NBA 1983-84Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets113–125Boston Celtics

New Jersey Nets at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 23 December 1983
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1983-84Regular season
Meeting: 37th meetingof 242 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Buck Williams	32:00	6–14	0–0	0–1	7	3	10	1	1	0	4	4	12
Mike Gminski	31:00	7–10	0–0	2–4	2	5	7	3	2	2	0	3	16
Otis Birdsong	27:00	6–14	0–0	6–10	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	1	18
Darwin Cook	26:00	4–12	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	1	12
Albert King	25:00	9–15	0–0	4–4	3	4	7	2	1	1	1	0	22
Darryl Dawkins	23:00	6–13	0–0	0–0	4	4	8	0	1	0	2	6	12
Reggie Johnson	23:00	3–10	0–0	3–4	3	2	5	3	0	0	2	2	9
Kelvin Ransey	22:00	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	2
Mike O'Koren	21:00	3–4	0–1	2–4	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	8
Bill Willoughby	10:00	1–3	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	2
Team totals	240:00	46–99	0–2	21–31	22	20	42	25	6	3	18	19	113

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	40:00	10–18	0–0	6–6	2	5	7	8	2	1	4	3	26
Gerald Henderson	26:00	6–9	2–2	0–0	2	1	3	6	0	0	2	3	14
Kevin McHale	—	9–12	0–0	7–7	1	5	6	2	0	4	1	2	25
Cedric Maxwell	—	7–13	0–0	2–4	2	4	6	1	1	0	3	4	16
Robert Parish	—	6–9	0–0	2–2	2	7	9	3	2	2	3	6	14
Dennis Johnson	—	6–10	0–0	1–1	0	3	3	6	0	0	2	5	13
Quinn Buckner	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	3	6
Danny Ainge	—	2–4	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	3	5
Carlos Clark	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Scott Wedman	—	0–1	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Greg Kite	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	66:00	50–83	3–4	20–22	9	27	36	35	9	7	18	30	123

Incomplete box score: the players’ points add up to 123 of 125.

This season

Boston Celtics 4, Brooklyn Nets 2 in NBA 1983-84.

23 Dec 1983113–125 this game
3 Jan 1984Boston Celtics 105–103 New Jersey Nets
6 Feb 1984Boston Celtics 112–115 New Jersey Nets
23 Mar 1984New Jersey Nets 101–97 Boston Celtics
31 Mar 1984Boston Celtics 107–98 New Jersey Nets
15 Apr 1984New Jersey Nets 111–118 Boston Celtics

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 13–13
Boston Celtics: 21–7

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 155, Brooklyn Nets 87.

12 Apr 1983Boston Celtics 99–93 New Jersey Nets
3 Jan 1984Boston Celtics 105–103 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.