NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics100–102Denver Nuggets

Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets

Date: Thursday 20 February 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 26th meetingof 104 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	12–18	1–2	2–3	4	12	16	4	2	4	5	2	27
Robert Parish	6–15	0–0	4–6	2	4	6	2	0	0	8	4	16
Dennis Johnson	4–19	0–1	6–7	2	6	8	5	1	2	4	4	14
Scott Wedman	7–15	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	2	1	0	0	2	14
Jerry Sichting	4–5	0–0	4–4	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	12
Danny Ainge	4–8	1–1	0–0	0	3	3	8	1	1	1	3	9
Greg Kite	3–5	0–0	0–2	3	7	10	1	0	0	1	5	6
Sam Vincent	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2
David Thirdkill	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Rick Carlisle	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	40–88	2–4	18–24	14	38	52	25	6	7	20	25	100

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	10–24	0–0	11–14	3	0	3	1	2	2	3	5	31
Calvin Natt	9–15	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	0	2	0	2	4	18
Bill Hanzlik	6–12	0–1	5–6	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	2	17
Fat Lever	8–18	0–0	0–2	1	6	7	11	1	0	1	1	16
Wayne Cooper	5–11	0–0	1–3	3	5	8	0	0	3	0	4	11
T.R. Dunn	1–3	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	2	4
Elston Turner	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	3	2
Mike Evans	1–5	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Danny Schayes	0–4	0–0	1–2	5	4	9	0	1	1	0	2	1
Pete Williams	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	41–95	0–2	20–29	12	25	37	18	11	7	8	23	102

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1985-86.

15 Jan 1986Denver Nuggets 100–123 Boston Celtics
20 Feb 1986100–102 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 42–10
Denver Nuggets: 32–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

15 Jan 1986Denver Nuggets 100–123 Boston Celtics
3 Dec 1986Denver Nuggets 113–119 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.