1980-81 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 10, 1980	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		130	103	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Oct 14, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		116	122	1	1	L 1
3	Thu, Oct 16, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	W		110	103	2	1	W 1
4	Sat, Oct 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		99	103	2	2	L 1
5	Wed, Oct 22, 1980	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		108	104	3	2	W 1
6	Thu, Oct 23, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	107	109	3	3	L 1	at Hartford, CT
7	Sat, Oct 25, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		103	87	4	3	W 1
8	Wed, Oct 29, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		103	85	5	3	W 2
9	Fri, Oct 31, 1980	Box Score		Kansas City Kings	W		115	110	6	3	W 3
10	Sat, Nov 1, 1980	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	OT	113	117	6	4	L 1
11	Wed, Nov 5, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		104	87	7	4	W 1
12	Fri, Nov 7, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	L		101	102	7	5	L 1
13	Sun, Nov 9, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		111	105	8	5	W 1	at Hartford, CT
14	Wed, Nov 12, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		93	86	9	5	W 2
15	Fri, Nov 14, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		126	102	10	5	W 3
16	Tue, Nov 18, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		113	112	11	5	W 4
17	Wed, Nov 19, 1980	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		103	91	12	5	W 5
18	Fri, Nov 21, 1980	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		108	106	13	5	W 6
19	Sat, Nov 22, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		98	113	13	6	L 1
20	Wed, Nov 26, 1980	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		126	101	14	6	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Fri, Nov 28, 1980	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		120	106	15	6	W 2
22	Sun, Nov 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		105	107	15	7	L 1
23	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		94	85	16	7	W 1
24	Wed, Dec 3, 1980	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		106	101	17	7	W 2
25	Fri, Dec 5, 1980	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		97	87	18	7	W 3
26	Sun, Dec 7, 1980	Box Score		Washington Bullets	L		103	113	18	8	L 1	at Hartford, CT
27	Tue, Dec 9, 1980	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		112	89	19	8	W 1
28	Wed, Dec 10, 1980	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		101	99	20	8	W 2
29	Fri, Dec 12, 1980	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		119	104	21	8	W 3
30	Sat, Dec 13, 1980	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		106	95	22	8	W 4
31	Wed, Dec 17, 1980	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		115	98	23	8	W 5
32	Fri, Dec 19, 1980	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		133	119	24	8	W 6
33	Sat, Dec 20, 1980	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	W		107	102	25	8	W 7
34	Tue, Dec 23, 1980	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	W		136	128	26	8	W 8
35	Thu, Dec 25, 1980	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		117	108	27	8	W 9
36	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		112	107	28	8	W 10
37	Tue, Dec 30, 1980	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		116	97	29	8	W 11
38	Thu, Jan 1, 1981	Box Score	@	San Diego Clippers	W		88	85	30	8	W 12
39	Fri, Jan 2, 1981	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	L		106	121	30	9	L 1
40	Sun, Jan 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		120	111	31	9	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 7, 1981	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		108	90	32	9	W 2
42	Fri, Jan 9, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	OT	117	111	33	9	W 3
43	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		117	115	34	9	W 4
44	Tue, Jan 13, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		93	89	35	9	W 5
45	Wed, Jan 14, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		120	113	36	9	W 6
46	Fri, Jan 16, 1981	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		94	85	37	9	W 7
47	Sun, Jan 18, 1981	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	W		98	96	38	9	W 8
48	Mon, Jan 19, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		92	90	39	9	W 9	at Hartford, CT
49	Wed, Jan 21, 1981	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		117	87	40	9	W 10
50	Fri, Jan 23, 1981	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		104	103	41	9	W 11
51	Sun, Jan 25, 1981	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		115	106	42	9	W 12
52	Wed, Jan 28, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		104	101	43	9	W 13
53	Thu, Jan 29, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		85	108	43	10	L 1
54	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		104	107	43	11	L 2
55	Thu, Feb 5, 1981	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		103	113	43	12	L 3
56	Fri, Feb 6, 1981	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		111	98	44	12	W 1
57	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	Box Score		San Diego Clippers	W		123	107	45	12	W 2
58	Tue, Feb 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L	OT	107	108	45	13	L 1
59	Wed, Feb 11, 1981	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	W		105	91	46	13	W 1
60	Fri, Feb 13, 1981	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	L		89	104	46	14	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Sun, Feb 15, 1981	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		120	118	47	14	W 1
62	Tue, Feb 17, 1981	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		128	116	48	14	W 2
63	Wed, Feb 18, 1981	Box Score	@	Kansas City Kings	L		113	114	48	15	L 1
64	Sat, Feb 21, 1981	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		130	119	49	15	W 1
65	Wed, Feb 25, 1981	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		124	103	50	15	W 2
66	Fri, Feb 27, 1981	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		132	102	51	15	W 3
67	Sun, Mar 1, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		114	107	52	15	W 4
68	Tue, Mar 3, 1981	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		117	105	53	15	W 5
69	Wed, Mar 4, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W		108	101	54	15	W 6
70	Fri, Mar 6, 1981	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	L		104	110	54	16	L 1
71	Sun, Mar 8, 1981	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		115	94	55	16	W 1
72	Wed, Mar 11, 1981	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		122	108	56	16	W 2
73	Fri, Mar 13, 1981	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	L		94	101	56	17	L 1	at Hartford, CT
74	Sun, Mar 15, 1981	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		133	125	57	17	W 1
75	Tue, Mar 17, 1981	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		112	91	58	17	W 2
76	Wed, Mar 18, 1981	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		97	108	58	18	L 1
77	Fri, Mar 20, 1981	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		128	116	59	18	W 1
78	Sun, Mar 22, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		94	126	59	19	L 1
79	Tue, Mar 24, 1981	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		118	116	60	19	W 1
80	Wed, Mar 25, 1981	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		111	105	61	19	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Mar 27, 1981	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		90	115	61	20	L 1
82	Sun, Mar 29, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		98	94	62	20	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sun, Apr 5, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	121	109	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Apr 7, 1981	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W	106	97	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Apr 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W	113	107	3	0	W 3
4	Sun, Apr 12, 1981	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W	109	103	4	0	W 4
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
5	Tue, Apr 21, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L	104	105	4	1	L 1
6	Wed, Apr 22, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	118	99	5	1	W 1
7	Fri, Apr 24, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	100	110	5	2	L 1
8	Sun, Apr 26, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L	105	107	5	3	L 2
9	Wed, Apr 29, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	111	109	6	3	W 1
10	Fri, May 1, 1981	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W	100	98	7	3	W 2
11	Sun, May 3, 1981	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W	91	90	8	3	W 3
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
12	Tue, May 5, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	98	95	9	3	W 4
13	Thu, May 7, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	L	90	92	9	4	L 1
14	Sat, May 9, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W	94	71	10	4	W 1
15	Sun, May 10, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L	86	91	10	5	L 1
16	Tue, May 12, 1981	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W	109	80	11	5	W 1
17	Thu, May 14, 1981	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	W	102	91	12	5	W 2

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