NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons124–134Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 10 January 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 233rd meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Vinnie Johnson	17:00	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	1	2
Kelly Tripucka	—	10–18	0–0	8–8	0	2	2	3	2	0	3	2	28
Isiah Thomas	—	8–17	0–0	4–5	2	3	5	12	1	0	5	3	20
John Long	—	7–8	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16
Terry Tyler	—	7–9	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	2	2	1	2	2	16
Kent Benson	—	6–12	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	4	3	1	5	5	12
Edgar Jones	—	3–4	1–1	3–4	1	4	5	1	1	0	0	5	10
Phil Hubbard	—	3–7	0–0	3–4	3	2	5	1	0	0	0	4	9
Ron Lee	—	3–6	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	7
Paul Mokeski	—	1–2	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	2	3
Alan Hardy	—	0–4	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals	17:00	49–91	2–3	24–29	11	25	36	26	11	3	19	28	124

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	18–29	0–1	4–5	5	11	16	7	6	0	5	5	40
Kevin McHale	—	6–11	0–0	3–4	0	4	4	2	0	2	1	3	15
Tiny Archibald	—	5–11	0–0	5–5	1	1	2	8	1	0	2	4	15
Gerald Henderson	—	6–13	0–0	2–3	3	0	3	3	2	0	3	2	14
Rick Robey	—	6–7	0–0	2–4	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	2	14
Cedric Maxwell	—	3–8	0–0	7–8	3	7	10	2	3	1	1	3	13
Robert Parish	—	5–9	0–0	2–3	3	3	6	0	0	1	3	4	12
M.L. Carr	—	3–4	0–0	1–1	0	1	1	2	3	0	2	2	7
Chris Ford	—	1–5	0–1	2–4	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	4
Danny Ainge	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	—	53–99	0–2	28–37	19	30	49	30	16	4	19	27	134

This season

Boston Celtics 6, Detroit Pistons 0 in NBA 1981-82.

7 Nov 1981Boston Celtics 129–88 Detroit Pistons
2 Dec 1981Detroit Pistons 114–115 Boston Celtics
10 Jan 1982124–134 this game
16 Jan 1982Boston Celtics 128–120 Detroit Pistons
8 Mar 1982Boston Celtics 111–101 Detroit Pistons
26 Mar 1982Detroit Pistons 104–125 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 14–20
Boston Celtics: 24–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 281, Detroit Pistons 165.

2 Dec 1981Detroit Pistons 114–115 Boston Celtics
16 Jan 1982Boston Celtics 128–120 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.