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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
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1980-10-10		CLE	W	130	103				.620		.646	45.6	53.3		7.4	.576	15.2		.494	.383	15.2		.330
2	2	1980-10-14	@	ATL	L	116	122				.512	.048	.564	40.5	57.5		9.9	.482	17.6		.417	.512	18.8		.463
3	3	1980-10-16	@	MIL	W	110	103				.337	.022	.538	52.3	56.8		6.6	.500	15.0		.236	.457	17.0		.194
4	4	1980-10-18	@	IND	L	99	103				.411	.068	.574	41.0	63.9		4.8	.507	10.4		.342	.488	19.2		.235
5	5	1980-10-22	@	NJN	W	108	104				.402	.054	.499	50.0	52.5			.440	12.9		.293	.425	18.4		.345
6	6	1980-10-23		NYK	L	107	109				.149	.020	.497	53.2	80.9			.470	21.2		.119	.423	11.2		.202
7	7	1980-10-25	@	WSB	W	103	87				.353	.012	.524	53.8	81.0			.494	11.7		.224	.417	11.6		.133
8	8	1980-10-29	@	DET	W	103	85				.214	.000	.560	54.1	59.1			.524	22.7		.179	.407	21.0		.121
9	9	1980-10-31		KCK	W	115	110				.365	.042	.516	53.1	63.8		7.9	.490	11.9		.219	.506	13.0		.225
10	10	1980-11-01	@	PHI	L	113	117	98.0	101.5	104.4	.267	.067	.482	54.1	60.0	7.8	3.8	.438	16.4	36.4	.200	.475	17.3	76.7	.513
11	11	1980-11-05		ATL	W	104	87				.329	.053	.598	58.6	65.9		16.4	.553	23.7		.263	.392	19.6		.392
12	12	1980-11-07		MIL	L	101	102				.487	.051	.533	57.8	52.6		13.7	.487	18.8		.321	.443	13.0		.165
13	13	1980-11-09		CHI	W	111	105	114.2	108.1	97.2	.261	.011	.541	46.2	61.7	8.2	7.1	.511	12.8	38.3	.185	.467	14.9	54.5	.233
14	14	1980-11-12		WSB	W	93	86				.212	.082	.500	43.2	64.9			.447	14.7		.200	.425	24.8		.225
15	15	1980-11-14		NJN	W	126	102				.419	.043	.572	47.6	59.2			.532	14.7		.290	.448	18.5		.276
16	16	1980-11-18	@	CHI	W	113	112				.207	.061	.631	48.1	56.0		11.8	.616	19.7		.146	.453	11.0		.395
17	17	1980-11-19	@	IND	W	103	91				.338	.065	.582	52.9	65.9		6.9	.539	20.6		.260	.425	16.2		.195
18	18	1980-11-21		GSW	W	108	106	107.0	105.0	101.0	.382	.056	.519	52.1	60.0	5.0	10.0	.455	15.5	42.2	.303	.451	14.4	61.2	.250
19	19	1980-11-22	@	CLE	L	98	113				.247	.059	.520	46.2	57.5		7.4	.476			.200	.485			.196
20	20	1980-11-26		POR	W	126	101	113.2	90.8	111.3	.287	.021	.595	54.8	66.0	10.8	8.2	.564	17.2	40.0	.213	.369	11.3	64.1	.171
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1980-11-28		NYK	W	120	106				.221	.021	.576	64.4	62.0			.532	19.3		.200	.412	10.6		.268
22	22	1980-11-30	@	MIL	L	105	107				.429	.012	.526	49.3	75.0		9.9	.476	15.3		.298	.549	23.0		.408
23	23	1980-12-02	@	DET	W	94	85				.287	.000	.480	51.1	50.0			.460	18.3		.161	.410	21.1		.205
24	24	1980-12-03		ATL	W	106	101				.470	.048	.529	53.1	61.1		7.4	.434	14.5		.410	.524	15.7		.183
25	25	1980-12-05		DAL	W	97	87				.118	.032	.496	56.4	63.6		11.4	.478	19.0		.086	.418	16.3		.266
26	26	1980-12-07		WSB	L	103	113				.095	.063	.520	55.4	56.3			.505	16.8		.074	.510	8.5		.133
27	27	1980-12-09		MIL	W	112	89				.312	.011	.530	49.0	68.9		12.2	.484	12.4		.237	.359	16.2		.250
28	28	1980-12-10	@	WSB	W	101	99				.232	.024	.559	55.3	67.4			.530	15.8		.171	.500	11.6		.207
