1980-81 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 62-20, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Bill Fitch (62-20)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 109.9 (8th of 23) Opp PTS/G: 104.0 (2nd of 23)

SRS: 6.05 (3rd of 23) Pace: 100.8 (16th of 23)

Off Rtg: 108.4 (5th of 23) Def Rtg: 102.6 (4th of 23) Net Rtg: +5.8 (3rd of 23)

Expected W-L: 56-26 (3rd of 23)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 595,454 (2nd of 23)

NBA 1981 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Chicago Bulls (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Houston Rockets (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions
Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1980-10-10		CLE	W	130	103	45	79	.570	1			39	49	.796		41	24		7	18	26	36	94	.383	0			31	39	.795		49	20		0	20	31
2	2	1980-10-14	@	ATL	L	116	122	40	84	.476	1	4	.250	35	43	.814		34	23		8	22	33	42	82	.512	0	1	.000	38	49	.776		50	20		7	24	33
3	3	1980-10-16	@	MIL	W	110	103	44	89	.494	1	2	.500	21	30	.700		45	25	11	6	18	25	42	93	.452	1	2	.500	18	21	.857		41	24	7	9	21	26
4	4	1980-10-18	@	IND	L	99	103	36	73	.493	2	5	.400	25	30	.833		34	23	10	4	10	31	41	85	.482	1	1	1.000	20	27	.741		49	31	12	5	23	32
5	5	1980-10-22	@	NJN	W	108	104	40	92	.435	1	5	.200	27	37	.730		48	21			16	26	37	87	.425	0	1	.000	30	34	.882		48	15			23	29
6	6	1980-10-23		NYK	L	107	109	47	101	.465	1	2	.500	12	15	.800		58	38			29	27	43	104	.413	2	4	.500	21	34	.618		51	28			15	21
7	7	1980-10-25	@	WSB	W	103	87	42	85	.494	0	1	.000	19	30	.633		50	34			13	22	37	90	.411	1	5	.200	12	20	.600		43	23			13	26
8	8	1980-10-29	@	DET	W	103	85	44	84	.524	0	0		15	18	.833		46	26			27	21	37	91	.407	0	1	.000	11	16	.688		39	23			26	21
9	9	1980-10-31		KCK	W	115	110	47	96	.490	0	4	.000	21	35	.600		43	30	15	7	15	24	45	89	.506	0	0		20	26	.769		38	25	15	5	15	27
10	10	1980-11-01	@	PHI	L	113	117	45	105	.429	2	7	.286	21	28	.750	20	53	27	9	3	23	39	38	80	.475	0	1	.000	41	58	.707	10	45	19	10	9	22	23
11	11	1980-11-05		ATL	W	104	87	41	76	.539	2	4	.500	20	25	.800		41	27		12	27	30	29	74	.392	0	1	.000	29	37	.784		29	17		3	22	24
12	12	1980-11-07		MIL	L	101	102	38	78	.487	0	4	.000	25	38	.658		48	20	8	13	22	29	42	97	.433	2	2	1.000	16	22	.727		35	25	7	6	16	28
13	13	1980-11-09		CHI	W	111	105	47	92	.511	0	1	.000	17	24	.708	18	42	29	8	6	15	24	41	90	.456	2	5	.400	21	30	.700	20	49	19	4	1	18	23
14	14	1980-11-12		WSB	W	93	86	37	85	.435	2	7	.286	17	18	.944		35	24			16	29	34	80	.425	0	0		18	25	.720		46	18			30	23
15	15	1980-11-14		NJN	W	126	102	49	93	.527	1	4	.250	27	39	.692		40	29			19	25	39	87	.448	0	0		24	32	.750		44	18			23	33
16	16	1980-11-18	@	CHI	W	113	112	50	82	.610	1	5	.200	12	17	.706		38	28	6	10	22	28	39	86	.453	0	1	.000	34	44	.773		41	13	12	7	13	24
17	17	1980-11-19	@	IND	W	103	91	41	77	.532	1	5	.200	20	26	.769		45	27	11	6	23	18	37	87	.425	0	0		17	25	.680		40	29	10	8	19	24
