NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons115–118Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 2 March 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 224th meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eric Money	31:00	8–10	0–0	1–1	0	2	2	5	1	0	4	2	17
Bob McAdoo	—	12–21	0–2	8–10	3	7	10	3	1	0	3	4	32
John Long	—	11–19	0–0	4–4	1	0	1	3	2	0	4	5	26
Terry Tyler	—	6–9	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	0	1	3	2	4	14
Leon Douglas	—	4–6	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	1	0	2	3	4	10
Greg Kelser	—	3–4	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	2	2	0	3	4	8
Ron Lee	—	2–2	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	3	5
Kent Benson	—	1–3	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	3	3
Terry Duerod	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	31:00	47–77	1–3	20–23	8	22	30	19	7	5	23	29	115

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Pete Maravich	6:00	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Bird	—	17–29	4–7	3–3	6	7	13	7	0	1	3	4	41
Rick Robey	—	6–12	0–0	5–12	3	2	5	3	3	0	2	3	17
Cedric Maxwell	—	7–10	0–0	2–2	3	2	5	6	0	0	5	4	16
Tiny Archibald	—	4–10	0–1	8–9	1	1	2	6	0	1	2	2	16
M.L. Carr	—	4–9	0–0	5–6	1	0	1	1	2	1	5	2	13
Chris Ford	—	2–6	0–1	1–2	1	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	5
Dave Cowens	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	2	1	0	0	4	4
Gerald Henderson	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Team totals	6:00	45–85	4–9	24–34	16	16	32	27	9	3	19	20	118

This season

Boston Celtics 6, Detroit Pistons 0 in NBA 1979-80.

14 Nov 1979Detroit Pistons 111–115 Boston Celtics
4 Dec 1979Boston Celtics 118–114 Detroit Pistons
23 Jan 1980Boston Celtics 131–104 Detroit Pistons
10 Feb 1980Detroit Pistons 111–128 Boston Celtics
2 Mar 1980115–118 this game
20 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 124–106 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 15–50
Boston Celtics: 49–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 281, Detroit Pistons 165.

10 Feb 1980Detroit Pistons 111–128 Boston Celtics
20 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 124–106 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.