NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics117–108New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Thursday 25 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 335th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	13–24	0–1	2–3	3	17	20	8	0	0	3	2	28
Cedric Maxwell	8–9	0–0	8–9	1	4	5	5	0	0	3	3	24
Chris Ford	7–11	2–2	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	16
Tiny Archibald	5–9	0–0	6–8	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	4	16
Gerald Henderson	4–10	0–0	2–3	0	1	1	4	2	0	5	4	10
Robert Parish	4–10	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	1	1	1	0	5	9
Kevin McHale	3–5	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	1	1	1	2	3	8
Rick Robey	3–5	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	2	6
Team totals	47–83	2–3	21–27	8	31	39	29	4	2	18	25	117

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ray Williams	11–21	0–2	8–8	5	5	10	4	1	0	4	4	30
Michael Ray Richardson	9–21	0–2	5–8	4	3	7	5	2	2	4	3	23
Bill Cartwright	10–19	0–0	2–5	4	2	6	3	1	0	2	5	22
Campy Russell	8–14	0–0	3–4	0	4	4	4	0	0	3	5	19
Sly Williams	2–7	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	3	6
Marvin Webster	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	3	1	3	0	1	4
Mike Glenn	1–4	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4
DeWayne Scales	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Demic	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0
Team totals	43–93	0–4	22–29	15	22	37	20	7	5	14	27	108

This season

New York Knicks 1, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1980-81.

23 Oct 1980New York Knicks 109–107 Boston Celtics
28 Nov 1980New York Knicks 106–120 Boston Celtics
25 Dec 1980117–108 this game
13 Jan 1981Boston Celtics 93–89 New York Knicks
8 Mar 1981New York Knicks 94–115 Boston Celtics
24 Mar 1981Boston Celtics 118–116 New York Knicks

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 26–8
New York Knicks: 23–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 226, Boston Celtics 343.

28 Nov 1980New York Knicks 106–120 Boston Celtics
13 Jan 1981Boston Celtics 93–89 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.