Boston Celtics Schedule, Scores, Results

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1978-1979 Boston Celtics Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Record	Boston Leaders	Opponent Leaders	PPP
Oct 13, 1978	v. Cleveland	L, 101 - 115	Boston Garden Regular Season	0-1	PTS: 20. Jo Jo White	PTS: 22. Terry Furlow	0 - 0
Oct 14, 1978	v. Houston	L, 108 - 114	Boston Garden Regular Season	0-2	PTS: 20. Jo Jo White	PTS: 35. C. Murphy	0 - 0
Oct 18, 1978	@ Atlanta	W, 99 - 116	Omni Coliseum Regular Season	1-2	PTS: 37. Billy Knight	PTS: 20. John Drew	0 - 0
Oct 19, 1978	@ New Orleans	L, 120 - 115	Caesars Superdome Regular Season	1-3	PTS: 24. Dave Cowens	PTS: 37. T. Robinson	0 - 0
Oct 21, 1978	@ Houston	L, 118 - 101	Compaq Center Regular Season	1-4	PTS: 21. Billy Knight	PTS: 30. R. Tomjanovich	0 - 0
Oct 24, 1978	@ San Antonio	L, 132 - 109	HemisFair Arena Regular Season	1-5	PTS: 23. T. Archibald	PTS: 28. G. Gervin	0 - 0
Oct 28, 1978	@ New Jersey	L, 111 - 109	Jersey Mike's Arena Regular Season	1-6	PTS: 30. Dave Cowens	PTS: 28. J. Williamson	0 - 0
Nov 1, 1978	v. Chicago	W, 118 - 112	Boston Garden Regular Season	2-6	PTS: 25. T. Archibald	PTS: 22. A. Gilmore	0 - 0
Nov 3, 1978	v. San Antonio	L, 103 - 110	Boston Garden Regular Season	2-7	PTS: 20. Billy Knight	PTS: 31. G. Gervin	0 - 0
Nov 7, 1978	@ Milwaukee	L, 125 - 108	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Regular Season	2-8	PTS: 24. Jo Jo White	PTS: 19. B. Winters	0 - 0
Nov 8, 1978	v. Portland	L, 109 - 112	Boston Garden Regular Season	2-9	PTS: 27. E. Williams	PTS: 23. Tom Owens	0 - 0
Nov 10, 1978	v. Atlanta	L, 103 - 115	Boston Garden Regular Season	2-10	PTS: 17. C. Maxwell	PTS: 32. John Drew	0 - 0
Nov 11, 1978	@ New York	L, 111 - 98	Madison Square Garden Regular Season	2-11	PTS: 22. C. Maxwell	PTS: 36. Bob McAdoo	0 - 0
Nov 12, 1978	v. Detroit	L, 123 - 128	Boston Garden Regular Season	2-12	PTS: 32. Dave Cowens	PTS: 24. John Long	0 - 0
Nov 17, 1978	v. Denver	W, 120 - 118	Boston Garden Regular Season	3-12	PTS: 24. Billy Knight	PTS: 33. D. Thompson	0 - 0
Nov 18, 1978	@ Cleveland	W, 90 - 92	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	4-12	PTS: 20. Jo Jo White	PTS: 29. C. Russell	0 - 0
Nov 22, 1978	v. Washington	L, 103 - 119	Boston Garden Regular Season	4-13	PTS: 24. Dave Cowens	PTS: 24. Elvin Hayes	0 - 0
Nov 24, 1978	v. New York	W, 109 - 98	Boston Garden Regular Season	5-13	PTS: 22. Chris Ford	PTS: 33. Ray Williams	0 - 0
Nov 26, 1978	@ San Diego	L, 105 - 103	Valley View Casino Center Regular Season	5-14	PTS: 22. Chris Ford	PTS: 28. W. Free	0 - 0
