Game Stats: Celtics vs. Rockets, 94-71 in the 1981 NBA Playoffs

Box score from the NBA basketball game played between the Boston Celtics and the Houston Rockets on May 09, 1981 with final result, scoring by period, game leaders and statistics by team and by player.

Game from the 1981 Playoffs
NBA Finals
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Team
Rockets
Celtics
W
2
4
 

G.1 Game 1
95
98
G.2 Game 2
92
90
G.3 Game 3
71
94
G.4 Game 4
91
86
G.5 Game 5
80
109
G.6 Game 6
91
102
NBA Box Scores:

Game 3 Result

94

Boston Celtics
- 71

Houston Rockets

Scoring by Period

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
BOS 21 20 24 29 94
HOU 17 13 18 23 71

Game 3 Leaders

Celtics Rockets

Points

19 -
C.
Cedric
Maxwell
23 -
M.
Moses
Malone

Rebounds

13 -
L.
Larry
Bird
15 -
M.
Moses
Malone

Assists

10 -
L.
Larry
Bird
2 -
3 players

Steals

5 -
L.
Larry
Bird
2 -
2 players

Blocks

2 -
2 players
4 -
M.
Moses
Malone

Game Data

Date: May 09, 1981

Home Team: Houston Rockets

Game 3 Box Score

Boston Celtics

94
  Shooting Rebounds

Players

  Min
FG
3P
FT
O D Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
Reserves
 
Cedric Maxwell 36:00 9-16 0-0 1-2 9 1 10 0 0 2 4 419
Chris Ford 36:00 7-12 2-3 1-2 2 2 4 2 2 0 1 217
Robert Parish 13:00 5-10 0-0 1-1 0 6 6 1 1 0 0 511
Tiny Archibald 29:00 5-13 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 6 1 0 1 210
Larry Bird 44:00 3-11 0-0 2-4 2 11 13 10 5 2 3 38
Reserves
 
Gerald Henderson 19:00 5-8 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 012
Rick Robey 31:00 4-10 0-0 3-5 2 4 6 1 0 1 0 411
Kevin McHale 12:00 0-2 0-0 2-3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 02
M.L. Carr 14:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 32
Terry Duerod 02:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 02
Eric Fernsten 04:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20

Totals:

  240 40-89 2-3 12-19 16 28 44 24 12 6 11 25 94
Percentages: .449 .667 .632

Houston Rockets

71
  Shooting Rebounds

Players

  Min
FG
3P
FT
O D Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
Reserves
 
Moses Malone 40:00 7-13 0-0 9-12 6 9 15 2 0 4 1 123
Billy Paultz 34:00 2-10 0-0 2-4 2 6 8 0 1 1 5 16
Tom Henderson 26:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 16
Mike Dunleavy 19:00 2-3 0-0 1-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 15
Robert Reid 26:00 2-11 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 2 0 2 1 34
Reserves
 
Bill Willoughby 31:00 2-12 0-0 8-9 3 4 7 0 2 1 2 312
Calvin Murphy 29:00 3-10 0-0 3-4 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 39
Allen Leavell 18:00 2-9 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 34
Major Jones 04:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 22
Rudy Tomjanovich 07:00 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 00
Calvin Garrett 06:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 10

Totals:

  240 24-79 0-1 23-31 19 29 48 10 6 10 21 19 71
Percentages: .304 .000 .742