NBA 1982-83Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons131–114Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 19 December 1982
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1982-83Regular season
Meeting: 240th meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Edgar Jones	18:00	1–4	0–0	5–5	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	5	7
Isiah Thomas	—	13–22	0–0	6–6	1	3	4	16	5	0	6	5	32
Bill Laimbeer	—	10–14	0–0	1–1	3	13	16	2	1	1	1	2	21
Terry Tyler	—	7–12	0–0	3–4	4	4	8	1	2	3	3	3	17
Cliff Levingston	—	7–9	0–0	1–2	3	5	8	2	0	1	2	3	15
Vinnie Johnson	—	4–7	0–0	6–6	1	3	4	4	2	0	3	2	14
John Long	—	5–12	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	1	12
Scott May	—	2–7	0–0	7–8	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	11
Walker Russell	—	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tom Owens	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	0
Team totals	18:00	49–88	0–0	33–36	13	36	49	30	11	5	21	28	131

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gerald Henderson	17:00	4–9	0–0	0–2	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	2	8
Larry Bird	—	8–20	0–2	4–4	1	9	10	6	1	0	3	4	20
Danny Ainge	—	9–15	0–1	0–0	2	2	4	2	1	0	2	5	18
Robert Parish	—	8–14	0–0	2–3	2	4	6	2	3	3	3	2	18
Quinn Buckner	—	6–10	0–0	4–6	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	4	16
Cedric Maxwell	—	4–7	0–0	3–3	4	2	6	2	0	0	4	4	11
Kevin McHale	—	4–11	0–0	0–2	3	4	7	1	0	2	3	2	8
Tiny Archibald	—	2–4	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	6
M.L. Carr	—	2–7	0–2	1–2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	4	5
Rick Robey	—	1–3	0–0	2–3	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	4
Darren Tillis	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	17:00	48–101	0–5	18–27	15	24	39	26	9	5	20	29	114

This season

Boston Celtics 3, Detroit Pistons 3 in NBA 1982-83.

30 Nov 1982Detroit Pistons 123–116 Boston Celtics
4 Dec 1982Boston Celtics 119–112 Detroit Pistons
15 Dec 1982Boston Celtics 108–104 Detroit Pistons
19 Dec 1982131–114 this game
10 Apr 1983Detroit Pistons 113–115 Boston Celtics
13 Apr 1983Boston Celtics 101–113 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 14–12
Boston Celtics: 20–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

15 Dec 1982Boston Celtics 108–104 Detroit Pistons
10 Apr 1983Detroit Pistons 113–115 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.