The Boston Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets, 119 to 101, in Game 1 of the 1980 Eastern Conference Semifinals on April 9, 1980.

Final

Rockets

0-1

101

Celtics

1-0

119

Team

HOU

BOS

Total

101

119

Team Stats

Player Stats

Rockets

Celtics

FG Made - Attempted

38-81

51-105

Field Goal %

46.9

48.6

3PT Made - Attempted

2-7

0-6

3PT %

28.6

0.0

FT Made - Attempted

23-26

17-21

Free Throw %

88.5

81.0

Rebounds

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

Steals

Blocks

Turnovers

Personal Fouls

Rockets

Celtics

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	44	23	0	4	0	8-13	61.5	1-2	50.0	6-6	100.0	73.5	0	0	2	4
Moses Malone M. Malone	40	27	13	1	2	11-22	50.0	0-0		5-5	100.0	55.8			5	3
Robert Reid R. Reid	31	15	5	1	2	7-10	70.0	0-0		1-1	100.0	71.8			9	2
Tom Henderson T. Henderson	31	6	1	4	0	3-7	42.9	0-0		0-0		42.9			3	2
Billy Paultz B. Paultz	14	6	8	1	0	2-7	28.6	0-0		2-2	100.0	38.1			0	2

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	26	10	7	2		0	4-8	50.0	0-2	0.0	2-3	66.7	53.6			2	2
Rick Barry R. Barry	17	3	0	3		0	1-6	16.7	1-1	100.0	0-0		25.0	0	0	0	1
Allen Leavell A. Leavell	15	6	0	2		0	0-3	0.0	0-2	0.0	6-6	100.0	53.2	0	0	0	2
Major Jones M. Jones	12	2	2	0	0	1	1-3	33.3	0-0		0-0		33.3			1	1
Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	6	0	0	4		0	0-0		0-0		0-0			0	0	1	2
Alonzo Bradley A. Bradley	4	3	2	0		0	1-2	50.0	0-0		1-3	33.3	45.2			0	0

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	38	15	12	2	1	6-11	54.5	0-0		3-3	100.0	60.9			2	4
Chris Ford C. Ford	32	19	5	2	1	7-16	43.8	0-2	0.0	5-5	100.0	52.2			1	5
Larry Bird L. Bird	30	15	7	3	0	7-15	46.7	0-2	0.0	1-1	100.0	48.6			2	0
Nate Archibald N. Archibald	28	10	0	9	0	3-8	37.5	0-0		4-4	100.0	51.2	0	0	2	4
Dave Cowens D. Cowens	26	17	8	3	1	8-13	61.5	0-0		1-2	50.0	61.2			0	3

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
M.L. Carr	24	13	7	1		0	6-13	46.2	0-1	0.0	1-3	33.3	45.4			1	2
Rick Robey R. Robey	22	11	2	1		0	5-12	41.7	0-0		1-2	50.0	42.7			0	3
Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	20	9	2	1		0	4-7	57.1	0-0		1-1	100.0	60.5			3	1
Eric Fernsten E. Fernsten	10	4	3	0	0	2	2-5	40.0	0-0		0-0		40.0			1	0
Pete Maravich P. Maravich	9	4	2	0		0	2-4	50.0	0-1	0.0	0-0		50.0	0	2	0	1
Jeff Judkins J. Judkins	1	2	0	0		0	1-1	100.0	0-0		0-0		100.0	0	0	0	0