NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics83–103New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 5 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 339th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	6–11	0–0	5–8	2	8	10	1	1	1	2	6	17
Larry Bird	7–15	0–1	2–2	3	7	10	6	3	0	4	3	16
Tiny Archibald	5–9	0–0	6–9	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	4	16
Kevin McHale	4–5	0–0	3–4	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	4	11
Gerald Henderson	2–9	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	6
Rick Robey	3–6	0–0	0–2	2	4	6	1	1	1	0	5	6
Charles Bradley	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
Robert Parish	1–5	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	5	3
Chris Ford	0–4	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2
Terry Duerod	1–5	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Eric Fernsten	0–0	0–0	0–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	31–71	0–1	21–32	7	26	33	15	6	3	22	32	83

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Michael Ray Richardson	10–23	0–0	7–8	8	8	16	7	2	0	3	4	27
Campy Russell	6–12	1–1	3–3	2	3	5	7	1	0	5	3	16
Maurice Lucas	7–11	0–0	1–1	0	5	5	0	0	0	1	6	15
Sly Williams	5–9	0–0	3–4	2	2	4	1	3	0	2	2	13
Bill Cartwright	3–9	0–0	5–7	3	6	9	1	0	1	2	4	11
Randy Smith	5–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	10
Larry Demic	1–2	0–0	3–5	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	5
Mike Newlin	1–5	1–1	0–3	0	3	3	1	0	0	3	4	3
Reggie Carter	1–3	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	4	3
Marvin Webster	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	39–81	2–2	23–33	17	30	47	22	7	1	22	34	103

This season

New York Knicks 1, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1981-82.

5 Dec 198183–103 this game
19 Jan 1982Boston Celtics 111–107 New York Knicks
27 Jan 1982New York Knicks 99–131 Boston Celtics
7 Mar 1982New York Knicks 106–107 Boston Celtics
8 Apr 1982Boston Celtics 110–106 New York Knicks
18 Apr 1982New York Knicks 99–119 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 15–3
New York Knicks: 7–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

24 Mar 1981Boston Celtics 118–116 New York Knicks
19 Jan 1982Boston Celtics 111–107 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.