NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets105–121Boston Celtics

Houston Rockets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 12 March 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 73rd meetingof 178 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy Paultz	38:00	2–8	0–0	2–6	4	5	9	3	2	3	1	1	6
Robert Reid	—	12–13	0–0	2–4	0	2	2	4	4	0	4	5	26
Moses Malone	—	9–17	0–0	5–6	5	5	10	2	0	0	3	2	23
Allen Leavell	—	4–7	0–0	5–5	0	1	1	5	1	1	7	3	13
Rick Barry	—	6–13	1–6	0–0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	5	13
Calvin Murphy	—	4–11	0–0	2–3	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	2	10
Rudy Tomjanovich	—	4–10	0–2	2–2	3	2	5	2	0	0	2	2	10
Mike Dunleavy	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	4
Major Jones	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Henderson	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	38:00	43–83	1–8	18–26	15	15	30	23	8	4	23	23	105

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Pete Maravich	14:00	4–8	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	10
Larry Bird	—	10–15	2–4	7–8	2	11	13	8	4	1	4	3	29
Rick Robey	—	9–12	0–0	4–4	4	5	9	1	3	0	2	6	22
M.L. Carr	—	6–12	0–0	6–6	1	2	3	4	1	1	1	2	18
Gerald Henderson	—	6–13	0–0	2–3	2	0	2	10	2	0	4	2	14
Cedric Maxwell	—	5–7	0–0	2–2	3	2	5	2	1	0	4	4	12
Dave Cowens	—	5–5	0–0	2–2	0	4	4	0	0	1	0	5	12
Eric Fernsten	—	1–4	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4
Jeff Judkins	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	14:00	46–77	2–4	27–29	13	24	37	26	12	3	19	29	121

This season

Boston Celtics 10, Houston Rockets 0 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 1980Boston Celtics 103–99 Houston Rockets
12 Mar 1980105–121 this game
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

Houston Rockets: 35–37
Boston Celtics: 53–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

5 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 103–99 Houston Rockets
9 Apr 1980Houston Rockets 101–119 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.