NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Dallas Mavericks92–109Boston Celtics

Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 16 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 3rd meetingof 95 played

Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jay Vincent	11–25	0–0	5–6	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	5	27
Elston Turner	7–13	0–0	0–0	4	2	6	4	2	0	0	2	14
Tom LaGarde	5–14	0–0	1–2	4	5	9	2	1	1	2	5	11
Scott Lloyd	5–7	0–0	0–1	1	3	4	4	0	1	3	2	10
Brad Davis	4–7	0–0	1–3	0	2	2	4	2	0	1	1	9
Jim Spanarkel	3–7	0–0	3–4	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	2	9
Rolando Blackman	3–8	0–0	2–4	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	8
Wayne Cooper	2–7	0–0	0–0	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	4
Allan Bristow	0–7	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	0
Kurt Nimphius	0–6	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	2	0	1	2	4	0
Team totals	40–101	0–0	12–20	20	21	41	23	9	4	11	24	92

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	12–20	0–1	6–6	7	10	17	7	2	0	2	2	30
Robert Parish	7–13	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	1	1	3	1	1	14
Rick Robey	5–7	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	12
Cedric Maxwell	4–7	0–1	2–3	1	5	6	2	1	1	1	4	10
Danny Ainge	2–3	0–0	4–4	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	1	8
Kevin McHale	4–12	0–0	0–0	3	7	10	1	0	4	1	5	8
Chris Ford	3–5	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	7
Tiny Archibald	3–8	1–1	0–2	0	1	1	5	2	0	5	2	7
Gerald Henderson	2–5	0–0	1–1	1	1	2	4	0	1	2	2	5
Terry Duerod	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Charles Bradley	1–1	0–0	0–1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Eric Fernsten	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	46–87	1–3	16–21	14	31	45	28	7	9	19	21	109

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Dallas Mavericks 0 in NBA 1981-82.

16 Dec 198192–109 this game
2 Mar 1982Boston Celtics 101–97 Dallas Mavericks

Records going in

Dallas Mavericks: 5–18
Boston Celtics: 17–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 53, Dallas Mavericks 42.

3 Mar 1981Boston Celtics 117–105 Dallas Mavericks
2 Mar 1982Boston Celtics 101–97 Dallas Mavericks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.