Nov 28, 1978	@ Portland	L, 102 - 97	Veterans Memorial Coliseum Regular Season	5-15	PTS: 22. Jo Jo White	PTS: 22. Tom Owens	0 - 0
Nov 30, 1978	@ Kansas City	L, 108 - 94	Kemper Arena Regular Season	5-16	PTS: 22. Billy Knight	PTS: 18. M. Redmond	0 - 0
Dec 1, 1978	v. Seattle	W, 87 - 80	Boston Garden Regular Season	6-16	PTS: 20. Dave Cowens	PTS: 19. Jack Sikma	0 - 0
Dec 2, 1978	@ Indiana	W, 110 - 117	Market Square Arena Regular Season	7-16	PTS: 25. Billy Knight	PTS: 27. Ricky Sobers	0 - 0
Dec 5, 1978	@ Detroit	W, 112 - 114	Silverdome Regular Season	8-16	PTS: 30. Billy Knight	PTS: 24. Terry Tyler	0 - 0
Dec 6, 1978	v. San Diego	W, 117 - 111	Boston Garden Regular Season	9-16	PTS: 22. Dave Cowens	PTS: 25. W. Free	0 - 0
Dec 8, 1978	v. Phoenix	L, 104 - 124	Boston Garden Regular Season	9-17	PTS: 19. Billy Knight	PTS: 30. P. Westphal	0 - 0
Dec 12, 1978	@ Houston	L, 112 - 105	Compaq Center Regular Season	9-18	PTS: 21. Billy Knight	PTS: 28. Moses Malone	0 - 0
Dec 13, 1978	v. New Orleans	W, 102 - 96	Boston Garden Regular Season	10-18	PTS: 31. C. Maxwell	PTS: 25. P. Maravich	0 - 0
Dec 15, 1978	v. Kansas City	L, 101 - 105	Boston Garden Regular Season	10-19	PTS: 27. C. Maxwell	PTS: 22. O. Birdsong	0 - 0
Dec 16, 1978	@ Washington	L, 125 - 117	US Airways Arena Regular Season	10-20	PTS: 25. Dave Cowens	PTS: 29. Elvin Hayes	0 - 0
Dec 20, 1978	v. Indiana	W, 121 - 105	Boston Garden Regular Season	11-20	PTS: 32. Chris Ford	PTS: 20. J. Edwards	0 - 0
Dec 22, 1978	v. Atlanta	W, 124 - 105	Boston Garden Regular Season	12-20	PTS: 33. C. Maxwell	PTS: 21. John Drew	0 - 0
Dec 27, 1978	@ Kansas City	W, 103 - 112	Kemper Arena Regular Season	13-20	PTS: 29. M. Barnes	PTS: 30. B. McKinney	0 - 0
Dec 30, 1978	@ Phoenix	L, 112 - 109	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Regular Season	13-21	PTS: 30. Billy Knight	PTS: 28. Alvan Adams	0 - 0
Jan 3, 1979	@ Seattle	L, 123 - 116	Kingdome Regular Season	13-22	PTS: 23. Chris Ford	PTS: 28. D. Johnson	0 - 0
Jan 5, 1979	@ Golden State	L, 113 - 98	Oracle Arena Regular Season	13-23	PTS: 30. Chris Ford	PTS: 27. N. Williams	0 - 0
Jan 6, 1979	@ Denver	L, 127 - 98	McNichols Sports Arena Regular Season	13-24	PTS: 20. Billy Knight	PTS: 23. Dan Issel	0 - 0
Jan 10, 1979	v. L.A. Lakers	L, 89 - 99	Boston Garden Regular Season	13-25	PTS: 27. C. Maxwell	PTS: 22. Lou Hudson	0 - 0
Jan 12, 1979	v. Portland	W, 128 - 125	Boston Garden Regular Season	14-25	PTS: 29. C. Maxwell	PTS: 46. M. Lucas	0 - 0
Jan 14, 1979	v. New Jersey	L, 100 - 110	Boston Garden Regular Season	14-26	PTS: 29. C. Maxwell	PTS: 29. Bernard King	0 - 0
Jan 17, 1979	v. Kansas City	L, 99 - 120	Boston Garden Regular Season	14-27	PTS: 35. C. Maxwell	PTS: 32. Scott Wedman	0 - 0
