NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Dallas Mavericks87–97Boston Celtics

Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 5 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: First meetingof 95 played

Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Robinzine	10–17	0–0	4–6	2	4	6	2	1	0	2	5	24
Tom LaGarde	7–13	0–0	5–11	4	8	12	2	0	0	4	3	19
Jim Spanarkel	4–9	0–0	5–6	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	13
Marty Byrnes	4–7	0–0	1–1	2	2	4	3	2	1	1	0	9
Geoff Huston	2–11	0–0	3–3	0	1	1	7	0	0	3	1	7
Scott Lloyd	2–5	0–0	3–4	3	4	7	0	1	0	2	5	7
Brad Davis	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	4
Ollie Mack	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	4
Abdul Jeelani	0–8	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	33–79	0–0	21–31	13	21	34	21	4	1	18	18	87

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Parish	10–23	0–0	0–0	4	12	16	2	0	3	2	3	20
Larry Bird	8–20	1–3	2–2	6	7	13	6	0	1	4	3	19
Kevin McHale	8–9	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	16
Tiny Archibald	6–9	0–0	3–3	0	1	1	10	2	0	2	2	15
Chris Ford	6–13	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	4	2	1	5	3	13
Cedric Maxwell	4–8	0–0	0–2	2	4	6	4	1	3	4	5	8
Gerald Henderson	2–7	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	1	6
Rick Robey	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	1	1	2	0
Wayne Kreklow	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	44–93	1–3	8–11	15	29	44	28	5	9	23	24	97

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Dallas Mavericks 0 in NBA 1980-81.

5 Dec 198087–97 this game
3 Mar 1981Boston Celtics 117–105 Dallas Mavericks

Records going in

Dallas Mavericks: 3–23
Boston Celtics: 17–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 53, Dallas Mavericks 42.

3 Mar 1981Boston Celtics 117–105 Dallas Mavericks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.