1980-81 Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics crushed the Houston Rockets, 109 to 80, in Game 5 of the 1981 NBA Finals on May 12, 1981.

Final

BOS

109

1

19

34

2

18

25

3

18

18

4

25

32

Total

80

109

Rockets

Celtics

FG Made - Attempted

30-84

41-94

Field Goal %

35.7

43.6

3PT Made - Attempted

0-1

0-3

3PT %

0.0

0.0

FT Made - Attempted

20-33

27-35

Free Throw %

60.6

77.1

Rebounds

41

54

Offensive Rebounds

15

19

Defensive Rebounds

26

35

Assists

15

25

Steals

8

5

Blocks

9

8

Turnovers

17

14

Personal Fouls

24

23

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
M. Malone
41
20
11
0
0
4
7-14
50.0
0-0
6-10
60.0
54.3
6
5
4
2
R. Reid
38
9
7
2
2
1
3-11
27.3
0-0
3-4
75.0
35.3
4
3
2
4
B. Paultz
31
10
5
1
1
0
5-12
41.7
0-0
0-0
41.7
1
4
1
4
T. Henderson
29
7
4
4
0
0
3-8
37.5
0-0
1-3
33.3
37.6
0
4
2
0
M. Dunleavy
14
5
2
2
0
0
1-5
20.0
0-1
0.0
3-4
75.0
37.0
0
2
2
6

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
A. Leavell
24
10
1
6
1
2
3-10
30.0
0-0
4-5
80.0
41.0
1
0
3
2
B. Willoughby
17
4
5
0
1
1
1-7
14.3
0-0
2-4
50.0
22.8
3
2
2
3
M. Jones
13
7
2
0
1
1
3-6
50.0
0-0
1-3
33.3
47.8
0
2
0
2
C. Murphy
12
4
1
0
1
0
2-5
40.0
0-0
0-0
40.0
0
1
1
0
C. Garrett
12
2
2
0
1
0
1-2
50.0
0-0
0-0
50.0
0
2
0
0
R. Tomjanovich
9
2
1
0
0
0
1-4
25.0
0-0
0-0
25.0
0
1
0
1

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
C. Maxwell
39
28
15
3
1
2
10-13
76.9
0-0
8-10
80.0
80.5
7
8
1
3
L. Bird
38
12
12
8
0
1
5-16
31.3
0-0
2-2
100.0
35.5
1
11
2
3
R. Parish
36
18
10
2
1
2
6-14
42.9
0-0
6-8
75.0
51.4
4
6
3
4
C. Ford
29
8
2
4
0
0
4-8
50.0
0-1
0.0
0-0
50.0
1
1
2
0
N. Archibald
28
6
1
3
2
0
3-11
27.3
0-2
0.0
0-0
27.3
0
1
4
3

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG FG% 3PT 3P% FT FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
G. Henderson
20
2
1
2
1
0
1-4
25.0
0-0
0-0
25.0
0
1
0
4
M.L. Carr
17
11
3
1
0
2
3-6
50.0
0-0
5-6
83.3
63.7
1
2
0
2
K. McHale
15
4
6
2
0
1
2-8
25.0
0-0
0-2
0.0
22.5
3
3
1
1
R. Robey
12
14
2
0
0
0
5-7
71.4
0-0
4-4
100.0
79.9
1
1
1
3
E. Fernsten
4
2
2
0
0
0
0-2
0.0
0-0
2-3
66.7
30.1
1
1
0
0
T. Duerod
2
4
0
0
0
0
2-5
40.0
0-0
0-0
40.0
0
0
0
0

More Celtics Stats

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.4

3rd

DRTG

110.3

9th

NETRTG

10.1

3rd

3P%

36.6

15th

2024-25 Conference Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
25
4
.862
2
Celtics Celtics
22
6
.786
2.5
3
Knicks Knicks
18
10
.643
6.5
4
Magic Magic
18
12
.600
7.5
5
Bucks Bucks
15
12
.556
9.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
2/25
BOS BOS
@
TOR TOR
7:00 PM
Sun
2/23
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
1:00 PM
Thu
2/20
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
7:00 PM
Wed
2/12
SAS SAS
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Mon
2/10
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
7:30 PM
Last Game
CHI Bulls

13 - 16

98

Final

123

BOS Celtics

22 - 6

Sat 21 Dec 2024

NBA 2024-25 Leaders

NBA 2024-25 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2024-25

NBA 2024-25 Betting

NBA 2024-25 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
25
4
.862
2
Celtics Celtics
22
6
.786
2.5
3
Knicks Knicks
18
10
.643
6.5
4
Magic Magic
18
12
.600
7.5
5
Bucks Bucks
15
12
.556
9.0
6
Heat Heat
13
13
.500
10.5
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
22
5
.815
2
Grizzlies Grizzlies
20
9
.690
3.0
3
Rockets Rockets
18
9
.667
4.0
4
Mavericks Mavericks
18
10
.643
4.5
5
Clippers Clippers
16
13
.552
7.0
6
Nuggets Nuggets
14
11
.560
7.0

NBA 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
12/20
DET DET
@
PHX PHX
133-125
Fri
12/20
POR POR
@
SAS SAS
94-114
Fri
12/20
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
97-113
Fri
12/20
BOS BOS
@
CHI CHI
123-98
Fri
12/20
GSW GSW
@
MIN MIN
113-103

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
12/26
UTA UTA
@
POR POR
10:00 PM
Thu
12/26
TOR TOR
@
MEM MEM
8:00 PM
Thu
12/26
HOU HOU
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Thu
12/26
BKN BKN
@
MIL MIL
8:00 PM
Thu
12/26
CHI CHI
@
ATL ATL
7:30 PM