Jan 19, 1979	v. Milwaukee	W, 103 - 102	Boston Garden Regular Season	15-27	PTS: 26. Dave Cowens	PTS: 20. M. Johnson	0 - 0
Jan 20, 1979	@ Philadelphia	W, 102 - 108	Spectrum Regular Season	16-27	PTS: 29. C. Maxwell	PTS: 27. J. Erving	0 - 0
Jan 21, 1979	v. Philadelphia	L, 87 - 91	Boston Garden Regular Season	16-28	PTS: 20. C. Maxwell	PTS: 22. J. Erving	0 - 0
Jan 23, 1979	@ Chicago	L, 100 - 90	Chicago Stadium Regular Season	16-29	PTS: 20. Dave Cowens	PTS: 28. Reggie Theus	0 - 0
Jan 24, 1979	v. Washington	L, 106 - 128	Boston Garden Regular Season	16-30	PTS: 19. C. Maxwell	PTS: 28. C. Johnson	0 - 0
Jan 26, 1979	@ Indiana	L, 119 - 106	Market Square Arena Regular Season	16-31	PTS: 30. Dave Cowens	PTS: 28. Johnny Davis	0 - 0
Jan 28, 1979	v. Golden State	W, 103 - 102	Boston Garden Regular Season	17-31	PTS: 34. Chris Ford	PTS: 22. R. Parish	0 - 0
Jan 31, 1979	v. Houston	W, 119 - 102	Boston Garden Regular Season	18-31	PTS: 28. C. Maxwell	PTS: 16. R. Tomjanovich	0 - 0
Feb 2, 1979	v. Cleveland	W, 112 - 98	Boston Garden Regular Season	19-31	PTS: 27. C. Maxwell	PTS: 16. Austin Carr	0 - 0
Feb 6, 1979	@ Atlanta	L, 104 - 101	Omni Coliseum Regular Season	19-32	PTS: 27. C. Maxwell	PTS: 23. John Drew	0 - 0
Feb 7, 1979	v. Seattle	W, 107 - 100	Boston Garden Regular Season	20-32	PTS: 31. Chris Ford	PTS: 28. Gus Williams	0 - 0
Feb 9, 1979	v. Indiana	W, 112 - 101	Boston Garden Regular Season	21-32	PTS: 27. Dave Cowens	PTS: 29. Mike Bantom	0 - 0
Feb 10, 1979	@ New York	W, 102 - 106	Madison Square Garden Regular Season	22-32	PTS: 33. C. Maxwell	PTS: 35. Bob McAdoo	0 - 0
Feb 11, 1979	v. New York	W, 107 - 102	Boston Garden Regular Season	23-32	PTS: 29. Dave Cowens	PTS: 32. Bob McAdoo	0 - 0
Feb 14, 1979	@ San Antonio	L, 149 - 119	HemisFair Arena Regular Season	23-33	PTS: 21. Bob McAdoo	PTS: 32. G. Gervin	0 - 0
Feb 18, 1979	@ Portland	L, 111 - 104	Veterans Memorial Coliseum Regular Season	23-34	PTS: 26. Bob McAdoo	PTS: 29. M. Lucas	0 - 0
Feb 21, 1979	@ Golden State	W, 97 - 101	Oracle Arena Regular Season	24-34	PTS: 20. Dave Cowens	PTS: 25. John Lucas	0 - 0
Feb 23, 1979	@ L.A. Lakers	L, 113 - 104	The Forum Regular Season	24-35	PTS: 29. Chris Ford	PTS: 24. J. Wilkes	0 - 0
Feb 25, 1979	@ San Diego	L, 131 - 116	Valley View Casino Center Regular Season	24-36	PTS: 19. Bob McAdoo	PTS: 38. W. Free	0 - 0
Feb 28, 1979	v. New Orleans	W, 122 - 112	Boston Garden Regular Season	25-36	PTS: 25. Bob McAdoo	PTS: 31. S. Haywood	0 - 0
Mar 2, 1979	v. San Diego	L, 99 - 106	Boston Garden Regular Season	25-37	PTS: 23. C. Maxwell	PTS: 28. W. Free	0 - 0
