NBA 1981-82Regular season

Final/OT

Boston Celtics98–97Washington Bullets

Boston Celtics at Washington Bullets

Date: Tuesday 16 March 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1981-82Regular season
Meeting: 147th meetingof 352 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	10–20	0–0	11–14	5	16	21	2	0	0	6	2	31
Kevin McHale	—	7–15	0–0	1–2	5	3	8	1	2	5	1	2	15
Gerald Henderson	—	6–10	0–0	0–0	0	6	6	7	1	0	3	5	12
Robert Parish	—	6–20	0–0	0–2	2	4	6	1	1	5	2	1	12
Cedric Maxwell	—	3–12	0–1	4–5	3	2	5	0	1	2	3	4	10
Tiny Archibald	—	3–5	1–1	0–2	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	7
M.L. Carr	—	2–7	0–0	0–2	1	3	4	4	1	1	2	4	4
Rick Robey	—	0–1	0–0	3–4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
Chris Ford	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Danny Ainge	—	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2
Team totals	—	39–94	1–3	19–31	18	36	54	17	7	14	19	19	98

Washington Bullets

Washington Bullets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Greg Ballard	52:00	9–22	0–0	2–2	3	14	17	2	0	1	2	3	20
Spencer Haywood	37:00	11–23	0–1	2–2	1	4	5	0	0	1	2	6	24
Frank Johnson	37:00	3–12	1–2	1–2	0	0	0	8	2	0	1	3	8
Jeff Ruland	34:00	6–9	0–0	1–2	4	9	13	0	0	0	5	5	13
Kevin Grevey	33:00	3–8	2–3	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	0	8
Jim Chones	21:00	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	2	2	0	2	4	2
Don Collins	20:00	2–5	0–0	2–4	1	2	3	1	0	0	4	1	6
John Lucas	16:00	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	9	0	0	2	1	2
Rick Mahorn	15:00	7–9	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	2	14
Team totals	265:00	43–95	3–6	8–12	12	38	50	25	5	3	20	25	97

This season

Washington Wizards 1, Boston Celtics 10 in NBA 1981-82.

30 Oct 1981Washington Bullets 100–124 Boston Celtics
10 Nov 1981Boston Celtics 90–84 Washington Bullets
27 Nov 1981Washington Bullets 100–113 Boston Celtics
18 Dec 1981Boston Celtics 99–98 Washington Bullets
16 Mar 198298–97 this game
31 Mar 1982Washington Bullets 109–119 Boston Celtics
25 Apr 1982Washington Bullets 91–109 Boston Celtics
28 Apr 1982Washington Bullets 103–102 Boston Celtics
1 May 1982Boston Celtics 92–83 Washington Bullets
2 May 1982Boston Celtics 103–99 Washington Bullets
5 May 1982Washington Bullets 126–131 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 48–15
Washington Bullets: 31–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Washington Wizards 129, Boston Celtics 223.

18 Dec 1981Boston Celtics 99–98 Washington Bullets
31 Mar 1982Washington Bullets 109–119 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.