NBA 1982-83Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets112–126Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 12 December 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1982-83Regular season
Meeting: 19th meetingof 104 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rich Kelley	24:00	3–9	0–0	2–2	5	3	8	1	3	1	3	2	8
Dan Issel	—	12–19	0–0	1–2	4	3	7	3	2	0	4	3	25
Kiki Vandeweghe	—	7–19	0–1	5–6	0	3	3	4	1	1	4	4	19
Billy McKinney	—	9–16	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	18
Alex English	—	7–20	0–0	2–2	3	4	7	10	3	3	3	3	16
Bill Hanzlik	—	5–11	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	4	0	0	3	4	12
T.R. Dunn	—	4–7	0–0	2–4	5	5	10	5	2	0	0	4	10
Glen Gondrezick	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	4	2	0	1	3	4
Team totals	24:00	49–107	0–2	14–18	20	25	45	33	13	5	20	25	112

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gerald Henderson	20:00	3–9	0–0	6–6	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	12
Larry Bird	—	15–33	0–0	6–7	7	12	19	3	6	3	3	2	36
Kevin McHale	—	6–16	0–0	5–6	7	4	11	2	0	4	4	4	17
Cedric Maxwell	—	6–8	0–0	3–4	4	4	8	1	1	2	2	1	15
Quinn Buckner	—	6–9	0–0	0–0	4	4	8	4	0	0	4	2	12
M.L. Carr	—	5–8	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	11
Tiny Archibald	—	5–12	0–0	1–1	1	1	2	8	1	0	3	1	11
Danny Ainge	—	2–7	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	7	1	0	1	3	6
Rick Robey	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	4
Robert Parish	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
Team totals	20:00	51–110	0–0	24–28	27	32	59	28	11	10	21	20	126

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Denver Nuggets 0 in NBA 1982-83.

12 Dec 1982112–126 this game
30 Dec 1982Boston Celtics 145–132 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 9–12
Boston Celtics: 17–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 62, Denver Nuggets 42.

5 Feb 1982Denver Nuggets 144–145 Boston Celtics
30 Dec 1982Boston Celtics 145–132 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.