The Denver Nuggets came up just a bit short against the Boston Celtics, 120 to 118, on February 15, 1981.
Final
Celtics
Nuggets
FG Made - Attempted
45-87
48-107
Field Goal %
51.7
44.9
3PT Made - Attempted
0-3
0-0
3PT %
0.0
FT Made - Attempted
30-39
22-25
Free Throw %
76.9
88.0
Rebounds
45
52
Offensive Rebounds
12
25
Defensive Rebounds
33
27
Assists
34
27
Steals
8
11
Blocks
10
4
Turnovers
23
20
Personal Fouls
25
32
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Bird | 44 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 13-25 | 52.0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 54.1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |
C. Maxwell | 43 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13-19 | 68.4 | 0-0 | 8-12 | 66.7 | 70.0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
N. Archibald | 41 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6-11 | 54.5 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 60.6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
C. Ford | 37 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5-10 | 50.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 59.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
R. Parish | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5-11 | 45.5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 54.9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Robey | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 81.0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||
K. McHale | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 34.7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
M.L. Carr | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 46.9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
G. Henderson | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. English | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11-28 | 39.3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 40.4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
D. Issel | 35 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9-18 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 90.0 | 60.3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
K. Higgs | 27 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 41.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
D. Thompson | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-10 | 30.0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 42.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
C. Hordges | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-9 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 65.8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T.R. Dunn | 28 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5-6 | 83.3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 83.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
K. VanDeWeghe | 25 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5-12 | 41.7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 48.8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
B. McKinney | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4-9 | 44.4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 44.4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
D. Robisch | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3-9 | 33.3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 38.8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
G. Gondrezick | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
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ORTG
114.5
9th
DRTG
113.1
16th
NETRTG
1.4
12th
3P%
38.0
6th
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