NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics87–90Indiana Pacers

Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers

Date: Tuesday 1 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 24th meetingof 234 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	8–18	0–1	0–0	1	10	11	3	1	1	8	0	16
Robert Parish	—	4–13	0–0	7–8	7	16	23	0	1	1	6	3	15
Tiny Archibald	—	5–8	1–1	4–6	0	1	1	8	1	0	1	2	15
Cedric Maxwell	—	4–10	0–0	4–5	2	3	5	5	1	0	4	3	12
Kevin McHale	—	5–7	0–0	2–2	2	7	9	3	1	1	3	2	12
Chris Ford	—	3–10	1–3	0–0	3	0	3	4	0	0	0	4	7
Gerald Henderson	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	4
Terry Duerod	—	2–6	0–0	0–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4
Rick Robey	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	2
Team totals	—	34–80	2–5	17–23	19	41	60	23	5	3	26	18	87

Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Bantom	28:00	4–15	0–0	1–2	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	3	9
Johnny Davis	—	7–18	0–0	7–8	4	1	5	4	0	0	2	3	21
Billy Knight	—	6–12	0–0	3–3	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	15
Louis Orr	—	7–12	0–0	0–0	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	14
Herb Williams	—	5–16	0–0	2–4	3	7	10	4	3	3	1	2	12
Clemon Johnson	—	4–8	0–0	0–0	1	8	9	3	4	1	2	1	8
George Johnson	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	3	6
Don Buse	—	2–9	0–1	0–0	1	5	6	3	6	2	2	3	4
George McGinnis	—	0–3	0–0	1–2	2	5	7	3	2	1	3	4	1
Team totals	28:00	38–98	0–1	14–19	17	30	47	20	16	9	14	23	90

This season

Indiana Pacers 1, Boston Celtics 4 in NBA 1981-82.

6 Nov 1981Indiana Pacers 94–111 Boston Celtics
1 Dec 198187–90 this game
20 Jan 1982Indiana Pacers 103–112 Boston Celtics
2 Feb 1982Boston Celtics 109–105 Indiana Pacers
10 Mar 1982Indiana Pacers 100–121 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 13–2
Indiana Pacers: 8–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Indiana Pacers 100, Boston Celtics 134.

6 Nov 1981Indiana Pacers 94–111 Boston Celtics
20 Jan 1982Indiana Pacers 103–112 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.