NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets119–133Boston Celtics

Houston Rockets at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 19 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 78th meetingof 178 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Reid	13–24	0–0	6–6	4	4	8	2	3	1	4	3	32
Moses Malone	5–15	0–0	5–7	6	6	12	1	1	0	3	4	15
Calvin Murphy	6–12	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	1	14
Rudy Tomjanovich	6–10	0–1	0–0	1	5	6	0	0	0	2	3	12
Tom Henderson	3–5	0–0	6–6	1	0	1	7	0	0	1	3	12
Allen Leavell	3–4	0–0	3–4	0	0	0	8	1	0	3	0	9
Mike Dunleavy	4–6	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	4	8
Major Jones	3–3	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7
Billy Paultz	2–6	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	1	0	2	1	3	6
Bill Willoughby	0–0	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
John Stroud	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	46–88	0–2	27–31	17	19	36	26	7	3	18	26	119

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Parish	11–13	0–0	4–5	2	4	6	2	3	4	0	4	26
Chris Ford	9–15	2–2	3–4	1	0	1	6	1	1	1	4	23
Larry Bird	9–13	0–0	5–6	5	10	15	6	2	1	2	4	23
Gerald Henderson	7–12	0–0	2–3	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	16
Cedric Maxwell	6–11	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	4	12
Kevin McHale	4–8	0–0	4–4	2	2	4	1	0	1	2	2	12
Tiny Archibald	4–11	0–0	3–5	0	3	3	8	2	0	3	2	11
Rick Robey	2–3	0–0	2–7	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	4	6
Terry Duerod	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Wayne Kreklow	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Eric Fernsten	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Team totals	54–89	2–2	23–34	11	24	35	30	9	7	13	28	133

This season

Boston Celtics 6, Houston Rockets 2 in NBA 1980-81.

19 Dec 1980119–133 this game
4 Mar 1981Boston Celtics 108–101 Houston Rockets
5 May 1981Houston Rockets 95–98 Boston Celtics
7 May 1981Houston Rockets 92–90 Boston Celtics
9 May 1981Boston Celtics 94–71 Houston Rockets
10 May 1981Boston Celtics 86–91 Houston Rockets
12 May 1981Houston Rockets 80–109 Boston Celtics
14 May 1981Boston Celtics 102–91 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 14–17
Boston Celtics: 23–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 115, Houston Rockets 63.

14 Apr 1980Boston Celtics 138–121 Houston Rockets
4 Mar 1981Boston Celtics 108–101 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.