The Boston Celtics couldn't pull it off against the Philadelphia 76ers, 105 to 104, in Game 1 of the 1981 Eastern Conference Finals on April 21, 1981.

1980-81 Boston Celtics

Final

PHI

105

BOS

104

1

24

32

2

31

22

3

22

25

4

28

25

Total

105

104

76ers

Celtics

FG Made - Attempted

40-90

43-91

Field Goal %

44.4

47.3

3PT Made - Attempted

1-1

0-3

3PT %

100.0

0.0

FT Made - Attempted

24-30

18-30

Free Throw %

80.0

60.0

Rebounds

43

46

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

20

23

Steals

4

5

Blocks

6

9

Turnovers

11

13

Personal Fouls

24

29

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Caldwell Jones 39 8 7 1 0 3-5 0-0 2-4 3 60.0 50.0
Julius Erving 36 25 9 1 2 1 8-20 0-0 9-9 2 3 40.0 100.0
Darryl Dawkins 34 10 8 1 2 5-10 0-0 0-0 2 50.0
Maurice Cheeks 29 8 5 8 1 4-7 0-0 0-0 5 57.1
Lionel Hollins 28 10 2 3 0 5-11 0-0 0-0 5 45.5

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Bobby Jones 33 17 7 2 0 7-17 0-0 3-5 2 41.2 60.0
Andrew Toney 31 26 4 4 2 8-18 1-1 9-10 3 44.4 100.0 90.0
Clint Richardson 8 1 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 50.0
Steve Mix 2 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Larry Bird 48 33 10 3 1 0 14-29 0-0 5-5 1 4 48.3 100.0
Nate Archibald 43 20 7 9 0 8-16 0-1 4-6 3 50.0 0.0 66.7
Robert Parish 37 17 13 2 4 8-15 0-0 1-4 3 53.3 25.0
Cedric Maxwell 28 10 4 2 1 4-7 0-0 2-3 4 57.1 66.7
Chris Ford 27 8 3 2 0 3-8 0-2 2-4 3 37.5 0.0 50.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Kevin McHale 19 6 4 1 2 3-6 0-0 0-2 6 50.0 0.0
M.L. Carr 15 5 1 1 0 1-4 0-0 3-4 3 25.0 75.0
Gerald Henderson 11 5 0 3 1 2-5 0-0 1-2 1 0 0 40.0 50.0
Rick Robey 11 0 4 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0.0
Terry Duerod 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

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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
Fri
4/26
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
106-85
Fri
4/26
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
89-112
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

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Sun
4/28
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
3:30 PM
Sun
4/28
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
7:00 PM