NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks108–97Boston Celtics

Atlanta Hawks at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 18 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 252nd meetingof 471 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Wes Matthews	43:00	6–10	0–0	6–6	0	4	4	5	0	0	1	4	18
Eddie Johnson	—	14–27	0–0	10–12	1	2	3	6	1	0	3	1	38
Steve Hawes	—	7–15	0–1	5–5	4	8	12	6	1	0	2	3	19
Sam Pellom	—	6–14	0–0	3–4	3	7	10	2	3	1	4	3	15
Art Collins	—	4–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	8
Tom McMillen	—	4–9	0–0	0–1	0	3	3	3	0	0	1	5	8
Jim McElroy	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Tom Burleson	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Team totals	43:00	42–86	0–1	24–28	9	25	34	23	5	2	14	19	108

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	10–22	0–1	2–2	2	10	12	3	1	1	3	1	22
Robert Parish	—	9–16	0–0	4–4	2	9	11	2	1	1	3	2	22
Tiny Archibald	—	5–7	0–0	3–3	0	1	1	8	2	0	6	5	13
Kevin McHale	—	4–9	0–0	3–6	5	4	9	1	1	2	3	5	11
Cedric Maxwell	—	4–7	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	3	0	0	2	4	10
M.L. Carr	—	3–6	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	5	6
Chris Ford	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	4
Rick Robey	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	3	2	0	3	4	4
Terry Duerod	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Gerald Henderson	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	3	2
Team totals	—	41–81	1–4	14–17	12	31	43	26	7	4	23	32	97

This season

Boston Celtics 4, Atlanta Hawks 2 in NBA 1980-81.

14 Oct 1980Boston Celtics 116–122 Atlanta Hawks
5 Nov 1980Atlanta Hawks 87–104 Boston Celtics
3 Dec 1980Atlanta Hawks 101–106 Boston Celtics
27 Dec 1980Boston Celtics 112–107 Atlanta Hawks
27 Feb 1981Boston Celtics 132–102 Atlanta Hawks
18 Mar 1981108–97 this game

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 29–46
Boston Celtics: 58–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 291, Atlanta Hawks 180.

27 Feb 1981Boston Celtics 132–102 Atlanta Hawks
28 Nov 1981Boston Celtics 98–90 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.