NBA 1980-81Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics118–116New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 24 March 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1980-81Regular season
Meeting: 338th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Parish	11–20	0–0	4–6	2	7	9	1	3	7	3	4	26
Tiny Archibald	9–13	0–0	6–6	0	3	3	7	1	0	3	2	24
Larry Bird	8–14	0–0	0–0	2	11	13	10	1	0	2	0	16
Cedric Maxwell	4–6	0–0	7–7	2	2	4	2	0	0	4	3	15
Kevin McHale	6–13	0–0	2–2	4	3	7	0	0	2	1	4	14
M.L. Carr	6–8	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	2	1	0	2	3	14
Gerald Henderson	2–9	0–0	3–4	1	2	3	1	1	0	2	1	7
Chris Ford	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	2
Rick Robey	0–2	0–0	0–4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	0
Team totals	47–89	0–0	24–31	13	34	47	24	7	9	18	26	118

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ray Williams	14–24	0–1	8–11	2	2	4	7	3	0	1	4	36
Michael Ray Richardson	9–15	1–1	7–10	6	6	12	11	6	2	8	3	26
Bill Cartwright	10–21	0–0	4–7	2	4	6	0	2	0	1	3	24
Campy Russell	5–20	0–0	2–4	4	3	7	5	1	0	3	3	12
Sly Williams	4–7	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	3	8
Larry Demic	2–5	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	0	0	0	2	4	4
Mike Glenn	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Marvin Webster	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	6	2
Team totals	47–97	1–2	21–32	17	24	41	25	13	4	16	27	116

This season

New York Knicks 1, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1980-81.

23 Oct 1980New York Knicks 109–107 Boston Celtics
28 Nov 1980New York Knicks 106–120 Boston Celtics
25 Dec 1980Boston Celtics 117–108 New York Knicks
13 Jan 1981Boston Celtics 93–89 New York Knicks
8 Mar 1981New York Knicks 94–115 Boston Celtics
24 Mar 1981118–116 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 59–19
New York Knicks: 48–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 226, Boston Celtics 343.

8 Mar 1981New York Knicks 94–115 Boston Celtics
5 Dec 1981Boston Celtics 83–103 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.