29	29	1980-12-12		NJN	W	119	104				.239	.011	.612	55.3	72.0			.574			.205	.437			.322
30	30	1980-12-13	@	CHI	W	106	95	111.8	100.2	94.8	.289	.060	.566	56.6	53.5	7.4	2.7	.524	17.6	38.5	.229	.456	11.1	72.7	.275
31	31	1980-12-17		CHI	W	115	98				.148	.028	.500	51.7	58.0		6.5	.468	6.5		.130	.519	20.0		.203
32	32	1980-12-19		HOU	W	133	119				.382	.022	.640	49.3	55.6		8.1	.618	11.1		.258	.523	15.0		.307
33	33	1980-12-20	@	CLE	W	107	102	112.5	107.2	95.1	.396	.055	.501	58.8	43.9	6.3	7.4	.456	13.0	50.0	.264	.444	8.6	66.7	.153
34	34	1980-12-23		DEN	W	136	128	119.3	112.2	114.0	.432	.011	.649	50.0	63.0	9.6	11.7	.614	19.3	35.5	.318	.453	13.5	58.2	.290
35	35	1980-12-25	@	NYK	W	117	108				.325	.036	.617	51.3	61.7			.578	15.9		.253	.462	12.4		.237
36	36	1980-12-27	@	ATL	W	112	107				.214	.020	.522	58.0	42.6		5.0	.480	14.4		.184	.476	13.4		.354
37	37	1980-12-30	@	PHO	W	116	97				.444	.083	.674	48.1	73.8		13.3	.618	19.6		.375	.395	14.3		.232
38	38	1981-01-01	@	SDC	W	88	85				.451	.042	.517	44.7	60.6		10.2	.472	20.5		.296	.391	16.6		.141
39	39	1981-01-02	@	GSW	L	106	121	108.3	123.7	97.8	.466	.023	.500	45.2	59.5	7.2	7.7	.426	11.7	39.6	.352	.478	11.1	51.1	.359
40	40	1981-01-04	@	POR	W	120	111	122.0	112.9	98.3	.212	.024	.646	47.4	62.7	8.1	5.5	.606	15.5	32.4	.200	.474	11.4	59.1	.184
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1981-01-07		PHO	W	108	90	102.4	85.3	105.5	.398	.043	.494	48.4	59.5	15.2	7.1	.462	15.5	35.4	.237	.429	22.8	62.8	.214
42	42	1981-01-09		CHI	W	117	111	113.4	107.5	93.5	.388	.047	.588	48.6	70.2	9.7	8.2	.553	15.3	28.9	.271	.529	17.2	69.4	.218
43	43	1981-01-10	@	NJN	W	117	115				.477	.012	.562	51.9	68.9			.529	16.1		.302	.516	12.9		.231
44	44	1981-01-13	@	NYK	W	93	89				.123	.012	.544	49.4	66.7			.525	16.6		.099	.430	17.0		.174
45	45	1981-01-14		CLE	W	120	113	120.4	113.4	99.6	.613	.040	.630	55.7	61.5	10.0	12.6	.527	18.1	39.4	.547	.539	14.0	70.3	.191
46	46	1981-01-16		SAS	W	94	85				.223	.021	.455	50.0	59.0		7.8	.415	11.2		.170	.366	13.6		.183
47	47	1981-01-18		LAL	W	98	96	101.3	99.2	96.8	.346	.038	.545	49.3	61.5	21.7	4.9	.506	20.4	37.8	.244	.537	23.0	62.5	.098
48	48	1981-01-19		DET	W	92	90				.270	.041	.556	56.3	68.4			.520			.203	.536			.232
49	49	1981-01-21		UTA	W	117	87				.337	.034	.572	53.9	63.8		9.9	.534	9.7		.247	.458	21.3		.292
50	50	1981-01-23		IND	W	104	103				.253	.024	.564	53.4	66.7		10.3	.512	19.3		.229	.513	16.1		.278
51	51	1981-01-25		SEA	W	115	106	112.2	103.4	102.5	.470	.048	.574	46.9	59.5	8.8	8.1	.512	13.8	26.2	.361	.506	16.2	69.2	.207
52	52	1981-01-28		PHI	W	104	101	105.3	102.2	98.8	.314	.047	.531	54.8	65.0	11.1	4.6	.471	14.0	32.5	.267	.517	15.1	75.0	.126
53	53	1981-01-29	@	CHI	L	85	108	86.1	109.4	98.7	.395	.053	.476	44.0	67.7	6.1	4.4	.408	21.9	22.7	.303	.473	11.3	63.8	.242
54	54	1981-02-04	@	PHI	L	104	107				.603	.038	.527	49.5	56.8		7.9	.481	18.9		.372	.416	10.8		.371
55	55	1981-02-05	@	MIL	L	103	113	101.0	110.8	102.0	.430	.075	.466	43.7	59.5	6.9	0.0	.398	11.9	32.1	.312	.494	14.3	61.8	.310
