The Cleveland Cavaliers couldn't pull it off against the Boston Celtics, 106 to 103, on January 2, 1982.
Final
Celtics
Cavaliers
FG Made - Attempted
41-89
39-82
Field Goal %
46.1
47.6
3PT Made - Attempted
0-3
0-1
3PT %
0.0
0.0
FT Made - Attempted
24-36
25-35
Free Throw %
66.7
71.4
Rebounds
50
36
Offensive Rebounds
16
9
Defensive Rebounds
34
27
Assists
20
22
Steals
8
5
Blocks
4
7
Turnovers
16
14
Personal Fouls
30
29
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Bird | 44 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10-21 | 47.6 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 52.7 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 3 | |
N. Archibald | 42 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7-15 | 46.7 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 49.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
R. Parish | 29 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-16 | 31.3 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 100.0 | 41.2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
C. Maxwell | 29 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-8 | 62.5 | 0-0 | 4-8 | 50.0 | 60.8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
C. Ford | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. McHale | 25 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-11 | 54.5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 58.9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
G. Henderson | 20 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 62.5 | 59.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
R. Robey | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-7 | 71.4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 69.8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
M.L. Carr | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
C. Bradley | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Carr | 39 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9-21 | 42.9 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 42.6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | ||
G. Huston | 34 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
R. Brewer | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1-10 | 10.0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 25.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
J. Edwards | 31 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-8 | 62.5 | 0-0 | 6-10 | 60.0 | 64.5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
R. Johnson | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7-9 | 77.8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 81.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Wilkerson | 32 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6-11 | 54.5 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 56.8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
J. Silas | 30 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9-17 | 52.9 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 77.8 | 59.6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
B. Laimbeer | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 39.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
K. Herron | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
D. Ford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Team Rankings
ORTG
122.6
1st
DRTG
110.0
6th
NETRTG
12.6
3rd
3P%
42.1
2nd
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