NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics105–123Los Angeles Lakers

Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Friday 28 December 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 239th meetingof 362 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	6–12	0–0	7–9	10	6	16	0	0	1	3	4	19
Chris Ford	7–12	2–4	2–4	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	18
Larry Bird	7–15	0–0	2–3	1	3	4	3	4	0	2	5	16
M.L. Carr	8–14	0–2	0–0	2	3	5	1	1	1	1	2	16
Tiny Archibald	4–13	0–1	6–7	0	0	0	8	3	0	2	2	14
Gerald Henderson	4–7	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	5	0	0	2	1	8
Rick Robey	3–9	0–0	0–2	1	4	5	0	2	0	5	3	6
Dave Cowens	2–11	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	9	2	0	0	6	4
Don Chaney	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2
Jeff Judkins	0–3	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Eric Fernsten	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	42–98	2–7	19–27	17	22	39	29	13	2	17	29	105

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Magic Johnson	7–14	0–0	9–10	2	6	8	6	4	0	7	4	23
Jamaal Wilkes	11–21	0–0	0–0	3	5	8	4	1	0	3	2	22
Norm Nixon	7–13	0–0	3–4	0	2	2	8	1	0	7	5	17
Jim Chones	6–8	0–0	4–6	1	6	7	3	0	3	1	3	16
Spencer Haywood	6–11	0–0	4–6	3	1	4	1	2	1	2	3	16
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	4–9	0–0	7–8	3	15	18	7	3	3	3	4	15
Michael Cooper	4–7	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	3	8
Don Ford	3–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6
Ollie Mack	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	48–87	0–0	27–34	14	35	49	33	11	7	24	25	123

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 2, Boston Celtics 0 in NBA 1979-80.

28 Dec 1979105–123 this game
13 Jan 1980Los Angeles Lakers 100–98 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 28–8
Los Angeles Lakers: 26–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 162, Boston Celtics 200.

18 Mar 1979Boston Celtics 111–122 Los Angeles Lakers
13 Jan 1980Los Angeles Lakers 100–98 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.