NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics107–102Cleveland Cavaliers

Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday 20 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 58th meetingof 284 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Parish	10–24	0–0	4–10	9	7	16	3	0	5	1	0	24
Larry Bird	9–20	1–3	2–2	6	14	20	4	2	0	4	2	21
Tiny Archibald	5–11	0–0	7–9	0	3	3	9	0	2	2	3	17
Cedric Maxwell	5–10	0–0	3–4	3	6	9	1	1	0	2	3	13
Chris Ford	4–8	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	4	8
Gerald Henderson	2–6	0–0	4–7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	8
Kevin McHale	4–9	0–0	0–0	4	2	6	0	1	0	2	4	8
Rick Robey	1–2	0–0	4–4	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	6
Terry Duerod	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	41–91	1–5	24–36	23	34	57	18	6	7	16	21	107

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	11–26	1–1	4–6	3	3	6	1	0	2	1	3	27
Bill Laimbeer	11–16	0–0	2–2	6	3	9	1	0	1	1	6	24
Kenny Carr	8–14	0–0	6–7	3	11	14	2	2	0	3	4	22
Randy Smith	8–16	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	8	2	0	3	1	18
Mike Bratz	2–9	0–2	0–0	3	2	5	3	2	0	0	2	4
Roger Phegley	2–10	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	4
Mack Calvin	1–4	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	3	3
Don Ford	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kim Hughes	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
Team totals	43–98	1–4	15–18	17	23	40	20	7	3	10	23	102

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 1, Boston Celtics 4 in NBA 1980-81.

10 Oct 1980Cleveland Cavaliers 103–130 Boston Celtics
22 Nov 1980Boston Celtics 98–113 Cleveland Cavaliers
20 Dec 1980107–102 this game
14 Jan 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 113–120 Boston Celtics
25 Feb 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 103–124 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 24–8
Cleveland Cavaliers: 12–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 114, Boston Celtics 170.

22 Nov 1980Boston Celtics 98–113 Cleveland Cavaliers
14 Jan 1981Cleveland Cavaliers 113–120 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.