The Cleveland Cavaliers couldn't pull it off against the Boston Celtics, 92 to 91, on November 14, 1981.
Final
Celtics
Cavaliers
FG Made - Attempted
37-82
39-98
Field Goal %
45.1
39.8
3PT Made - Attempted
0-5
0-0
3PT %
0.0
FT Made - Attempted
18-27
13-16
Free Throw %
66.7
81.3
Rebounds
47
50
Offensive Rebounds
11
18
Defensive Rebounds
36
32
Assists
19
14
Steals
7
7
Blocks
7
0
Turnovers
15
12
Personal Fouls
19
25
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Bird | 41 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5-16 | 31.3 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 35.7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
N. Archibald | 35 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6-12 | 50.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 56.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
C. Ford | 31 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-11 | 45.5 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 48.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
C. Maxwell | 28 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-10 | 30.0 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 100.0 | 45.1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
R. Parish | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 40.0 | 80.6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. McHale | 26 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4-12 | 33.3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 36.3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
R. Robey | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 60.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
G. Henderson | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6-9 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
T. Jackson | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 38.7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
E. Fernsten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Mitchell | 42 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10-25 | 40.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 42.5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
B. Wilkerson | 41 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9-25 | 36.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 38.6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
J. Edwards | 38 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7-14 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | |||
K. Carr | 36 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6-11 | 54.5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 58.8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
J. Silas | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4-13 | 30.8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 36.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. Huston | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 52.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
R. Washington | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
B. Laimbeer | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
R. Phegley | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 53.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Team Rankings
ORTG
121.3
1st
DRTG
110.7
8th
NETRTG
10.6
2nd
3P%
39.9
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