NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final/OT

Boston Celtics103–99Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 5 March 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 72nd meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Pete Maravich	14:00	4–6	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	10
Cedric Maxwell	—	7–12	0–0	8–9	6	5	11	3	1	0	4	6	22
Larry Bird	—	6–19	0–3	3–4	1	8	9	7	1	1	3	4	15
M.L. Carr	—	7–12	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	5	1	1	2	2	14
Gerald Henderson	—	4–5	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10
Dave Cowens	—	4–8	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	4	0	0	1	3	9
Tiny Archibald	—	4–8	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	1	9
Chris Ford	—	3–9	1–3	0–0	3	2	5	2	0	2	0	2	7
Rick Robey	—	2–5	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	1	3	0	2	4	5
Eric Fernsten	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	14:00	42–85	1–6	18–23	12	28	40	28	6	4	17	25	103

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy Paultz	41:00	7–15	0–0	0–0	1	7	8	1	1	0	1	3	14
Moses Malone	—	10–22	0–0	10–11	8	10	18	3	1	2	2	5	30
Robert Reid	—	9–17	0–0	3–3	2	4	6	6	2	4	4	1	21
Allen Leavell	—	6–9	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	9	2	1	3	5	14
Mike Dunleavy	—	5–14	0–2	3–3	1	2	3	5	0	0	2	4	13
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	2–11	0–2	0–0	6	1	7	1	1	0	0	1	4
Tom Henderson	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2
Major Jones	—	0–5	0–0	1–2	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
Team totals	41:00	40–96	0–5	19–21	21	26	47	27	7	7	13	21	99

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 1980Boston Celtics 111–103 Houston Rockets
22 Jan 1980Houston Rockets 106–112 Boston Celtics
5 Mar 1980103–99 this game
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: 51–15
Houston Rockets: 34–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Jan 1980Houston Rockets 106–112 Boston Celtics
12 Mar 1980Houston Rockets 105–121 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.