1980-1981 Boston Celtics Schedule

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NBA Playoffs - Conference Semi Finals

Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Record	Boston Leaders	Chicago Leaders	PPP
Apr 5, 1981	v. Chicago	W, 121 - 109	Boston Garden Conference Semi Finals	1-0	PTS: 23. Larry Bird	PTS: 19. Dwight Jones	0 - 0
Apr 7, 1981	v. Chicago	W, 106 - 97	Boston Garden Conference Semi Finals	2-0	PTS: 27. R. Parish	PTS: 21. Reggie Theus	0 - 0
Apr 10, 1981	@ Chicago	W, 107 - 113	Chicago Stadium Conference Semi Finals	3-0	PTS: 24. Larry Bird	PTS: 26. Reggie Theus	0 - 0
Apr 12, 1981	@ Chicago	W, 103 - 109	Chicago Stadium Conference Semi Finals	4-0	PTS: 35. Larry Bird	PTS: 24. D. Greenwood	0 - 0

NBA Playoffs - Conference Finals

Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Record	Boston Leaders	Philadelphia Leaders	PPP
Apr 21, 1981	v. Philadelphia	L, 104 - 105	Boston Garden Conference Finals	0-1	PTS: 33. Larry Bird	PTS: 26. Andrew Toney	0 - 0
Apr 22, 1981	v. Philadelphia	W, 118 - 99	Boston Garden Conference Finals	1-1	PTS: 34. Larry Bird	PTS: 35. Andrew Toney	0 - 0
Apr 24, 1981	@ Philadelphia	L, 110 - 100	Spectrum Conference Finals	1-2	PTS: 22. Larry Bird	PTS: 22. J. Erving	0 - 0
Apr 26, 1981	@ Philadelphia	L, 107 - 105	Spectrum Conference Finals	1-3	PTS: 20. C. Maxwell	PTS: 20. J. Erving	0 - 0
Apr 29, 1981	v. Philadelphia	W, 111 - 109	Boston Garden Conference Finals	2-3	PTS: 32. Larry Bird	PTS: 23. L. Hollins	0 - 0
May 1, 1981	@ Philadelphia	W, 98 - 100	Spectrum Conference Finals	3-3	PTS: 25. Larry Bird	PTS: 24. D. Dawkins	0 - 0
May 3, 1981	v. Philadelphia	W, 91 - 90	Boston Garden Conference Finals	4-3	PTS: 23. Larry Bird	PTS: 23. J. Erving	0 - 0

NBA Playoffs - NBA Finals

Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Record	Boston Leaders	Houston Leaders	PPP
May 5, 1981	v. Houston	W, 98 - 95	Boston Garden NBA Finals	1-0	PTS: 18. Larry Bird	PTS: 27. Robert Reid	0 - 0
May 7, 1981	v. Houston	L, 90 - 92	Boston Garden NBA Finals	1-1	PTS: 19. Larry Bird	PTS: 31. Moses Malone	0 - 0
May 9, 1981	@ Houston	W, 71 - 94	Compaq Center NBA Finals	2-1	PTS: 19. C. Maxwell	PTS: 23. Moses Malone	0 - 0
May 10, 1981	@ Houston	L, 91 - 86	Compaq Center NBA Finals	2-2	PTS: 24. C. Maxwell	PTS: 28. M. Dunleavy, Sr.	0 - 0
May 12, 1981	v. Houston	W, 109 - 80	Boston Garden NBA Finals	3-2	PTS: 28. C. Maxwell	PTS: 20. Moses Malone	0 - 0
May 14, 1981	@ Houston	W, 91 - 102	Compaq Center NBA Finals	4-2	PTS: 27. Larry Bird	PTS: 27. Robert Reid	0 - 0

Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Record	Boston Leaders	Opponent Leaders	PPP