18	18	1980-11-21		GSW	W	108	106	40	89	.449	1	5	.200	27	34	.794	19	49	24	5	9	19	29	41	92	.446	1	2	.500	23	34	.676	19	45	25	8	3	18	30
19	19	1980-11-22	@	CLE	L	98	113	40	85	.471	1	5	.200	17	21	.810		36	23		7		24	47	97	.485	0	3	.000	19	21	.905		42	26		3		25
20	20	1980-11-26		POR	W	126	101	53	94	.564	0	2	.000	20	27	.741	16	57	35	12	9	22	24	41	111	.369	0	1	.000	19	33	.576	23	47	20	13	2	16	18
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1980-11-28		NYK	W	120	106	50	95	.526	1	2	.500	19	21	.905		56	31			25	23	40	97	.412	0	1	.000	26	29	.897		31	23			13	16
22	22	1980-11-30	@	MIL	L	105	107	40	84	.476	0	1	.000	25	36	.694		33	30	9	7	18	29	39	71	.549	0	0		29	36	.806		34	23	11	10	26	26
23	23	1980-12-02	@	DET	W	94	85	40	87	.460	0	0		14	25	.560		47	20			22	22	34	83	.410	0	1	.000	17	24	.708		45	20			25	27
24	24	1980-12-03		ATL	W	106	101	36	83	.434	0	4	.000	34	39	.872		43	22		6	17	18	43	82	.524	0	1	.000	15	21	.714		38	23		3	17	33
25	25	1980-12-05		DAL	W	97	87	44	93	.473	1	3	.333	8	11	.727		44	28	5	9	23	24	33	79	.418	0	0		21	31	.677		34	21	4	1	18	18
26	26	1980-12-07		WSB	L	103	113	48	95	.505	0	6	.000	7	9	.778		51	27			20	21	50	98	.510	0	1	.000	13	22	.591		41	31			10	13
27	27	1980-12-09		MIL	W	112	89	45	93	.484	0	1	.000	22	29	.759		47	31	12	11	15	18	33	92	.359	0	2	.000	23	26	.885		49	19	7	6	20	25
28	28	1980-12-10	@	WSB	W	101	99	43	82	.524	1	2	.500	14	19	.737		42	29			17	21	41	82	.500	0	0		17	22	.773		34	24			12	22
29	29	1980-12-12		NJN	W	119	104	50	88	.568	1	1	1.000	18	21	.857		52	36				26	38	87	.437	0	0		28	32	.875		42	18				26
30	30	1980-12-13	@	CHI	W	106	95	43	83	.518	1	5	.200	19	24	.792	15	47	23	7	2	20	25	36	80	.450	1	5	.200	22	36	.611	12	36	22	14	5	12	20
31	31	1980-12-17		CHI	W	115	98	50	108	.463	1	3	.333	14	16	.875		45	29	10	5	8	17	41	79	.519	0	2	.000	16	20	.800		42	22	1	8	22	25
32	32	1980-12-19		HOU	W	133	119	54	89	.607	2	2	1.000	23	34	.676		35	30	9	7	13	28	46	88	.523	0	2	.000	27	31	.871		36	26	7	3	18	26
33	33	1980-12-20	@	CLE	W	107	102	41	91	.451	1	5	.200	24	36	.667	23	57	18	6	7	16	21	43	98	.439	1	4	.250	15	18	.833	17	40	20	7	3	10	23
34	34	1980-12-23		DEN	W	136	128	54	88	.614	0	1	.000	28	38	.737	11	43	34	11	12	25	31	48	107	.449	1	4	.250	31	33	.939	23	43	24	15	0	19	27
35	35	1980-12-25	@	NYK	W	117	108	47	83	.566	2	3	.667	21	27	.778		39	29			18	25	43	93	.462	0	4	.000	22	29	.759		37	20			15	27
36	36	1980-12-27	@	ATL	W	112	107	47	98	.480	0	2	.000	18	21	.857		58	20		4	18	31	39	82	.476	0	2	.000	29	34	.853		42	26		4	15	24
37	37	1980-12-30	@	PHO	W	116	97	42	72	.583	5	6	.833	27	32	.844		38	31	9	12	21	25	37	95	.389	1	5	.200	22	30	.733		41	22	11	1	18	25
38	38	1981-01-01	@	SDC	W	88	85	33	71	.465	1	3	.333	21	32	.656		38	20	8	9	22	22	36	92	.391	0	4	.000	13	20	.650		47	23	10	1	20	24
39	39	1981-01-02	@	GSW	L	106	121	37	88	.420	1	2	.500	31	41	.756	19	42	22	7	7	14	32	44	92	.478	0	1	.000	33	45	.733	22	51	23	5	8	14	31
