The Houston Rockets couldn't keep up with the Boston Celtics, 102 to 91, in Game 6 of the 1981 NBA Finals on May 14, 1981.
Final
Celtics
Rockets
FG Made - Attempted
43-78
36-86
Field Goal %
55.1
41.9
3PT Made - Attempted
1-4
0-2
3PT %
25.0
0.0
FT Made - Attempted
15-18
19-23
Free Throw %
83.3
82.6
Rebounds
37
41
Offensive Rebounds
9
18
Defensive Rebounds
28
23
Assists
26
22
Steals
6
4
Blocks
0
2
Turnovers
13
12
Personal Fouls
21
21
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Bird | 43 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11-20 | 55.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 4-5 | 80.0 | 60.8 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | |
N. Archibald | 43 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5-11 | 45.5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 52.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
C. Ford | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4-10 | 40.0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 46.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
C. Maxwell | 40 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7-11 | 63.6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 83.3 | 69.6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
R. Parish | 32 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-14 | 64.3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 64.3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Robey | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 75.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
M.L. Carr | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
K. McHale | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
G. Henderson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
T. Duerod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
E. Fernsten | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Reid | 47 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12-24 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 51.5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
M. Malone | 47 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9-21 | 42.9 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 71.4 | 47.8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
T. Henderson | 39 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 40.0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 59.2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
M. Dunleavy | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-9 | 33.3 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
B. Paultz | 30 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-14 | 42.9 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 47.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Willoughby | 24 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1-7 | 14.3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 30.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
C. Garrett | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 82.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
A. Leavell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
M. Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Team Rankings
ORTG
112.4
16th
DRTG
105.9
2nd
NETRTG
6.5
6th
3P%
32.7
28th
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