NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets128–136Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics

Date: Tuesday 23 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 15th meetingof 104 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	18:00	5–8	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	1	0	2	0	10
Alex English	—	10–25	0–1	9–9	7	0	7	3	1	0	5	4	29
Dan Issel	—	8–15	0–0	7–8	7	3	10	6	1	0	1	4	23
T.R. Dunn	—	6–9	0–0	4–4	3	1	4	4	2	0	0	2	16
Dave Robisch	—	4–9	0–0	3–4	2	4	6	2	1	0	1	2	11
David Thompson	—	5–11	0–1	0–0	1	2	3	0	1	0	3	1	10
Cedrick Hordges	—	3–6	0–0	3–3	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	3	9
Kenny Higgs	—	3–9	1–2	2–2	0	3	3	3	3	0	3	4	9
Glen Gondrezick	—	2–6	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	3	6
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	2–9	0–0	1–1	1	5	6	2	1	0	0	4	5
Team totals	18:00	48–107	1–4	31–33	23	20	43	24	15	0	19	27	128

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	—	9–13	0–0	11–13	9	3	12	5	0	1	2	5	29
Larry Bird	—	13–19	0–0	1–2	0	9	9	4	2	0	7	4	27
Tiny Archibald	—	8–17	0–0	8–12	0	3	3	10	0	1	4	3	24
Robert Parish	—	9–14	0–0	0–0	0	8	8	6	3	6	4	6	18
Gerald Henderson	—	4–7	0–1	5–6	0	2	2	6	3	0	4	3	13
Kevin McHale	—	5–7	0–0	1–1	1	3	4	1	0	3	2	5	11
Rick Robey	—	4–4	0–0	2–4	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	3	10
Chris Ford	—	2–7	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	2	4
Team totals	—	54–88	0–1	28–38	11	32	43	34	11	12	25	31	136

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Denver Nuggets 0 in NBA 1980-81.

23 Dec 1980128–136 this game
15 Feb 1981Boston Celtics 120–118 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 11–22
Boston Celtics: 25–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 62, Denver Nuggets 42.

23 Feb 1980Boston Celtics 124–105 Denver Nuggets
15 Feb 1981Boston Celtics 120–118 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.