NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final/OT

Chicago Bulls111–117Boston Celtics

Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 9 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 72nd meetingof 273 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Kenon	9–19	0–0	5–7	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	2	23
Artis Gilmore	10–13	0–0	2–2	3	5	8	2	2	1	3	3	22
Reggie Theus	9–15	0–2	3–3	1	4	5	5	1	1	1	5	21
Ricky Sobers	6–13	0–0	7–7	1	2	3	3	1	0	3	6	19
Dwight Jones	5–7	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	1	1	0	0	3	10
Bob Wilkerson	3–4	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	8
Dave Greenwood	2–11	0–0	0–0	2	8	10	3	0	1	5	5	4
Coby Dietrick	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	3	2
Sam Worthen	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2
Scott May	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	46–87	0–2	19–21	11	27	38	21	7	3	20	31	111

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tiny Archibald	10–13	0–0	5–7	1	3	4	14	2	0	2	5	25
Larry Bird	11–26	0–2	2–2	1	8	9	5	3	0	6	2	24
Cedric Maxwell	7–10	0–0	7–10	2	2	4	3	2	1	1	3	21
Robert Parish	5–11	0–0	5–6	4	3	7	1	1	2	4	3	15
Gerald Henderson	4–4	0–0	3–4	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	2	11
Chris Ford	4–10	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	6	2	1	0	2	8
Kevin McHale	4–6	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	8
Rick Robey	2–5	0–0	1–4	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	2	5
Team totals	47–85	0–4	23–33	11	25	36	33	10	7	18	22	117

This season

Boston Celtics 9, Chicago Bulls 1 in NBA 1980-81.

9 Nov 1980Chicago Bulls 105–111 Boston Celtics
18 Nov 1980Boston Celtics 113–112 Chicago Bulls
13 Dec 1980Boston Celtics 106–95 Chicago Bulls
17 Dec 1980Chicago Bulls 98–115 Boston Celtics
9 Jan 1981111–117 this game
29 Jan 1981Boston Celtics 85–108 Chicago Bulls
5 Apr 1981Chicago Bulls 109–121 Boston Celtics
7 Apr 1981Chicago Bulls 97–106 Boston Celtics
10 Apr 1981Boston Celtics 113–107 Chicago Bulls
12 Apr 1981Boston Celtics 109–103 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 21–21
Boston Celtics: 32–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 157, Chicago Bulls 116.

17 Dec 1980Chicago Bulls 98–115 Boston Celtics
29 Jan 1981Boston Celtics 85–108 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.