NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics98–95Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 17 November 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 79th meetingof 273 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	10–19	1–2	8–10	2	6	8	6	3	1	1	4	29
Robert Parish	7–10	0–0	7–8	2	8	10	3	1	4	2	4	21
Tiny Archibald	6–14	0–0	5–7	1	0	1	8	1	0	3	1	17
Cedric Maxwell	5–10	0–0	1–3	4	4	8	0	0	1	3	3	11
Kevin McHale	4–6	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	5	8
Gerald Henderson	3–6	0–1	0–0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	6
Chris Ford	2–7	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	5
Rick Robey	0–4	0–0	1–2	2	7	9	0	1	0	0	2	1
Charles Bradley	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Eric Fernsten	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	37–77	2–5	22–30	14	29	43	24	6	6	12	24	98

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Artis Gilmore	10–18	0–0	7–9	6	8	14	1	0	2	1	5	27
Dwight Jones	6–10	0–0	0–0	3	3	6	1	1	1	0	4	12
Reggie Theus	6–18	0–2	0–0	3	4	7	7	0	0	0	1	12
Ronnie Lester	5–11	0–0	2–2	4	2	6	6	1	0	2	2	12
Dave Greenwood	4–12	0–0	3–4	4	7	11	5	1	1	3	4	11
Ricky Sobers	5–12	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	4	10
James Wilkes	3–8	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	4	6
Orlando Woolridge	2–5	0–0	1–1	1	3	4	2	1	1	1	2	5
Coby Dietrick	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	41–94	0–4	13–16	22	30	52	25	5	6	12	26	95

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Boston Celtics 4 in NBA 1981-82.

4 Nov 1981Chicago Bulls 93–115 Boston Celtics
17 Nov 198198–95 this game
6 Jan 1982Chicago Bulls 116–102 Boston Celtics
23 Mar 1982Boston Celtics 110–103 Chicago Bulls
4 Apr 1982Chicago Bulls 112–114 Boston Celtics
13 Apr 1982Boston Celtics 115–120 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 8–1
Chicago Bulls: 4–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 116, Boston Celtics 157.

4 Nov 1981Chicago Bulls 93–115 Boston Celtics
6 Jan 1982Chicago Bulls 116–102 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.