Bulls 109-121 Celtics (Apr 4, 1981)

CHI

BOS

1

23

32

2

29

22

3

29

40

4

28

27

109

121

Top Performers

Points

23

Bird

BOS

Rebounds

12

Bird

BOS

Assists

5

Maxwell

BOS

Threes

1

Ford

BOS

CHI

Team Stats

BOS

43-94 (45.7%)

FG%

49-89 (55.1%)

0-4 (0.0%)

3PM

1-3 (33.3%)

23-28 (82.1%)

FTM

22-27 (81.5%)

46

Rebounds

37

19

Assists

22

15

Turnovers

13

1980-81 Eastern Conference

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	62	20	.756
2	Bucks	60	22	.732	2.0
3	76ers	62	20	.756
4	Knicks	50	32	.610	12.0
5	Bulls	45	37	.549	17.0
6	Pacers	44	38	.537	18.0
7	Bullets	39	43	.476	23.0
8	Hawks	31	51	.378	31.0
9	Cavaliers	28	54	.341	34.0
10	Nets	24	58	.293	38.0
11	Pistons	21	61	.256	41.0

Game Summary

The Boston Celtics decisively defeated the Chicago Bulls, 121 to 109, in Game 1 of the 1981 Eastern Conference Semifinals on April 5, 1981.

Game Info

January 21, 2025

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3P	FT	TS%
Dwight Jones D. Jones #13	41	19	9 (0)	4	0	0	0	3	7-15	0-0	5-5	55.2
Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore #53	40	18	8 (0)	1	0	1	0	3	7-10	0-0	4-6	71.2
Reggie Theus R. Theus #24	36	13	8 (0)	3	0	0	0	2	4-17	0-1	5-6	33.1
Dave Greenwood D. Greenwood #10	28	14	6 (0)	1	0	0	0	5	7-9	0-0	0-0	77.8
Ricky Sobers R. Sobers #14	26	10	1 (0)	4	0	0	5	5	5-12	0-2	0-0	41.7
Bob Wilkerson B. Wilkerson #32	25	11	4 (0)	3	0	0	0	1	4-11	0-0	3-3	44.6
Larry Kenon L. Kenon #35	16	6	5 (0)	0	0	0	0	0	2-7	0-0	2-3	36.1
Coby Dietrick C. Dietrick #25	15	8	1 (0)	1	0	1	0	3	3-5	0-0	2-2	68.0
Ronnie Lester R. Lester #12	11	10	3 (0)	1	2	0	0	0	4-8	0-1	2-3	53.6
James Wilkes J. Wilkes #32	1	0	1 (0)	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Sam Worthen S. Worthen #31	1	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

	Team	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
	CHI	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3P	FT	TS%
Larry Bird L. Bird #33	44	23	12 (0)	5	0	0	4	9-18	0-0	5-5	56.9
Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell #31	38	21	6 (0)	5	0	4	2	7-9	0-0	7-8	83.9
Chris Ford C. Ford #42	32	9	1 (0)	4	0	0	3	4-5	1-2	0-0	90.0
Nate Archibald N. Archibald #1	28	14	1 (0)	4	0	0	0	5-9	0-0	4-6	60.1
Kevin McHale K. McHale #32	27	21	4 (0)	0	5	0	5	8-15	0-0	5-7	58.1
Robert Parish R. Parish #00	24	17	9 (0)	2	0	0	5	8-12	0-0	1-1	68.3
Gerald Henderson G. Henderson #43	20	10	2 (0)	2	0	0	0	5-11	0-0	0-0	45.5
M.L. Carr #30	16	2	0 (0)	0	0	0	3	1-6	0-1	0-0	16.7
Rick Robey R. Robey #53	9	2	2 (0)	0	0	0	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	33.3
Terry Duerod T. Duerod #42	1	2	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	100.0
Eric Fernsten E. Fernsten #45	1	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

	Team	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
	BOS	0	0 (0)	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

CHI

Team Stats

BOS

43-94 (45.7%)

FG%

49-89 (55.1%)

0-4 (0.0%)

3PM

1-3 (33.3%)

23-28 (82.1%)

FTM

22-27 (81.5%)

46

Rebounds

37

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

19

Assists

22

7

Steals

9

2

Blocks

10

15

Turnovers

13

Points Off Turnovers

Fastbreak Points

Points In Paint

Second Chance Points

22

Fouls

24

Technical Fouls

Flagrant Fouls

0-1 CHI

BOS 1-0

Top Performers

Team Stats

1980-81 Eastern Conference

Game Summary

Game Info

Team Stats