NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics116–104Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 11 March 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 94th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	11–18	2–2	7–12	2	6	8	10	1	0	2	1	31
Dennis Johnson	10–18	0–1	5–6	0	1	1	8	2	1	3	2	25
Kevin McHale	11–20	0–0	3–5	0	5	5	3	0	2	1	2	25
Robert Parish	7–9	0–0	0–0	2	8	10	0	0	0	5	4	14
Bill Walton	3–4	0–0	1–2	2	14	16	6	0	0	2	2	7
Danny Ainge	2–6	0–1	1–1	1	2	3	4	0	0	2	3	5
Scott Wedman	2–3	1–1	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	5
Jerry Sichting	1–5	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2
Rick Carlisle	1–2	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Greg Kite	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	0
Team totals	48–86	3–5	17–26	11	39	50	35	4	3	17	19	116

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ralph Sampson	10–18	0–0	3–6	2	10	12	3	5	1	3	3	23
John Lucas	9–16	0–3	2–2	0	1	1	9	1	0	2	1	20
Rodney McCray	8–12	0–0	1–1	3	4	7	4	1	0	0	1	17
Lewis Lloyd	6–18	0–0	4–4	1	1	2	9	1	0	1	3	16
Robert Reid	4–13	0–1	2–2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	6	10
Jim Petersen	4–8	0–1	1–2	1	11	12	2	2	3	1	5	9
Mitchell Wiggins	2–4	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Allen Leavell	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	4
Craig Ehlo	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hank McDowell	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	45–95	0–6	14–19	8	29	37	32	11	4	8	20	104

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Boston Celtics 6 in NBA 1985-86.

11 Mar 1986116–104 this game
24 Mar 1986Houston Rockets 107–114 Boston Celtics
26 May 1986Houston Rockets 100–112 Boston Celtics
29 May 1986Houston Rockets 95–117 Boston Celtics
1 Jun 1986Boston Celtics 104–106 Houston Rockets
3 Jun 1986Boston Celtics 106–103 Houston Rockets
5 Jun 1986Boston Celtics 96–111 Houston Rockets
8 Jun 1986Houston Rockets 97–114 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 50–13
Houston Rockets: 40–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Mar 1985Houston Rockets 120–134 Boston Celtics
24 Mar 1986Houston Rockets 107–114 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.