets 102–116 Boston Celtics
17 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 117–92 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.