NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Houston Rockets106–104Boston Celtics

Houston Rockets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 18 November 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 86th meetingof 178 played

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	12–23	0–0	13–14	4	7	11	1	1	0	0	2	37
Robert Reid	9–18	0–0	4–6	4	3	7	5	4	0	1	4	22
Elvin Hayes	8–15	0–0	2–4	1	8	9	1	2	1	1	4	18
Calvin Garrett	4–9	1–3	0–0	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	2	9
Calvin Murphy	4–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	8
Tom Henderson	3–8	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	6	0	0	0	0	6
Allen Leavell	0–2	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	2
Billy Paultz	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Mike Dunleavy	0–2	0–1	2–3	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	3	2
Bill Willoughby	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0
Team totals	41–84	1–4	23–29	12	23	35	24	11	3	8	23	106

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	7–9	0–0	7–7	5	8	13	2	0	0	1	2	21
Larry Bird	6–15	0–1	5–6	5	8	13	3	1	1	2	5	17
Rick Robey	6–11	0–0	1–2	5	4	9	3	1	0	1	5	13
Tiny Archibald	5–13	0–1	2–4	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	2	12
Kevin McHale	4–12	0–0	3–4	2	4	6	0	0	2	4	0	11
Gerald Henderson	5–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	2	10
Robert Parish	4–11	0–0	2–3	2	3	5	2	0	0	3	4	10
Chris Ford	4–8	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	8
Charles Bradley	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Team totals	42–86	0–3	20–26	20	27	47	25	4	3	16	24	104

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Houston Rockets 1 in NBA 1981-82.

18 Nov 1981106–104 this game
5 Mar 1982Boston Celtics 100–98 Houston Rockets

Records going in

Houston Rockets: 4–6
Boston Celtics: 9–1

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

14 May 1981Boston Celtics 102–91 Houston Rockets
5 Mar 1982Boston Celtics 100–98 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.