- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1980-81Regular season
- Meeting
- 2nd meetingof 95 played
Boston Celtics
| Player | FG | 3P | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bird | 10–22 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
| Robert Parish | 9–16 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| Tiny Archibald | 5–7 | 0–0 | 7–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Cedric Maxwell | 6–7 | 0–0 | 4–8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Kevin McHale | 7–10 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Rick Robey | 6–9 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Chris Ford | 4–7 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Gerald Henderson | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| M.L. Carr | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 50–84 | 1–3 | 16–23 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 117 |
Dallas Mavericks
| Player | FG | 3P | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Davis | 11–14 | 1–2 | 8–8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 31 |
| Jim Spanarkel | 10–20 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| Scott Lloyd | 9–15 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| Ollie Mack | 6–17 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Tom LaGarde | 4–12 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Clarence Kea | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Marty Byrnes | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Robinzine | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Abdul Jeelani | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Pietkiewicz | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 44–95 | 1–5 | 16–19 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 105 |
This season
Dallas Mavericks 0, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1980-81.
- Dallas Mavericks 87–97 Boston Celtics
- 117–105 this game
Records going in
- Boston Celtics
- 52–15
- Dallas Mavericks
- 10–58
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Dallas Mavericks 42, Boston Celtics 53.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.