40	40	1981-01-04	@	POR	W	120	111	51	85	.600	1	2	.500	17	18	.944	11	37	32	8	5	17	21	46	98	.469	1	7	.143	18	25	.720	18	41	24	10	3	14	19
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1981-01-07		PHO	W	108	90	42	93	.452	2	4	.500	22	37	.595	17	44	25	16	6	20	21	36	84	.429	0	0		18	24	.750	16	47	20	9	3	28	23
42	42	1981-01-09		CHI	W	117	111	47	85	.553	0	4	.000	23	33	.697	11	36	33	10	7	18	22	46	87	.529	0	2	.000	19	21	.905	11	38	21	7	3	20	31
43	43	1981-01-10	@	NJN	W	117	115	45	86	.523	1	1	1.000	26	41	.634		42	31			20	24	47	91	.516	0	0		21	24	.875		39	34			15	31
44	44	1981-01-13	@	NYK	W	93	89	42	81	.519	1	1	1.000	8	10	.800		40	28			17	21	37	86	.430	0	0		15	26	.577		41	26			20	18
45	45	1981-01-14		CLE	W	120	113	39	75	.520	1	3	.333	41	46	.891	13	39	24	10	11	21	21	47	89	.528	2	2	1.000	17	21	.810	11	31	24	9	3	16	32
46	46	1981-01-16		SAS	W	94	85	39	94	.415	0	2	.000	16	21	.762		51	23	9	7	13	21	34	93	.366	0	3	.000	17	20	.850		51	15	6	6	16	18
47	47	1981-01-18		LAL	W	98	96	39	78	.500	1	3	.333	19	27	.704	14	34	24	21	4	23	19	44	82	.537	0	0		8	12	.667	12	35	23	13	4	26	24
48	48	1981-01-19		DET	W	92	90	38	74	.514	1	3	.333	15	20	.750		36	26				20	37	69	.536	0	0		16	21	.762		28	20				27
49	49	1981-01-21		UTA	W	117	87	47	89	.528	1	3	.333	22	30	.733		41	30		7	11	22	33	72	.458	0	1	.000	21	29	.724		35	21		2	23	31
50	50	1981-01-23		IND	W	104	103	42	83	.506	1	2	.500	19	21	.905		39	28	9	8	22	27	40	79	.506	1	1	1.000	22	33	.667		34	21	10	4	18	20
51	51	1981-01-25		SEA	W	115	106	42	83	.506	1	4	.250	30	39	.769	11	38	25	9	7	16	20	44	87	.506	0	1	.000	18	25	.720	12	43	16	11	5	19	29
52	52	1981-01-28		PHI	W	104	101	40	86	.465	1	4	.250	23	27	.852	13	46	26	11	4	16	20	45	87	.517	0	0		11	20	.550	11	38	28	8	4	17	24
53	53	1981-01-29	@	CHI	L	85	108	31	76	.408	0	4	.000	23	30	.767	10	40	21	6	4	25	23	43	91	.473	0	0		22	25	.880	17	51	28	15	7	13	24
54	54	1981-02-04	@	PHI	L	104	107	37	78	.474	1	3	.333	29	47	.617		47	21		7	23	31	37	89	.416	0	0		33	41	.805		48	25		3	13	34
55	55	1981-02-05	@	MIL	L	103	113	37	93	.398	0	7	.000	29	40	.725	17	38	22	7	0	15	28	43	87	.494	0	1	.000	27	33	.818	13	49	25	11	10	17	30
56	56	1981-02-06		IND	W	111	98	43	71	.606	2	5	.400	23	28	.821		37	28	5	11	23	20	43	90	.478	0	1	.000	12	16	.750		27	31	9	3	12	24
57	57	1981-02-08		SDC	W	123	107	47	75	.627	0	2	.000	29	36	.806		37	29	9	7	22	24	41	96	.427	1	5	.200	24	28	.857		37	9	9	2	15	30
58	58	1981-02-10	@	SEA	L	107	108	47	112	.420	2	5	.400	11	18	.611	21	55	24			13	21	43	97	.443	1	1	1.000	21	24	.875	16	49	21	7	5	17	21
59	59	1981-02-11	@	LAL	W	105	91	43	95	.453	0	1	.000	19	26	.731	23	58	28	13	9	23	21	39	92	.424	0	2	.000	13	19	.684	12	43	25	18	9	21	24
60	60	1981-02-13	@	UTA	L	89	104	36	87	.414	1	2	.500	16	24	.667		41	22		6	16	30	37	70	.529	0	0		30	40	.750		42	24		3	14	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1981-02-15	@	DEN	W	120	118	45	87	.517	0	3	.000	30	39	.769	12	45	34	8		23	25	48	107	.449	0	0		22	25	.880	25	52	27	11	4	20	32
