NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls98–115Boston Celtics

Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 17 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 71st meetingof 273 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Wilkerson	13–20	0–0	2–2	1	4	5	5	0	2	1	2	28
Coby Dietrick	8–12	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	7	1	2	3	4	16
Reggie Theus	6–12	0–1	4–6	1	1	2	5	0	1	4	2	16
James Wilkes	4–10	0–0	2–2	5	3	8	1	0	0	2	4	10
Artis Gilmore	3–5	0–0	3–4	1	5	6	0	0	1	4	4	9
Scott May	4–10	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	2	9
Dwight Jones	2–6	0–0	2–2	0	6	6	2	0	1	1	4	6
Ricky Sobers	1–4	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	5	3	4
Team totals	41–79	0–2	16–20	9	28	37	22	1	8	22	25	98

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	9–17	0–2	7–8	4	6	10	7	2	1	2	3	25
Chris Ford	9–16	1–1	0–0	1	0	1	8	2	0	1	3	19
Rick Robey	7–15	0–0	2–2	5	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	16
Tiny Archibald	5–10	0–0	4–4	1	3	4	7	0	0	2	1	14
Cedric Maxwell	6–9	0–0	1–2	4	3	7	2	2	1	0	2	13
Kevin McHale	5–11	0–0	0–0	5	2	7	2	0	0	1	2	10
Robert Parish	4–9	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	4	8
Eric Fernsten	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Gerald Henderson	2–12	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	2	4
Terry Duerod	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Wayne Kreklow	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	50–108	1–3	14–16	23	22	45	29	10	5	7	17	115

This season

Boston Celtics 9, Chicago Bulls 1 in NBA 1980-81.

9 Nov 1980Chicago Bulls 105–111 Boston Celtics
18 Nov 1980Boston Celtics 113–112 Chicago Bulls
13 Dec 1980Boston Celtics 106–95 Chicago Bulls
17 Dec 198098–115 this game
9 Jan 1981Chicago Bulls 111–117 Boston Celtics
29 Jan 1981Boston Celtics 85–108 Chicago Bulls
5 Apr 1981Chicago Bulls 109–121 Boston Celtics
7 Apr 1981Chicago Bulls 97–106 Boston Celtics
10 Apr 1981Boston Celtics 113–107 Chicago Bulls
12 Apr 1981Boston Celtics 109–103 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 13–19
Boston Celtics: 22–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 157, Chicago Bulls 116.

13 Dec 1980Boston Celtics 106–95 Chicago Bulls
9 Jan 1981Chicago Bulls 111–117 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.