Oct 10, 1980	v. Cleveland	W, 130 - 103	Boston Garden Regular Season	1-0	PTS: 25. M.L. Carr	PTS: 34. M. Mitchell	0 - 0
Oct 14, 1980	@ Atlanta	L, 122 - 116	Omni Coliseum Regular Season	1-1	PTS: 23. R. Parish	PTS: 32. E. Johnson, Jr.	0 - 0
Oct 16, 1980	@ Milwaukee	W, 103 - 110	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Regular Season	2-1	PTS: 17. R. Parish	PTS: 27. M. Johnson	0 - 0
Oct 18, 1980	@ Indiana	L, 103 - 99	Market Square Arena Regular Season	2-2	PTS: 23. C. Maxwell	PTS: 18. J. Edwards	0 - 0
Oct 22, 1980	@ New Jersey	W, 104 - 108	Jersey Mike's Arena Regular Season	3-2	PTS: 29. Larry Bird	PTS: 25. M. Lucas	0 - 0
Oct 23, 1980	v. New York	L, 107 - 109	PeoplesBank Arena Regular Season	3-3	PTS: 25. Larry Bird	PTS: 27. B. Cartwright	0 - 0
Oct 25, 1980	@ Washington	W, 87 - 103	US Airways Arena Regular Season	4-3	PTS: 18. Rick Robey	PTS: 20. B. Dandridge	0 - 0
Oct 29, 1980	@ Detroit	W, 85 - 103	Silverdome Regular Season	5-3	PTS: 23. R. Parish	PTS: 14. Terry Tyler	0 - 0
Oct 31, 1980	v. Kansas City	W, 115 - 110	Boston Garden Regular Season	6-3	PTS: 24. C. Maxwell	PTS: 30. O. Birdsong	0 - 0
Nov 1, 1980	@ Philadelphia	L, 117 - 113	Spectrum Regular Season	6-4	PTS: 36. Larry Bird	PTS: 45. J. Erving	0 - 0
Nov 5, 1980	v. Atlanta	W, 104 - 87	Boston Garden Regular Season	7-4	PTS: 22. Larry Bird	PTS: 15. Tom McMillen	0 - 0
Nov 7, 1980	v. Milwaukee	L, 101 - 102	Boston Garden Regular Season	7-5	PTS: 29. Larry Bird	PTS: 23. M. Johnson	0 - 0
Nov 9, 1980	v. Chicago	W, 111 - 105	PeoplesBank Arena Regular Season	8-5	PTS: 22. R. Parish	PTS: 28. Reggie Theus	0 - 0
Nov 12, 1980	v. Washington	W, 93 - 86	Boston Garden Regular Season	9-5	PTS: 25. C. Maxwell	PTS: 23. Wes Matthews	0 - 0
Nov 14, 1980	v. New Jersey	W, 126 - 102	Boston Garden Regular Season	10-5	PTS: 22. Larry Bird	PTS: 17. Lowes Moore	0 - 0
Nov 18, 1980	@ Chicago	W, 112 - 113	Chicago Stadium Regular Season	11-5	PTS: 22. R. Parish	PTS: 32. Larry Kenon	0 - 0
Nov 19, 1980	@ Indiana	W, 91 - 103	Market Square Arena Regular Season	12-5	PTS: 19. Larry Bird	PTS: 27. Billy Knight	0 - 0
Nov 21, 1980	v. Golden State	W, 108 - 106	Boston Garden Regular Season	13-5	PTS: 27. Larry Bird	PTS: 32. W. Free	0 - 0
Nov 22, 1980	@ Cleveland	L, 113 - 98	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	13-6	PTS: 21. R. Parish	PTS: 28. Randy Smith	0 - 0
Nov 26, 1980	v. Portland	W, 126 - 101	Boston Garden Regular Season	14-6	PTS: 24. Larry Bird	PTS: 17. Ron Brewer	0 - 0
Nov 28, 1980	v. New York	W, 120 - 106	Boston Garden Regular Season	15-6	PTS: 23. Larry Bird	PTS: 19. C. Russell	0 - 0
Nov 30, 1980	@ Milwaukee	L, 107 - 105	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Regular Season	15-7	PTS: 26. R. Parish	PTS: 25. J. Bridgeman	0 - 0
Dec 2, 1980	@ Detroit	W, 85 - 94	Silverdome Regular Season	16-7	PTS: 21. Kevin McHale	PTS: 20. Keith Herron	0 - 0
Dec 3, 1980	v. Atlanta	W, 106 - 101	Boston Garden Regular Season	17-7	PTS: 33. R. Parish	PTS: 21. E. Johnson, Jr.	0 - 0
Dec 5, 1980	v. Dallas	W, 97 - 87	Boston Garden Regular Season	18-7	PTS: 20. R. Parish	PTS: 24. B. Robinzine	0 - 0
Dec 7, 1980	v. Washington	L, 103 - 113	PeoplesBank Arena Regular Season	18-8	PTS: 26. R. Parish	PTS: 27. Elvin Hayes	0 - 0
Dec 9, 1980	v. Milwaukee	W, 112 - 89	Boston Garden Regular Season	19-8	PTS: 23. C. Maxwell	PTS: 27. M. Johnson	0 - 0
Dec 10, 1980	@ Washington	W, 99 - 101	US Airways Arena Regular Season	20-8	PTS: 21. Larry Bird	PTS: 28. Elvin Hayes	0 - 0
Dec 12, 1980	v. New Jersey	W, 119 - 104	Boston Garden Regular Season	21-8	PTS: 29. R. Parish	PTS: 18. Mike O'Koren	0 - 0
Dec 13, 1980	@ Chicago	W, 95 - 106	Chicago Stadium Regular Season	22-8	PTS: 35. Larry Bird	PTS: 22. D. Greenwood	0 - 0
Dec 17, 1980	v. Chicago	W, 115 - 98	Boston Garden Regular Season	23-8	PTS: 25. Larry Bird	PTS: 28. B. Wilkerson	0 - 0
Dec 19, 1980	v. Houston	W, 133 - 119	Boston Garden Regular Season	24-8	PTS: 26. R. Parish	PTS: 32. Robert Reid	0 - 0
Dec 20, 1980	@ Cleveland	W, 102 - 107	Richfield Coliseum Regular Season	25-8	PTS: 24. R. Parish	PTS: 27. M. Mitchell	0 - 0
Dec 23, 1980	v. Denver	W, 136 - 128	Boston Garden Regular Season	26-8	PTS: 29. C. Maxwell	PTS: 29. Alex English	0 - 0
Dec 25, 1980	@ New York	W, 108 - 117	Madison Square Garden Regular Season	27-8	PTS: 28. Larry Bird	PTS: 30. Ray Williams	0 - 0
Dec 27, 1980	@ Atlanta	W, 107 - 112	Omni Coliseum Regular Season	28-8	PTS: 22. R. Parish	PTS: 47. John Drew	0 - 0
Dec 30, 1980	@ Phoenix	W, 97 - 116	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Regular Season	29-8	PTS: 27. Larry Bird	PTS: 30. D. Johnson	0 - 0
Jan 1, 1981	@ San Diego	W, 85 - 88	Pechanga Arena Regular Season	30-8	PTS: 16. R. Parish	PTS: 22. Joe Bryant	0 - 0
Jan 2, 1981	@ Golden State	L, 121 - 106	Oracle Arena Regular Season	30-9	PTS: 24. R. Parish	PTS: 30. Bernard King	0 - 0
Jan 4, 1981	@ Portland	W, 111 - 120	Veterans Memorial Coliseum Regular Season	31-9	PTS: 33. Larry Bird	PTS: 22. M. Thompson	0 - 0
Jan 7, 1981	v. Phoenix	W, 108 - 90	Boston Garden Regular Season	32-9	PTS: 24. Larry Bird	PTS: 23. Walter Davis	0 - 0
Jan 9, 1981	v. Chicago	W, 117 - 111	Boston Garden Regular Season	33-9	PTS: 25. T. Archibald	PTS: 23. Larry Kenon	0 - 0
