NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks87–104Boston Celtics

Atlanta Hawks at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 5 November 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 248th meetingof 471 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Armond Hill	33:00	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	4	2	0	4	2	4
Don Collins	25:00	5–12	0–0	3–3	2	0	2	1	3	0	5	5	13
Tom McMillen	—	6–13	0–1	3–4	1	3	4	0	2	1	0	1	15
Eddie Johnson	—	5–8	0–0	4–4	1	1	2	4	1	0	2	2	14
Steve Hawes	—	4–8	0–0	4–8	1	5	6	2	0	0	2	4	12
Charlie Criss	—	2–5	0–0	7–9	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	1	11
John Drew	—	3–16	0–0	4–5	5	5	10	0	0	1	2	5	10
Sam Pellom	—	2–6	0–0	4–4	0	3	3	1	3	1	3	3	8
Jim McElroy	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	58:00	29–74	0–1	29–37	11	18	29	17	12	3	22	24	87

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	9–13	1–2	3–4	0	7	7	4	1	0	7	3	22
Chris Ford	—	9–13	1–2	1–2	1	3	4	5	2	0	0	2	20
Rick Robey	—	7–10	0–0	1–1	1	3	4	1	1	0	4	1	15
Robert Parish	—	4–8	0–0	4–4	1	3	4	0	1	3	4	6	12
Cedric Maxwell	—	4–5	0–0	2–2	3	4	7	5	0	3	0	4	10
Eric Fernsten	—	2–6	0–0	4–5	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	8
Tiny Archibald	—	3–7	0–0	2–3	0	3	3	6	2	0	2	1	8
Kevin McHale	—	3–7	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	2	0	5	3	3	6
Wayne Kreklow	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	3	2
Gerald Henderson	—	0–5	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	2	1	0	6	5	1
Team totals	—	41–76	2–4	20–25	12	29	41	27	8	12	27	30	104

This season

Boston Celtics 4, Atlanta Hawks 2 in NBA 1980-81.

14 Oct 1980Boston Celtics 116–122 Atlanta Hawks
5 Nov 198087–104 this game
3 Dec 1980Atlanta Hawks 101–106 Boston Celtics
27 Dec 1980Boston Celtics 112–107 Atlanta Hawks
27 Feb 1981Boston Celtics 132–102 Atlanta Hawks
18 Mar 1981Atlanta Hawks 108–97 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 5–7
Boston Celtics: 6–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 291, Atlanta Hawks 180.

14 Oct 1980Boston Celtics 116–122 Atlanta Hawks
3 Dec 1980Atlanta Hawks 101–106 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.