NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics130–119Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 21 February 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 229th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	10–11	0–0	6–7	1	5	6	6	1	1	4	5	26
Larry Bird	11–19	0–0	0–0	1	6	7	4	2	0	3	5	22
Tiny Archibald	8–16	0–1	3–4	2	1	3	7	1	0	1	3	19
Chris Ford	5–9	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	6	2	1	0	1	12
Rick Robey	6–10	0–0	0–1	2	3	5	5	0	0	1	5	12
Robert Parish	6–9	0–0	0–0	2	9	11	2	0	2	4	4	12
M.L. Carr	2–3	0–0	6–7	2	2	4	1	2	0	1	0	10
Gerald Henderson	3–9	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	8
Kevin McHale	3–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	6
Terry Duerod	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
Team totals	55–91	0–3	20–25	10	26	36	33	11	5	20	30	130

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Terry Tyler	10–12	0–0	6–7	4	5	9	3	2	0	5	4	26
John Long	10–19	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	2	2	0	4	5	22
Keith Herron	9–15	0–0	4–5	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	22
Phil Hubbard	4–14	0–0	6–9	2	7	9	3	0	0	2	4	14
Wayne Robinson	4–9	0–0	3–4	2	2	4	1	0	0	2	4	11
Larry Wright	3–6	0–0	4–4	2	1	3	3	0	0	2	0	10
Paul Mokeski	3–4	0–0	2–4	2	6	8	2	0	0	4	5	8
Ron Lee	1–5	0–1	4–4	0	2	2	6	1	1	1	3	6
Team totals	44–84	0–1	31–39	14	23	37	22	7	1	22	26	119

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Boston Celtics 4 in NBA 1980-81.

29 Oct 1980Boston Celtics 103–85 Detroit Pistons
2 Dec 1980Boston Celtics 94–85 Detroit Pistons
19 Jan 1981Detroit Pistons 90–92 Boston Celtics
21 Feb 1981130–119 this game
27 Mar 1981Detroit Pistons 115–90 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 48–15
Detroit Pistons: 15–51

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 165, Boston Celtics 281.

19 Jan 1981Detroit Pistons 90–92 Boston Celtics
27 Mar 1981Detroit Pistons 115–90 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.