Jan 10, 1981	@ New Jersey	W, 115 - 117	Jersey Mike's Arena Regular Season	34-9	PTS: 29. Larry Bird	PTS: 30. C. Robinson	0 - 0
Jan 13, 1981	@ New York	W, 89 - 93	Madison Square Garden Regular Season	35-9	PTS: 21. Larry Bird REB: 11. Larry Bird AST: 8. Larry Bird	PTS: 26. Ray Williams	1,069.1 - 1,117.1
Jan 14, 1981	v. Cleveland	W, 120 - 113	Boston Garden Regular Season	36-9	PTS: 33. R. Parish	PTS: 32. M. Mitchell	0 - 0
Jan 16, 1981	v. San Antonio	W, 94 - 85	Boston Garden Regular Season	37-9	PTS: 29. R. Parish	PTS: 22. Johnny Moore	0 - 0
Jan 18, 1981	v. L.A. Lakers	W, 98 - 96	Boston Garden Regular Season	38-9	PTS: 22. T. Archibald	PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar	0 - 0
Jan 19, 1981	v. Detroit	W, 92 - 90	PeoplesBank Arena Regular Season	39-9	PTS: 21. C. Maxwell	PTS: 20. Keith Herron	0 - 0
Jan 21, 1981	v. Utah	W, 117 - 87	Boston Garden Regular Season	40-9	PTS: 20. Larry Bird	PTS: 19. A. Dantley	0 - 0
Jan 23, 1981	v. Indiana	W, 104 - 103	Boston Garden Regular Season	41-9	PTS: 32. Larry Bird	PTS: 19. J. Edwards	0 - 0
Jan 25, 1981	v. Seattle	W, 115 - 106	Boston Garden Regular Season	42-9	PTS: 32. R. Parish	PTS: 23. James Bailey	0 - 0
Jan 28, 1981	v. Philadelphia	W, 104 - 101	Boston Garden Regular Season	43-9	PTS: 24. Larry Bird AST: 10. T. Archibald	PTS: 35. J. Erving	0 - 0
Jan 29, 1981	@ Chicago	L, 108 - 85	Chicago Stadium Regular Season	43-10	PTS: 17. R. Parish	PTS: 22. Reggie Theus	0 - 0
Feb 4, 1981	@ Philadelphia	L, 107 - 104	Spectrum Regular Season	43-11	PTS: 22. T. Archibald	PTS: 33. J. Erving	0 - 0
Feb 5, 1981	@ Milwaukee	L, 113 - 103	UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Regular Season	43-12	PTS: 20. T. Archibald	PTS: 20. M. Johnson	0 - 0
Feb 6, 1981	v. Indiana	W, 111 - 98	Boston Garden Regular Season	44-12	PTS: 31. Larry Bird	PTS: 24. Mike Bantom	0 - 0
Feb 8, 1981	v. San Diego	W, 123 - 107	Boston Garden Regular Season	45-12	PTS: 24. Rick Robey	PTS: 24. F. Williams	0 - 0
Feb 10, 1981	@ Seattle	L, 108 - 107	Kingdome Regular Season	45-13	PTS: 29. R. Parish	PTS: 24. P. Westphal	0 - 0
Feb 11, 1981	@ L.A. Lakers	W, 91 - 105	The Forum Regular Season	46-13	PTS: 36. Larry Bird	PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar	0 - 0
Feb 13, 1981	@ Utah	L, 104 - 89	Salt Palace Regular Season	46-14	PTS: 25. Larry Bird	PTS: 38. D. Griffith	0 - 0
Feb 15, 1981	@ Denver	W, 118 - 120	McNichols Sports Arena Regular Season	47-14	PTS: 34. C. Maxwell	PTS: 27. Dan Issel	0 - 0
Feb 17, 1981	@ San Antonio	W, 116 - 128	HemisFair Arena Regular Season	48-14	PTS: 40. R. Parish	PTS: 49. G. Gervin	0 - 0
