1981 NBA Finals Game 3: Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets Box Score, May 9, 1981
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Boston Celtics Basic and Advanced Stats
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| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | GmSc |
| Larry Bird | 44:00 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14.6 | |
| Cedric Maxwell | 36:00 | 9 | 16 | .563 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13.4 | |
| Chris Ford | 36:00 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14.6 |
| Tiny Archibald | 29:00 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6.9 | ||
| Robert Parish | 13:00 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 7.5 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | GmSc |
| Rick Robey | 31:00 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7.2 | |
| Gerald Henderson | 19:00 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10.8 | |
| M.L. Carr | 14:00 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -0.9 | ||
| Kevin McHale | 12:00 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Eric Fernsten | 4:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.8 | ||
| Terry Duerod | 2:00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.7 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 40 | 89 | .449 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 12 | 19 | .632 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 94 | |
Houston Rockets Basic and Advanced Stats
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| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | GmSc |
| Moses Malone | 40:00 | 7 | 13 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 25.2 | |
| Billy Paultz | 34:00 | 2 | 10 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -1.5 | |
| Tom Henderson | 26:00 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6.4 | ||
| Robert Reid | 26:00 | 2 | 11 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -0.4 | ||
| Mike Dunleavy | 19:00 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2.7 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS | GmSc |
| Bill Willoughby | 31:00 | 2 | 12 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .889 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6.8 | |
| Calvin Murphy | 29:00 | 3 | 10 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -2.7 | |
| Allen Leavell | 18:00 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -1.7 | |
| Rudy Tomjanovich | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1.4 | |
| Calvin Garrett | 6:00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.1 | ||
| Major Jones | 4:00 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| Team Totals | 240 | 24 | 79 | .304 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 23 | 31 | .742 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 19 | 71 | |
Officials: Earl Strom, John Vanak
Attendance: 16,121
Time of Game: 2:11
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