NBA 1979-80Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets101–96Boston Celtics

New Jersey Nets at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 23 March 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1979-80Regular season
Meeting: 18th meetingof 242 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George Johnson	44:00	3–4	0–0	5–6	1	10	11	0	1	5	0	5	11
Jan van Breda Kolff	44:00	1–6	0–1	2–5	2	3	5	4	0	1	5	4	4
Mike Newlin	42:00	13–18	1–1	11–15	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	3	38
Maurice Lucas	33:00	6–13	0–0	4–5	4	11	15	3	0	0	1	1	16
Robert Smith	25:00	4–10	0–0	6–6	0	4	4	2	0	0	1	2	14
Eddie Jordan	24:00	3–11	0–1	3–4	0	2	2	5	4	0	4	2	9
Cliff Robinson	18:00	2–4	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	4	6
Roger Phegley	6:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Winford Boynes	4:00	1–1	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Team totals	240:00	33–68	1–3	34–44	9	32	41	15	5	7	17	22	101

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Pete Maravich	28:00	7–19	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	14
Gerald Henderson	—	8–14	0–1	0–1	0	0	0	6	2	1	1	4	16
Dave Cowens	—	5–14	0–0	3–4	8	3	11	1	1	3	0	5	13
Jeff Judkins	—	4–7	1–1	2–2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	11
M.L. Carr	—	4–9	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	2	2	1	0	4	10
Larry Bird	—	1–15	1–3	5–6	4	8	12	2	1	0	1	2	8
Tiny Archibald	—	3–8	0–0	2–4	0	3	3	3	1	0	3	2	8
Cedric Maxwell	—	1–4	0–0	5–6	5	4	9	0	0	1	4	4	7
Rick Robey	—	3–9	0–0	1–1	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	7
Eric Fernsten	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	28:00	37–100	2–5	20–26	25	24	49	18	8	6	10	28	96

This season

Boston Celtics 5, Brooklyn Nets 1 in NBA 1979-80.

31 Oct 1979Boston Celtics 116–79 New Jersey Nets
21 Nov 1979New Jersey Nets 103–111 Boston Celtics
12 Dec 1979New Jersey Nets 102–116 Boston Celtics
16 Dec 1979Boston Celtics 115–112 New Jersey Nets
17 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 117–92 New Jersey Nets
23 Mar 1980101–96 this game

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 32–46
Boston Celtics: 58–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 155, Brooklyn Nets 87.

17 Mar 1980Boston Celtics 117–92 New Jersey Nets
22 Oct 1980Boston Celtics 108–104 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.