Feb 18, 1981	@ Kansas City	L, 114 - 113	Kemper Arena Regular Season	48-15	PTS: 26. R. Parish	PTS: 28. Phil Ford	0 - 0
Feb 21, 1981	@ Detroit	W, 119 - 130	Silverdome Regular Season	49-15	PTS: 26. C. Maxwell	PTS: 26. Terry Tyler	0 - 0
Feb 25, 1981	v. Cleveland	W, 124 - 103	Boston Garden Regular Season	50-15	PTS: 30. Larry Bird	PTS: 27. M. Mitchell	0 - 0
Feb 27, 1981	@ Atlanta	W, 102 - 132	Omni Coliseum Regular Season	51-15	PTS: 29. C. Maxwell AST: 12. Larry Bird	PTS: 29. John Drew	0 - 0
Mar 1, 1981	v. Philadelphia	W, 114 - 107	Boston Garden Regular Season	52-15	PTS: 25. R. Parish AST: 12. Larry Bird	PTS: 26. D. Dawkins	0 - 0
Mar 3, 1981	@ Dallas	W, 105 - 117	Reunion Arena Regular Season	53-15	PTS: 22. Larry Bird AST: 12. Larry Bird	PTS: 31. Brad Davis	0 - 0
Mar 4, 1981	@ Houston	W, 101 - 108	Compaq Center Regular Season	54-15	PTS: 24. Larry Bird AST: 12. Larry Bird	PTS: 26. Moses Malone	0 - 0
Mar 6, 1981	@ Indiana	L, 110 - 104	Market Square Arena Regular Season	54-16	PTS: 28. Larry Bird	PTS: 32. Billy Knight	0 - 0
Mar 8, 1981	v. New York	W, 115 - 94	Boston Garden Regular Season	55-16	PTS: 23. Larry Bird	PTS: 16. Sly Williams	0 - 0
Mar 11, 1981	v. Milwaukee	W, 122 - 108	Boston Garden Regular Season	56-16	PTS: 29. Larry Bird	PTS: 19. S. Moncrief	0 - 0
Mar 13, 1981	v. Indiana	L, 94 - 101	PeoplesBank Arena Regular Season	56-17	PTS: 24. C. Maxwell	PTS: 24. Johnny Davis	0 - 0
Mar 15, 1981	v. New Jersey	W, 133 - 125	Boston Garden Regular Season	57-17	PTS: 21. M.L. Carr	PTS: 35. Darwin Cook	0 - 0
Mar 17, 1981	@ Washington	W, 91 - 112	US Airways Arena Regular Season	58-17	PTS: 25. Larry Bird	PTS: 19. Elvin Hayes	0 - 0
Mar 18, 1981	v. Atlanta	L, 97 - 108	Boston Garden Regular Season	58-18	PTS: 22. Larry Bird	PTS: 38. E. Johnson, Jr.	0 - 0
Mar 20, 1981	v. Washington	W, 128 - 116	Boston Garden Regular Season	59-18	PTS: 27. C. Maxwell	PTS: 27. Kevin Grevey	0 - 0
Mar 22, 1981	@ Philadelphia	L, 126 - 94	Spectrum Regular Season	59-19	PTS: 19. Larry Bird	PTS: 24. J. Erving	0 - 0
Mar 24, 1981	@ New York	W, 116 - 118	Madison Square Garden Regular Season	60-19	PTS: 26. R. Parish REB: 9. R. Parish	PTS: 36. Ray Williams	0 - 0
Mar 25, 1981	@ New Jersey	W, 105 - 111	Jersey Mike's Arena Regular Season	61-19	PTS: 31. R. Parish	PTS: 33. C. Robinson	0 - 0
Mar 27, 1981	v. Detroit	L, 90 - 115	Boston Garden Regular Season	61-20	PTS: 14. Rick Robey	PTS: 27. Terry Tyler	0 - 0
Mar 29, 1981	v. Philadelphia	W, 98 - 94	Boston Garden Regular Season	62-20	PTS: 24. Larry Bird	PTS: 35. Andrew Toney	0 - 0