The Boston Celtics eked out a victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, 120 to 116, on December 22, 1981.
Cavaliers
Celtics
FG Made - Attempted
45-81
48-93
Field Goal %
55.6
51.6
3PT Made - Attempted
0-1
1-1
3PT %
0.0
100.0
FT Made - Attempted
26-30
23-26
Free Throw %
86.7
88.5
Rebounds
29
42
Offensive Rebounds
8
19
Defensive Rebounds
21
23
Assists
19
31
Steals
6
6
Blocks
6
1
Turnovers
11
14
Personal Fouls
22
29
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3PT | FT | TOV | PF | +/- | OREB | DREB | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Huston | 43 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 | 100.0 | ||
| James Silas | 42 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11-20 | 0-0 | 9-9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Mike Mitchell | 41 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12-22 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 54.5 | 100.0 | ||
| Kenny Carr | 32 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9-14 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | |
| James Edwards | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | 0.0 |
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3PT | FT | TOV | PF | +/- | OREB | DREB | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Laimbeer | 26 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 60.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Roger Phegley | 23 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62.5 | 75.0 | ||
| Bob Wilkerson | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3PT | FT | TOV | PF | +/- | OREB | DREB | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bird | 45 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14-28 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 50.0 | 88.9 | ||
| Cedric Maxwell | 34 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 8-8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 77.8 | 100.0 | ||
| Nate Archibald | 33 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83.3 | |||
| Robert Parish | 28 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 54.5 | 100.0 | ||
| Chris Ford | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3PT | FT | TOV | PF | +/- | OREB | DREB | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Henderson | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 | |||
| Rick Robey | 20 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 54.5 | 66.7 | ||
| Kevin McHale | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 44.4 | 0.0 | ||
| Danny Ainge | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Charles Bradley | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | |||
| Terry Duerod | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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Playoff ORtg Rankings
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129.5
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119.2
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Playoff DRtg Rankings
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89.7
96.0
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Playoff NetRtg Rankings
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22.7
15.3
12.9
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7.0
Playoff Tank Leaderboard
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0-1
0-1
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Best Record ATS
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48-35
49-36
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46-36-1
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Worst Record ATS
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29-54
34-48
36-47
36-46
34-44-4
36-46-1
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