NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics108–101Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Wednesday 4 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 79th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	9–16	0–0	6–6	3	10	13	7	4	3	3	2	24
Robert Parish	10–15	0–0	3–4	2	7	9	0	1	2	2	4	23
Rick Robey	6–11	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	4	12
Cedric Maxwell	4–9	0–0	3–3	2	3	5	4	1	0	1	3	11
Tiny Archibald	4–11	0–1	3–3	1	3	4	5	0	0	1	1	11
Kevin McHale	5–9	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	10
Chris Ford	2–8	0–3	4–4	1	2	3	2	2	0	1	0	8
M.L. Carr	2–7	0–2	1–2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	3	5
Gerald Henderson	1–3	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	5	0	1	1	2	4
Team totals	43–89	0–6	22–24	13	33	46	25	8	7	12	20	108

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	10–23	0–0	6–6	6	7	13	1	0	3	1	4	26
Calvin Murphy	8–18	0–0	4–4	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	20
Billy Paultz	9–14	0–0	1–3	0	7	7	2	0	3	1	3	19
Mike Dunleavy	6–11	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	4	13
Allen Leavell	4–6	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	4	0	0	3	1	8
Bill Willoughby	2–4	0–0	4–4	1	3	4	4	0	0	2	4	8
Robert Reid	1–10	0–0	3–4	2	5	7	4	2	0	4	3	5
Rudy Tomjanovich	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Calvin Garrett	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	41–88	0–0	19–23	9	29	38	23	3	6	12	22	101

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Boston Celtics 6 in NBA 1980-81.

19 Dec 1980Houston Rockets 119–133 Boston Celtics
4 Mar 1981108–101 this game
5 May 1981Houston Rockets 95–98 Boston Celtics
7 May 1981Houston Rockets 92–90 Boston Celtics
9 May 1981Boston Celtics 94–71 Houston Rockets
10 May 1981Boston Celtics 86–91 Houston Rockets
12 May 1981Houston Rockets 80–109 Boston Celtics
14 May 1981Boston Celtics 102–91 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 53–15
Houston Rockets: 33–35

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 63, Boston Celtics 115.

19 Dec 1980Houston Rockets 119–133 Boston Celtics
5 May 1981Houston Rockets 95–98 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.