Mar 4, 1979	v. Milwaukee	L, 122 - 135	Boston Garden Regular Season	25-38	PTS: 27. C. Maxwell	PTS: 36. M. Johnson	0 - 0
Mar 7, 1979	@ Philadelphia	L, 114 - 107	Spectrum Regular Season	25-39	PTS: 33. Chris Ford	PTS: 33. Bobby Jones	0 - 0
Mar 9, 1979	@ Detroit	L, 160 - 117	Silverdome Regular Season	25-40	PTS: 22. Chris Ford	PTS: 30. Kevin Porter	0 - 0
Mar 11, 1979	v. L.A. Lakers	W, 108 - 106	Boston Garden Regular Season	26-40	PTS: 27. Dave Cowens	PTS: 23. A. Dantley	0 - 0
Mar 14, 1979	v. Phoenix	L, 117 - 126	Boston Garden Regular Season	26-41	PTS: 25. C. Maxwell	PTS: 39. P. Westphal	0 - 0
Mar 16, 1979	v. Detroit	W, 99 - 98	Boston Garden Regular Season	27-41	PTS: 25. C. Maxwell	PTS: 23. M.L. Carr	0 - 0
Mar 18, 1979	@ L.A. Lakers	L, 122 - 111	The Forum Regular Season	27-42	PTS: 24. Rick Robey	PTS: 24. J. Wilkes	0 - 0
Mar 21, 1979	@ Phoenix	L, 134 - 113	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Regular Season	27-43	PTS: 22. Rick Robey	PTS: 33. Walter Davis	0 - 0
Mar 22, 1979	@ Seattle	L, 112 - 110	Kingdome Regular Season	27-44	PTS: 31. Bob McAdoo	PTS: 24. Jack Sikma	0 - 0
Mar 23, 1979	@ Denver	L, 137 - 113	McNichols Sports Arena Regular Season	27-45	PTS: 27. Bob McAdoo	PTS: 31. D. Thompson	0 - 0
Mar 25, 1979	v. Philadelphia	W, 103 - 94	Boston Garden Regular Season	28-45	PTS: 27. Rick Robey	PTS: 23. D. Dawkins	0 - 0
Mar 27, 1979	@ Cleveland	L, 111 - 109	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	28-46	PTS: 42. Bob McAdoo	PTS: 22. Austin Carr	0 - 0
Mar 28, 1979	@ Milwaukee	L, 135 - 117	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Regular Season	28-47	PTS: 30. Bob McAdoo	PTS: 30. J. Bridgeman	0 - 0
Mar 30, 1979	v. Chicago	L, 105 - 121	Boston Garden Regular Season	28-48	PTS: 30. Bob McAdoo	PTS: 32. A. Gilmore	0 - 0
Apr 1, 1979	v. San Antonio	L, 110 - 112	Boston Garden Regular Season	28-49	PTS: 28. Bob McAdoo	PTS: 34. G. Gervin	0 - 0
Apr 3, 1979	@ New Orleans	L, 141 - 125	Caesars Superdome Regular Season	28-50	PTS: 27. Rick Robey	PTS: 26. S. Haywood	0 - 0
Apr 4, 1979	@ Washington	L, 145 - 119	US Airways Arena Regular Season	28-51	PTS: 27. Rick Robey	PTS: 27. B. Dandridge	0 - 0
Apr 6, 1979	v. Denver	L, 101 - 107	Boston Garden Regular Season	28-52	PTS: 22. Rick Robey	PTS: 33. D. Thompson	0 - 0
Apr 7, 1979	@ New Jersey	L, 126 - 112	Jersey Mike's Arena Regular Season	28-53	PTS: 28. C. Maxwell	PTS: 35. Bernard King	0 - 0
Apr 8, 1979	v. New Jersey	W, 127 - 101	Boston Garden Regular Season	29-53	PTS: 29. Jeff Judkins	PTS: 20. W. Washington	0 - 0

Date

Opponent

Result

Venue

Record

Boston Leaders

Opponent Leaders

PPP

Oct 13, 1978

Cleveland

L, 101 - 115

Boston Garden
Regular Season