The Boston Celtics beat the Denver Nuggets, 136 to 128, on December 23, 1980.

1980-81 Boston Celtics

Final

DEN

Nuggets

11-23

128

BOS

136

1

31

32

2

33

31

3

28

37

4

36

36

Total

128

136

Nuggets

Celtics

FG Made - Attempted

48-107

54-88

Field Goal %

44.9

61.4

3PT Made - Attempted

1-4

0-1

3PT %

25.0

0.0

FT Made - Attempted

31-33

28-38

Free Throw %

93.9

73.7

Rebounds

43

43

Offensive Rebounds

23

11

Defensive Rebounds

20

32

Assists

24

34

Steals

15

11

Blocks

0

12

Turnovers

19

25

Personal Fouls

27

31

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Alex English 38 29 7 3 1 0 10-25 0-1 9-9 5 4 7 0 40.0 0.0 100.0
Dan Issel 32 23 10 6 1 0 8-15 0-0 7-8 1 4 7 3 53.3 87.5
Kenny Higgs 31 9 3 3 3 0 3-9 1-2 2-2 3 4 0 3 33.3 50.0 100.0
T.R. Dunn 25 16 4 4 2 0 6-9 0-0 4-4 0 2 3 1 66.7 100.0
Kiki VanDeWeghe 22 5 6 2 1 0 2-9 0-0 1-1 0 4 1 5 22.2 100.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
David Thompson 23 10 3 0 1 0 5-11 0-1 0-0 3 1 1 2 45.5 0.0
Dave Robisch 21 11 6 2 1 0 4-9 0-0 3-4 1 2 2 4 44.4 75.0
Billy McKinney 18 10 2 3 1 0 5-8 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 1 62.5
Cedrick Hordges 15 9 2 1 0 0 3-6 0-0 3-3 2 3 1 1 50.0 100.0
Glen Gondrezick 15 6 0 0 4 0 2-6 0-0 2-2 2 3 0 0 33.3 100.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Larry Bird 40 27 9 4 2 0 13-19 0-0 1-2 7 4 0 9 68.4 50.0
Nate Archibald 39 24 3 10 0 1 8-17 0-0 8-12 4 3 0 3 47.1 66.7
Cedric Maxwell 36 29 12 5 0 1 9-13 0-0 11-13 2 5 9 3 69.2 84.6
Robert Parish 33 18 8 6 3 6 9-14 0-0 0-0 4 6 0 8 64.3
Chris Ford 32 4 2 1 2 1 2-7 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 28.6

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Gerald Henderson 25 13 2 6 3 0 4-7 0-1 5-6 4 3 0 2 57.1 0.0 83.3
Kevin McHale 19 11 4 1 0 3 5-7 0-0 1-1 2 5 1 3 71.4 100.0
Rick Robey 15 10 3 1 1 0 4-4 0-0 2-4 2 3 1 2 100.0 50.0
Eric Fernsten 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0

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More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

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PPG

26.9

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

RPG

9.0

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

APG

6.5

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

Team Rankings

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ORTG

123.2

1st

DRTG

111.6

3rd

NETRTG

11.6

1st

3P%

38.8

2nd

2023-24 Conference Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
6:00 PM
Mon
4/29
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Wed
5/1
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Fri
5/3
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
5/5
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
1:00 PM

Last Game

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101

Final

111

MIA Heat

1-1

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NBA 2023-24 Leaders

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

NBA 2023-24 Betting

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0
6
Pacers Pacers
47 35 .573 17.0
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0
6
Suns Suns
49 33 .598 8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
126-109
Thu
4/25
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
90-101
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
118-121
Wed
4/24
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
114-125
Wed
4/24
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
112-105

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
1:00 PM
Sat
4/27
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
3:30 PM
Sat
4/27
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
6:00 PM
Sat
4/27
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
8:30 PM
Sun
4/28
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM