NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics111–101Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Monday 8 March 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 235th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	—	8–13	0–0	11–14	3	4	7	4	3	3	4	4	27
Robert Parish	—	12–15	0–0	1–1	1	8	9	4	1	3	4	4	25
Gerald Henderson	—	10–15	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	2	4	0	4	5	22
Danny Ainge	—	7–10	1–1	1–1	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	5	16
Kevin McHale	—	4–11	0–0	2–3	3	7	10	6	2	2	7	3	10
M.L. Carr	—	4–6	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	6	3	1	3	4	9
Rick Robey	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	1	2
Charles Bradley	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Ford	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	—	46–76	1–1	18–23	10	24	34	26	15	9	23	29	111

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Vinnie Johnson	25:00	3–7	0–0	3–3	1	3	4	1	1	1	0	1	9
Steve Hayes	11:00	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Isiah Thomas	—	8–15	1–3	9–11	3	2	5	11	3	0	10	5	26
Kelly Tripucka	—	9–21	0–1	1–5	5	1	6	4	0	1	7	5	19
Bill Laimbeer	—	9–14	0–0	0–2	3	8	11	2	1	1	3	4	18
Edgar Jones	—	5–9	0–1	4–5	2	1	3	1	0	0	3	5	14
Kenny Carr	—	3–4	0–0	0–0	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	3	6
Terry Tyler	—	1–4	0–0	1–2	1	4	5	1	2	3	1	3	3
Ron Lee	—	0–2	0–2	2–2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	2
Team totals	36:00	40–80	1–7	20–30	19	19	38	23	7	6	27	29	101

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 1982Boston Celtics 128–120 Detroit Pistons
8 Mar 1982111–101 this game
26 Mar 1982Detroit Pistons 104–125 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 44–15
Detroit Pistons: 27–33

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

16 Jan 1982Boston Celtics 128–120 Detroit Pistons
26 Mar 1982Detroit Pistons 104–125 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.