NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics100–98Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 5 March 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 87th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	7–12	0–0	10–14	4	3	7	6	1	0	1	1	24
Gerald Henderson	5–11	0–0	6–6	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	16
Kevin McHale	7–18	0–0	2–2	6	4	10	4	2	2	2	4	16
M.L. Carr	6–14	0–0	3–6	1	3	4	0	4	0	1	2	15
Robert Parish	6–11	0–0	0–0	2	8	10	1	2	5	2	6	12
Danny Ainge	2–10	0–0	3–3	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	3	7
Eric Fernsten	2–2	0–0	2–3	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	6
Rick Robey	2–5	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	0	1	0	3	6	4
Chris Ford	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	37–86	0–0	26–34	19	24	43	15	11	7	12	27	100

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Moses Malone	16–26	0–0	6–6	4	8	12	0	0	3	3	3	38
Elvin Hayes	7–17	0–0	5–10	2	6	8	2	0	2	2	6	19
Allen Leavell	5–10	0–0	3–3	2	1	3	3	1	0	2	2	13
Robert Reid	4–12	0–0	2–2	6	6	12	7	1	0	4	5	10
Mike Dunleavy	3–6	0–1	2–2	0	1	1	7	1	1	2	4	8
Major Jones	3–7	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	1	0	0	3	5	6
Tom Henderson	2–6	0–0	0–1	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	2	4
Billy Paultz	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	40–84	0–1	18–24	18	25	43	23	3	6	18	28	98

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1981-82.

18 Nov 1981Houston Rockets 106–104 Boston Celtics
5 Mar 1982100–98 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 42–15
Houston Rockets: 33–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 63, Boston Celtics 115.

18 Nov 1981Houston Rockets 106–104 Boston Celtics
17 Nov 1982Houston Rockets 94–112 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.