NBA 1982-83Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics88–87Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 4 January 1983
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1982-83Regular season
Meeting: 89th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gerald Henderson	5:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Larry Bird	—	8–20	0–0	6–8	5	12	17	8	4	1	2	1	22
Kevin McHale	—	9–16	0–0	0–0	3	5	8	1	2	5	1	3	18
Cedric Maxwell	—	6–13	0–0	4–5	4	3	7	5	0	0	2	3	16
Charles Bradley	—	4–6	0–0	5–6	1	3	4	1	1	2	1	3	13
Quinn Buckner	—	4–7	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	8
Tiny Archibald	—	3–8	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	6
Danny Ainge	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	4
M.L. Carr	—	0–3	0–0	1–2	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	4	1
Gerald Henderson	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rick Robey	—	0–1	0–0	0–2	2	2	4	0	2	0	2	4	0
Team totals	5:00	36–82	0–0	16–23	16	33	49	21	9	8	19	24	88

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Caldwell Jones	42:00	1–6	0–0	3–4	3	5	8	2	2	1	2	4	5
James Bailey	32:00	8–17	0–0	3–4	3	4	7	1	0	2	1	3	19
Jeff Taylor	20:00	3–5	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	6
Wally Walker	—	6–15	1–1	3–4	4	7	11	7	1	0	3	4	16
Joe Bryant	—	7–15	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	1	1	0	5	5	15
Allen Leavell	—	4–8	0–0	4–4	1	1	2	9	2	0	2	5	12
Terry Teagle	—	4–9	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	8
Elvin Hayes	—	3–8	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	3	6
Team totals	94:00	36–83	1–1	14–17	12	26	38	21	8	3	16	26	87

This season

Houston Rockets 0, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1982-83.

17 Nov 1982Houston Rockets 94–112 Boston Celtics
4 Jan 198388–87 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 23–8
Houston Rockets: 4–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Nov 1982Houston Rockets 94–112 Boston Celtics
29 Dec 1983Boston Celtics 94–107 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.