NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers116–120Boston Celtics

Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics

Date: Tuesday 22 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 62nd meetingof 284 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Mitchell	41:00	12–22	0–0	7–7	2	5	7	2	1	0	4	2	31
Roger Phegley	23:00	5–8	0–0	3–4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	13
James Silas	—	11–20	0–0	9–9	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	31
Kenny Carr	—	9–14	0–1	2–4	1	2	3	4	1	0	3	4	20
Bill Laimbeer	—	3–5	0–0	3–3	4	4	8	4	1	4	1	5	9
James Edwards	—	4–8	0–0	0–1	0	4	4	0	0	1	0	5	8
Geoff Huston	—	1–3	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	6	0	0	1	2	4
Bob Wilkerson	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
Team totals	64:00	45–81	0–1	26–30	8	21	29	19	6	6	11	22	116

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	14–28	0–0	8–9	3	4	7	7	2	0	3	3	36
Cedric Maxwell	—	7–9	0–0	8–8	3	4	7	1	1	0	2	6	22
Robert Parish	—	6–11	0–0	4–4	4	6	10	1	1	0	3	5	16
Rick Robey	—	6–11	0–0	2–3	3	4	7	1	0	0	1	3	14
Tiny Archibald	—	5–6	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	14	1	0	2	0	10
Kevin McHale	—	4–9	0–0	0–1	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	1	8
Chris Ford	—	2–5	1–1	1–1	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	5	6
Gerald Henderson	—	3–9	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	3	6
Charles Bradley	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Danny Ainge	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Terry Duerod	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	48–93	1–1	23–26	19	23	42	31	6	1	14	29	120

This season

Boston Celtics 5, Cleveland Cavaliers 0 in NBA 1981-82.

14 Nov 1981Boston Celtics 92–91 Cleveland Cavaliers
22 Dec 1981116–120 this game
2 Jan 1982Boston Celtics 106–103 Cleveland Cavaliers
28 Jan 1982Boston Celtics 116–104 Cleveland Cavaliers
24 Mar 1982Cleveland Cavaliers 115–136 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 5–20
Boston Celtics: 19–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 170, Cleveland Cavaliers 114.

14 Nov 1981Boston Celtics 92–91 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 Jan 1982Boston Celtics 106–103 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.