NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics128–120Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 16 January 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 234th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	15–25	0–0	2–2	4	10	14	9	2	2	1	5	32
Robert Parish	11–17	0–0	3–3	8	10	18	0	1	4	3	5	25
Tiny Archibald	9–17	1–2	3–4	1	1	2	10	0	0	1	1	22
Kevin McHale	7–15	0–0	7–8	2	7	9	2	1	4	3	4	21
Chris Ford	4–9	1–1	2–2	2	2	4	3	0	0	4	3	11
Rick Robey	4–5	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	8
Gerald Henderson	1–4	0–0	3–4	0	1	1	4	2	0	4	2	5
Danny Ainge	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2
M.L. Carr	1–8	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	5	2	2
Eric Fernsten	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	53–101	2–3	20–23	17	36	53	32	7	11	23	25	128

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
John Long	14–29	0–2	3–5	3	8	11	3	0	0	1	2	31
Kelly Tripucka	10–16	1–1	5–10	4	1	5	8	2	0	7	5	26
Kent Benson	11–20	0–0	2–2	6	4	10	5	2	1	4	2	24
Isiah Thomas	5–16	0–0	4–7	0	2	2	10	3	0	5	4	14
Terry Tyler	5–11	0–0	0–0	0	10	10	3	0	3	2	4	10
Phil Hubbard	3–3	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	2	2	1	1	4	8
Ron Lee	2–6	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	3	5
Paul Mokeski	0–2	0–0	2–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	2
Team totals	50–103	2–7	18–28	16	29	45	31	12	5	22	28	120

This season

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

7 Nov 1981Boston Celtics 129–88 Detroit Pistons
2 Dec 1981Detroit Pistons 114–115 Boston Celtics
10 Jan 1982Detroit Pistons 124–134 Boston Celtics
16 Jan 1982128–120 this game
8 Mar 1982Boston Celtics 111–101 Detroit Pistons
26 Mar 1982Detroit Pistons 104–125 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 27–9
Detroit Pistons: 15–22

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

10 Jan 1982Detroit Pistons 124–134 Boston Celtics
8 Mar 1982Boston Celtics 111–101 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.