62	62	1981-02-17	@	SAS	W	128	116	49	94	.521	2	5	.400	28	33	.848		39	35	8	5	9	23	46	89	.517	0	2	.000	24	28	.857		45	26	2	8	15	26
63	63	1981-02-18	@	KCK	L	113	114	44	86	.512	0	1	.000	25	39	.641		47	21	5	10	18	20	51	98	.520	0	1	.000	12	17	.706		47	33	13	2	14	26
64	64	1981-02-21	@	DET	W	130	119	55	91	.604	0	0		20	25	.800		36	33			20	30	44	84	.524	0	1	.000	31	39	.795		37	22			23	26
65	65	1981-02-25		CLE	W	124	103	48	91	.527	0	0		28	32	.875	17	54	29	7	8	18	21	43	93	.462	0	2	.000	17	22	.773	11	36	21	3	5	14	24
66	66	1981-02-27	@	ATL	W	132	102	50	86	.581	1	1	1.000	31	34	.912		50	18		6	19	23	38	79	.481	0	1	.000	26	31	.839		25	18		1	18	25
67	67	1981-03-01		PHI	W	114	107	40	76	.526	2	4	.500	32	47	.681	11	40	26	7	5	16	20	39	81	.481	1	4	.250	28	34	.824	10	40	23	6	2	20	34
68	68	1981-03-03	@	DAL	W	117	105	50	84	.595	1	3	.333	16	23	.696		51	36	7	11	17	21	44	95	.463	1	5	.200	16	19	.842		29	34	11	4	9	18
69	69	1981-03-04	@	HOU	W	108	101	43	89	.483	0	6	.000	22	24	.917		46	25	8	7	12	20	41	88	.466	0	0		19	23	.826		38	23	3	6	13	22
70	70	1981-03-06	@	IND	L	104	110	44	80	.550	0	3	.000	16	24	.667		40	28	3	6	19	24	46	88	.523	0	1	.000	18	21	.857		37	26	10	1	12	22
71	71	1981-03-08		NYK	W	115	94	53	100	.530	0	2	.000	9	13	.692		47	32		10	19	17	41	94	.436	2	2	1.000	10	14	.714		42	23			24	15
72	72	1981-03-11		MIL	W	122	108	50	92	.543	0	0		22	35	.629	16	49	23	9	9	17	28	40	100	.400	0	5	.000	28	36	.778	23	48	23	6	4	16	26
73	73	1981-03-13		IND	L	94	101	42	91	.462	0	2	.000	10	16	.625		44	23	6	11	13	22	41	96	.427	1	2	.500	18	20	.900		52	26	3	3	8	13
74	74	1981-03-15		NJN	W	133	125	47	83	.566	0	1	.000	39	48	.813		37	33			20	28	46	87	.529	1	1	1.000	32	36	.889		36	27			19	36
75	75	1981-03-17	@	WSB	W	112	91	45	85	.529	0	1	.000	22	33	.667		43	28			17	21	39	92	.424	0	0		13	21	.619		45	23			20	25
76	76	1981-03-18		ATL	L	97	108	41	81	.506	1	4	.250	14	17	.824		43	26		4	23	32	42	86	.488	0	1	.000	24	28	.857		34	23		2	14	19
77	77	1981-03-20		WSB	W	128	116	51	101	.505	0	2	.000	26	29	.897		51	29			11	20	48	102	.471	1	5	.200	19	21	.905		39	26			12	26
78	78	1981-03-22	@	PHI	L	94	126	38	91	.418	0	1	.000	18	28	.643	19	43	27	7	5	20	25	49	82	.598	0	1	.000	28	30	.933	7	42	32	8	10	20	23
79	79	1981-03-24	@	NYK	W	118	116	47	89	.528	0	0		24	31	.774		47	24			19	26	47	97	.485	1	2	.500	21	32	.656		41	25			16	27
80	80	1981-03-25	@	NJN	W	111	105	38	73	.521	0	1	.000	35	47	.745		44	26			28	24	45	91	.495	0	1	.000	15	23	.652		33	20			21	36
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1981-03-27		DET	L	90	115	38	84	.452	2	3	.667	12	15	.800		38	19			20	27	44	91	.484	0	0		27	34	.794		45	27			12	18
82	82	1981-03-29		PHI	W	98	94	39	86	.453	2	3	.667	18	25	.720	15	40	23	16	6	27	27	36	75	.480	2	2	1.000	20	29	.690	14	45	16	5	5	27	22

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