The Houston Rockets barely put up a fight against the Boston Celtics, 94 to 71, in Game 3 of the 1981 NBA Finals on May 9, 1981.

Final

Celtics

2-1

94

Rockets

1-2

71

Team

BOS

HOU

Total

Team Stats

Player Stats

Celtics

Rockets

FG Made - Attempted

40-89

24-79

Field Goal %

44.9

30.4

3PT Made - Attempted

2-3

0-1

3PT %

66.7

0.0

FT Made - Attempted

12-19

23-31

Free Throw %

63.2

74.2

Rebounds

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

Steals

Blocks

Turnovers

Personal Fouls

Celtics

Rockets

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Larry Bird L. Bird	44	8	13	10	5	2	3-11	27.3	0-0		2-4	50.0	31.3	2	11	3	3
Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	36	19	10	0	0	2	9-16	56.3	0-0		1-2	50.0	56.3	9	1	4	4
Chris Ford C. Ford	36	17	4	2	2	0	7-12	58.3	2-3	66.7	1-2	50.0	66.0	2	2	1	2
Nate Archibald N. Archibald	29	10	2	6	1	0	5-13	38.5	0-0		0-0		38.5	0	2	1	2
Robert Parish R. Parish	13	11	6	1	1	0	5-10	50.0	0-0		1-1	100.0	52.7	0	6	0	5

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Rick Robey R. Robey	31	11	6	1	0	1	4-10	40.0	0-0	3-5	60.0	45.1	2	4	0	4
Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	19	12	0	2	2	0	5-8	62.5	0-0	2-2	100.0	67.6	0	0	1	0
M.L. Carr	14	2	1	0	0	1	1-5	20.0	0-0	0-0		20.0	1	0	0	3
Kevin McHale K. McHale	12	2	2	1	0	0	0-2	0.0	0-0	2-3	66.7	30.1	0	2	1	0
Eric Fernsten E. Fernsten	4	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0-0		0.0	0	0	0	2
Terry Duerod T. Duerod	2	2	0	0	1	0	1-1	100.0	0-0	0-0		100.0	0	0	0	0

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Moses Malone M. Malone	40	23	15	2	0	4	7-13	53.8	0-0	9-12	75.0	62.9	6	9	1	1
Billy Paultz B. Paultz	34	6	8	0	1	1	2-10	20.0	0-0	2-4	50.0	25.5	2	6	5	1
Tom Henderson T. Henderson	26	6	3	1	2	1	3-5	60.0	0-0	0-0		60.0	2	1	2	1
Robert Reid R. Reid	26	4	5	2	0	2	2-11	18.2	0-0	0-0		18.2	1	4	1	3
Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	19	5	2	1	0	1	2-3	66.7	0-0	1-1	100.0	72.7	1	1	3	1

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Bill Willoughby B. Willoughby	31	12	7	0	2	1	2-12	16.7	0-0		8-9	88.9	37.6	3	4	2	3
Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	29	9	0	1	1	0	3-10	30.0	0-0		3-4	75.0	38.3	0	0	6	3
Allen Leavell A. Leavell	18	4	0	2	0	0	2-9	22.2	0-0		0-1	0.0	21.2	0	0	0	3
Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	7	0	3	0	0	0	0-3	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0		0.0	2	1	1	0
Calvin Garrett C. Garrett	6	0	2	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-0		0-0		0.0	1	1	0	1
Major Jones M. Jones	4	2	3	1	0	0	1-2	50.0	0-0		0-0		50.0	1	2	0	2