NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics120–118Denver Nuggets

Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets

Date: Sunday 15 February 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 16th meetingof 104 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	—	13–19	0–0	8–12	5	7	12	3	0	2	2	2	34
Larry Bird	—	13–25	0–2	2–2	5	9	14	8	2	4	3	3	28
Tiny Archibald	—	6–11	0–0	4–5	0	1	1	12	1	0	5	1	16
Chris Ford	—	5–10	0–1	4–4	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	14
Robert Parish	—	5–11	0–0	4–4	1	5	6	3	0	2	2	6	14
Rick Robey	—	3–3	0–0	1–3	0	4	4	0	2	0	3	3	7
Kevin McHale	—	0–4	0–0	4–4	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	4	4
M.L. Carr	—	0–1	0–0	3–5	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	2	3
Gerald Henderson	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	1	0	3	1	0
Team totals	—	45–87	0–3	30–39	12	33	45	34	8	10	23	25	120

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Billy McKinney	22:00	4–9	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	3	0	2	3	8
Dan Issel	—	9–18	0–0	9–10	3	7	10	1	2	0	2	2	27
Alex English	—	11–28	0–0	1–1	8	2	10	3	0	2	4	4	23
Cedrick Hordges	—	6–9	0–0	1–2	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	4	13
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	5–12	0–0	3–3	3	5	8	1	1	2	4	2	13
David Thompson	—	3–10	0–0	4–4	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	5	10
T.R. Dunn	—	5–6	0–0	0–0	4	2	6	1	3	0	2	5	10
Dave Robisch	—	3–9	0–0	2–3	1	3	4	3	1	0	0	0	8
Kenny Higgs	—	1–4	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	4	4
Glen Gondrezick	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	4	0	0	2	3	2
Team totals	22:00	48–107	0–0	22–25	25	27	52	27	11	4	20	32	118

This season

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

23 Dec 1980Denver Nuggets 128–136 Boston Celtics
15 Feb 1981120–118 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 46–14
Denver Nuggets: 23–36

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

23 Dec 1980Denver Nuggets 128–136 Boston Celtics
29 Dec 1981Boston Celtics 123–128 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.