NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics123–128Denver Nuggets

Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 29 December 1981
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 17th meetingof 104 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	12–21	1–2	2–4	7	14	21	6	1	1	6	1	27
Tiny Archibald	7–14	0–0	12–18	1	2	3	11	0	0	1	2	26
Kevin McHale	8–14	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	2	1	2	0	3	16
Cedric Maxwell	4–5	0–0	5–8	2	2	4	1	0	2	1	5	13
Chris Ford	5–12	0–1	0–0	3	1	4	2	1	0	1	2	10
Gerald Henderson	3–11	0–1	2–4	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	8
Eric Fernsten	2–2	0–0	2–4	2	1	3	0	1	1	0	1	6
Rick Robey	2–2	0–0	2–4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	6
Danny Ainge	2–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4
M.L. Carr	1–2	0–0	2–2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	4
Robert Parish	1–13	0–0	1–2	3	4	7	1	1	1	2	4	3
Team totals	47–102	1–4	28–46	22	32	54	25	8	7	12	27	123

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	13–21	0–0	6–6	3	4	7	1	1	1	4	4	32
Kiki Vandeweghe	10–16	0–0	2–2	0	5	5	4	1	0	4	4	22
Dan Issel	6–17	0–0	5–6	2	5	7	2	0	0	3	4	17
Billy McKinney	7–11	0–0	0–2	0	1	1	4	1	1	0	2	14
Cedrick Hordges	5–12	0–0	3–3	6	10	16	1	0	2	0	4	13
Kenny Higgs	3–8	0–0	5–6	0	2	2	2	0	1	4	5	11
John Roche	3–5	0–1	3–4	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	2	9
T.R. Dunn	2–7	0–0	2–4	4	4	8	3	1	0	0	3	6
Glen Gondrezick	1–4	0–0	2–2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	4	4
James Ray	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	50–102	0–1	28–35	18	33	51	22	5	5	15	33	128

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1981-82.

29 Dec 1981123–128 this game
5 Feb 1982Denver Nuggets 144–145 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 21–6
Denver Nuggets: 13–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 42, Boston Celtics 62.

15 Feb 1981Boston Celtics 120–118 Denver Nuggets
5 Feb 1982Denver Nuggets 144–145 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.