NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics111–103Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 2 January 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 70th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	—	9–14	0–0	11–13	5	5	10	2	1	0	2	2	29
Larry Bird	—	6–12	2–3	6–7	4	6	10	1	2	0	3	2	20
Tiny Archibald	—	4–10	0–0	8–11	0	0	0	17	6	0	3	2	16
Dave Cowens	—	6–12	0–0	2–3	3	3	6	1	0	2	1	5	14
M.L. Carr	—	3–10	1–1	6–6	0	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	13
Don Chaney	—	4–6	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	8
Rick Robey	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	5	3	8	0	0	0	2	2	6
Chris Ford	—	1–8	1–2	0–0	1	5	6	2	2	3	2	1	3
Gerald Henderson	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2
Team totals	—	37–80	4–6	33–40	18	28	46	25	14	6	16	15	111

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Shumate	8:00	0–1	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Allen Leavell	—	9–11	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	4	1	1	3	5	20
Rick Barry	—	6–13	3–5	1–2	1	2	3	4	2	1	2	2	16
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	7–14	0–1	0–0	2	5	7	0	2	0	2	5	14
Moses Malone	—	5–16	0–0	3–4	11	6	17	4	0	1	2	1	13
Robert Reid	—	5–7	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	3	1	1	1	3	11
Calvin Murphy	—	4–14	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	3	2	0	2	2	10
Mike Dunleavy	—	5–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	6	2	0	6	1	10
Major Jones	—	3–3	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	6
Tom Henderson	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	2
Team totals	8:00	44–87	3–6	12–16	16	26	42	29	10	4	18	25	103

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Boston Celtics 10 in NBA 1979-80.

12 Oct 1979Houston Rockets 106–114 Boston Celtics
24 Oct 1979Boston Celtics 100–99 Houston Rockets
2 Jan 1980111–103 this game
22 Jan 1980Houston Rockets 106–112 Boston Celtics
5 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 103–99 Houston Rockets
12 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 105–121 Boston Celtics
9 Apr 1980Houston Rockets 101–119 Boston Celtics
11 Apr 1980Houston Rockets 75–95 Boston Celtics
13 Apr 1980Boston Celtics 100–81 Houston Rockets
14 Apr 1980Boston Celtics 138–121 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 29–9
Houston Rockets: 17–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 63, Boston Celtics 115.

24 Oct 1979Boston Celtics 100–99 Houston Rockets
22 Jan 1980Houston Rockets 106–112 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.