56	56	1981-02-06		IND	W	111	98				.394	.070	.666	57.8	65.1		12.4	.620	21.6		.324	.478	11.0		.133
57	57	1981-02-08		SDC	W	123	107				.480	.027	.677	50.0	61.7		7.7	.627	19.5		.387	.432	12.2		.250
58	58	1981-02-10	@	SEA	L	107	108	101.8	102.7	95.2	.161	.045	.446	52.9	51.1			.429	9.8	38.9	.098	.448	13.6	68.0	.216
59	59	1981-02-11	@	LAL	W	105	91	99.6	86.3	105.4	.274	.011	.493	57.4	65.1	12.3	10.0	.453	17.8	42.6	.200	.424	17.3	74.5	.141
60	60	1981-02-13	@	UTA	L	89	104				.276	.023	.456	49.4	61.1		8.6	.420	14.1		.184	.529	13.8		.429
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1981-02-15	@	DEN	W	120	118	108.3	106.5	110.8	.448	.034	.576	46.4	75.6	7.2		.517	18.1	30.8	.345	.449	14.5	56.9	.206
62	62	1981-02-17	@	SAS	W	128	116				.351	.053	.590	46.4	71.4		5.7	.532	7.7		.298	.517	12.9		.270
63	63	1981-02-18	@	KCK	L	113	114				.453	.012	.548	50.0	47.7		10.3	.512	14.9		.291	.520	11.7		.122
64	64	1981-02-21	@	DET	W	130	119				.275	.000	.637	49.3	60.0			.604	16.4		.220	.524	18.5		.369
65	65	1981-02-25		CLE	W	124	103	120.0	99.7	103.4	.352	.000	.590	60.0	60.4	6.8	8.8	.527	14.6	40.5	.308	.462	12.0	77.1	.183
66	66	1981-02-27	@	ATL	W	132	102				.395	.012	.654	66.7	36.0		7.7	.587	15.8		.360	.481	16.3		.329
67	67	1981-03-01		PHI	W	114	107	112.0	105.1	101.8	.618	.053	.590	50.0	65.0	6.9	6.5	.539	14.2	26.8	.421	.488	17.2	74.4	.346
68	68	1981-03-03	@	DAL	W	117	105				.274	.036	.622	63.8	72.0		12.2	.601	15.3		.190	.468	8.0		.168
69	69	1981-03-04	@	HOU	W	108	101				.270	.067	.542	54.8	58.1		8.0	.483	10.8		.247	.466	11.7		.216
70	70	1981-03-06	@	IND	L	104	110				.300	.038	.574	51.9	63.6		6.9	.550	17.3		.200	.523	11.0		.205
71	71	1981-03-08		NYK	W	115	94				.130	.020	.544	52.8	60.4		10.9	.530	15.2		.090	.447	19.3		.106
72	72	1981-03-11		MIL	W	122	108	116.5	103.1	104.7	.380	.000	.568	50.5	46.0	8.6	9.5	.543	13.7	39.0	.239	.400	12.1	58.9	.280
73	73	1981-03-13		IND	L	94	101				.176	.022	.479	45.8	54.8		11.7	.462	11.7		.110	.432	7.1		.188
74	74	1981-03-15		NJN	W	133	125				.578	.012	.639	50.7	70.2			.566	16.1		.470	.534	15.6		.368
75	75	1981-03-17	@	WSB	W	112	91				.388	.012	.563	48.9	62.2			.529	14.6		.259	.424	16.5		.141
76	76	1981-03-18		ATL	L	97	108				.210	.049	.548	55.8	63.4		4.7	.512	20.6		.173	.488	12.5		.279
77	77	1981-03-20		WSB	W	128	116				.287	.020	.563	56.7	56.9			.505	8.8		.257	.475	9.7		.186
78	78	1981-03-22	@	PHI	L	94	126	90.3	121.0	104.1	.308	.011	.455	50.6	71.1	6.7	6.2	.418	16.2	35.2	.198	.598	17.4	77.4	.341
79	79	1981-03-24	@	NYK	W	118	116				.348	.000	.575	53.4	51.1			.528	15.6		.270	.490	12.6		.216
80	80	1981-03-25	@	NJN	W	111	105				.644	.014	.592	57.1	68.4			.521	23.0		.479	.495	17.2		.165
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1981-03-27		DET	L	90	115				.179	.036	.497	45.8	50.0			.464	18.1		.143	.484	10.2		.297
82	82	1981-03-29		PHI	W	98	94	95.5	91.6	102.6	.291	.035	.505	47.1	59.0	15.6	8.2	.465	21.8	32.6	.209	.493	23.5	64.1	.267

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