NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final/OT

New York Knicks109–107Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date: Thursday 23 October 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 333rd meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Cartwright	11–20	0–0	5–9	4	11	15	3	2	1	1	4	27
Campy Russell	9–24	0–0	7–10	4	3	7	3	1	0	4	5	25
Ray Williams	10–25	1–2	3–4	1	2	3	5	4	0	3	2	24
Sly Williams	6–11	0–0	5–9	4	3	7	3	1	1	2	4	17
Michael Ray Richardson	5–15	1–2	0–0	2	8	10	9	2	0	3	3	11
Marvin Webster	2–7	0–0	1–2	3	6	9	2	0	0	2	3	5
Mike Glenn	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Woodson	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	43–104	2–4	21–34	18	33	51	28	10	2	15	21	109

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	11–26	1–1	2–4	2	8	10	4	1	1	9	2	25
Cedric Maxwell	8–15	0–0	5–6	7	5	12	3	0	2	3	2	21
Robert Parish	7–12	0–0	2–2	3	9	12	2	0	5	0	5	16
Tiny Archibald	6–10	0–0	3–3	0	3	3	13	2	0	4	1	15
M.L. Carr	6–12	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	3	0	0	2	3	12
Rick Robey	5–10	0–0	0–0	2	8	10	1	3	0	5	5	10
Chris Ford	2–9	0–1	0–0	2	1	3	5	0	0	2	4	4
Gerald Henderson	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	2	2
Kevin McHale	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	2
Eric Fernsten	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	47–101	1–2	12–15	18	37	55	38	6	10	29	27	107

This season

Boston Celtics 5, New York Knicks 1 in NBA 1980-81.

23 Oct 1980109–107 this game
28 Nov 1980New York Knicks 106–120 Boston Celtics
25 Dec 1980Boston Celtics 117–108 New York Knicks
13 Jan 1981Boston Celtics 93–89 New York Knicks
8 Mar 1981New York Knicks 94–115 Boston Celtics
24 Mar 1981Boston Celtics 118–116 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 3–1
Boston Celtics: 3–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 343, New York Knicks 226.

26 Mar 1980New York Knicks 121–129 Boston Celtics
28 Nov 1980New York Knicks 106–120 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.