NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics116–97Phoenix Suns

Boston Celtics at Phoenix Suns

Date: Tuesday 30 December 1980
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 147 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	9–19	1–2	8–8	0	10	10	10	5	2	3	2	27
Tiny Archibald	9–13	0–0	7–8	1	3	4	10	0	0	4	5	25
Robert Parish	5–10	0–0	5–6	0	6	6	1	0	4	3	4	15
Rick Robey	6–7	0–0	1–4	1	6	7	3	1	0	2	2	13
Chris Ford	4–6	4–4	0–0	0	4	4	4	1	1	0	2	12
Cedric Maxwell	4–5	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	2	1	1	4	5	10
Kevin McHale	3–8	0–0	2–2	3	0	3	0	0	3	3	3	8
Gerald Henderson	2–3	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	6
Eric Fernsten	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	42–72	5–6	27–32	6	32	38	31	9	12	21	25	116

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dennis Johnson	9–21	1–2	11–13	3	2	5	3	3	1	1	5	30
Walter Davis	8–17	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	4	1	0	2	2	18
Alvan Adams	5–14	0–0	3–4	3	2	5	5	1	0	3	3	13
Alvin Scott	5–8	0–0	1–1	2	2	4	1	2	0	2	4	11
Johnny High	4–7	0–2	2–6	3	3	6	1	0	0	2	3	10
Jeff Cook	2–8	0–0	3–4	3	4	7	3	2	0	1	0	7
Kyle Macy	2–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4
Truck Robinson	2–10	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	3	1	0	2	3	4
Joel Kramer	0–4	0–0	0–0	5	1	6	2	0	0	3	3	0
Mike Niles	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	37–95	1–5	22–30	23	18	41	22	11	1	18	25	97

This season

Phoenix Suns 0, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1980-81.

30 Dec 1980116–97 this game
7 Jan 1981Phoenix Suns 90–108 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 28–8
Phoenix Suns: 32–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Phoenix Suns 62, Boston Celtics 85.

13 Feb 1980Boston Celtics 134–135 Phoenix Suns
7 Jan 1981Phoenix Suns 90–108 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.