The Boston Celtics managed to stay ahead of the Houston Rockets, 98 to 95, in Game 1 of the 1981 NBA Finals on May 5, 1981.

1980-81 Boston Celtics

Final

HOU

Rockets

0-1

95

BOS

Celtics

1-0

98

Team

1

29

24

2

28

27

3

24

25

4

14

22

Total

95

98

Team Stats

Player Stats

Rockets

Celtics

FG Made - Attempted

42-99

41-95

Field Goal %

42.4

43.2

3PT Made - Attempted

0-2

0-1

3PT %

0.0

0.0

FT Made - Attempted

11-14

16-20

Free Throw %

78.6

80.0

Rebounds

42

54

Offensive Rebounds

19

25

Defensive Rebounds

23

29

Assists

23

23

Steals

15

6

Blocks

3

5

Turnovers

10

19

Personal Fouls

20

21

Rockets

Celtics

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Robert Reid	48	27	8	3	4	0	12-22	0-1	3-4	2	2		5	3	54.5	0.0	75.0
Moses Malone	45	13	15	3	3	1	4-17	0-0	5-6	1	1		8	7	23.5		83.3
Billy Paultz	37	14	7	4	3	1	7-16	0-0	0-0	3	2		3	4	43.8
Mike Dunleavy	37	6	2	7	0	0	2-9	0-0	2-2	1	3		0	2	22.2		100.0
Tom Henderson	22	11	2	3	0	0	5-8	0-0	1-2	0	4		1	1	62.5		50.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Calvin Murphy	24	16	2	0	2	0	8-15	0-0	0-0	1	5		0	2	53.3
Allen Leavell	13	6	2	3	1	0	3-7	0-0	0-0	1	1		1	1	42.9
Bill Willoughby	13	2	4	0	2	1	1-4	0-0	0-0	1	2		1	3	25.0
Rudy Tomjanovich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	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	44	18	21	9	1	0	9-17	0-0	0-0	5	1		7	14	52.9
Nate Archibald	37	12	0	5	0	0	4-14	0-0	4-5	4	2		0	0	28.6		80.0
Robert Parish	34	16	10	1	3	2	8-16	0-0	0-0	4	4		5	5	50.0
Cedric Maxwell	34	10	9	5	0	1	4-12	0-0	2-2	4	4		5	4	33.3		100.0
Chris Ford	29	13	3	1	0	0	5-9	0-1	3-3	0	2		2	1	55.6	0.0	100.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
M.L. Carr	23	9	2	0	2	0	4-9	0-0	1-2	1	2		1	1	44.4		50.0
Gerald Henderson	19	11	3	1	0	2	4-6	0-0	3-3	0	1		1	2	66.7		100.0
Kevin McHale	11	4	4	0	0	0	1-7	0-0	2-2	0	2		4	0	14.3		100.0
Rick Robey	9	5	2	1	0	0	2-5	0-0	1-3	1	3		0	2	40.0		33.3

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More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

26.9

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

RPG

9.7

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

APG

6.3

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

Team Rankings

ORTG

123.2

1st

DRTG

111.6

3rd

NETRTG

11.6

1st

3P%

38.8

2nd

2023-24 Conference Standings

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

Schedule

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

Last Game

MIA

1-2

84

Final

104

BOS

2-1

Sat 27 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

35.0

Embiid

Joel Embiid

33.0

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

32.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Playoff RPG Leaders

15.8

Davis

Anthony Davis

15.3

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

13.8

Allen

Jarrett Allen

Playoff APG Leaders

12.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

10.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

9.0

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

Playoff SPG Leaders

2.3

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

2.3

Caldwell-Pope

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

2.0

James

LeBron James

Playoff BPG Leaders

3.7

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

2.0

Porzingis

Kristaps Porzingis

Playoff 3PM Leaders

5.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

4.3

Harden

James Harden

4.0

Irving

Kyrie Irving

Playoff TS% Leaders

80.5

Gobert

Rudy Gobert

73.1

Harden

James Harden

71.6

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

Timberwolves

123.9

Celtics

120.1

Knicks

117.3

Pacers

117.1

76ers

116.2

Thunder

115.8

Playoff DRtg Rankings

Thunder

96.2

Magic

97.3

Timberwolves

104.8

Cavaliers

107.2

Celtics

108.8

Clippers

111.2

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

Thunder

19.7

Timberwolves

19.1

Celtics

11.3

Magic

9.9

Nuggets

2.4

Pacers

1.7

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

Pelicans

0-3

Suns

0-3

76ers

1-3

Lakers

1-3

Heat

1-2

Bucks

1-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

Magic

53-33

Mavericks

50-36

76ers

50-37

Thunder

48-36-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Celtics

44-37-4

Worst Record ATS

Hawks

29-54

34-48

Suns

36-48-1

Bucks

37-48

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

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

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	57	25	.695
2	Nuggets	57	25	.695
3	Timberwolves	56	26	.683	1.0
4	Clippers	51	31	.622	6.0
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0
6	Suns	49	33	.598	8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 4/27	NYK	@	PHI	97-92
Sat 4/27	LAC	@	DAL	116-111
Fri 4/26	OKC	@	NOP	106-85
Fri 4/26	BOS	@	MIA	104-84
Fri 4/26	DEN	@	LAL	108-119

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	MIL	@	IND	7:00 PM
Sun 4/28	MIN	@	PHX	9:30 PM
Mon 4/29	BOS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Mon 4/29	OKC	@	NOP	8:30 PM
Mon 4/29	LAL	@	DEN	10:00 PM