NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Los Angeles Lakers96–98Boston Celtics

Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 18 January 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 241st meetingof 362 played

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Eddie Jordan	27:00	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	5	1	0	5	4	0
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	—	13–25	0–0	6–8	3	9	12	2	2	1	3	1	32
Jamaal Wilkes	—	14–19	0–0	1–1	1	1	2	2	2	0	4	1	29
Norm Nixon	—	9–17	0–0	1–2	2	2	4	4	0	0	5	6	19
Michael Cooper	—	4–11	0–0	0–0	3	4	7	4	7	3	5	2	8
Jim Chones	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	4	1	0	3	5	4
Jim Brewer	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	2
Mark Landsberger	—	1–2	0–0	0–1	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	4	2
Team totals	27:00	44–82	0–0	8–12	12	23	35	23	13	4	26	24	96

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	—	8–13	0–0	6–6	4	3	7	1	4	0	1	2	22
Robert Parish	—	9–18	0–0	4–7	5	6	11	2	6	4	5	3	22
Tiny Archibald	—	10–16	0–0	2–4	0	1	1	7	4	0	8	4	22
Larry Bird	—	4–13	0–0	3–4	0	9	9	5	4	0	5	2	11
Chris Ford	—	4–7	1–3	0–0	3	0	3	4	0	0	2	2	9
Kevin McHale	—	3–7	0–0	1–2	2	0	2	3	1	0	1	2	7
Gerald Henderson	—	0–2	0–0	3–4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	3
Rick Robey	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	2
Team totals	—	39–78	1–3	19–27	14	20	34	24	21	4	23	19	98

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Los Angeles Lakers 0 in NBA 1980-81.

18 Jan 198196–98 this game
11 Feb 1981Boston Celtics 105–91 Los Angeles Lakers

Records going in

Los Angeles Lakers: 31–17
Boston Celtics: 37–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 200, Los Angeles Lakers 162.

13 Jan 1980Los Angeles Lakers 100–98 Boston Celtics
11 Feb 1981Boston Celtics 105–91 Los Angeles Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.