Game Stats: Rockets vs. Celtics, 92-90, 1981 NBA Playoffs, Game 2, Finals

Box score from the NBA basketball game played between the Houston Rockets and the Boston Celtics on May 7, 1981 with final result, scoring by period, game leaders and statistics by team and by player.

Game from the 1981 Playoffs

NBA Finals
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Team
Rockets
Celtics
W
2
4
 

G.1 Game 1
95
98
G.2 Game 2
92
90
G.3 Game 3
71
94
G.4 Game 4
91
86
G.5 Game 5
80
109
G.6 Game 6
91
102
NBA Box Scores:

Game 2 Score

92

Houston Rockets
- 90

Boston Celtics

Scoring by Period

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
HOU 22 23 23 24 92
BOS 26 23 19 22 90

Game 2 Leaders

Rockets Celtics

Points

31 -
M.
Moses
Malone
19 -
L.
Larry
Bird

Rebounds

15 -
M.
Moses
Malone
21 -
L.
Larry
Bird

Assists

3 -
3 players
4 -
2 players

Steals

2 -
T.
Tom
Henderson
5 -
L.
Larry
Bird

Blocks

2 -
3 players
3 -
2 players

Game Data

Date: May 7, 1981

Home Team: Boston Celtics

Game 2 Box Score

Houston Rockets

92
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF
FG
3P
FT
Reserves
 
Moses Malone 48:00 31 7 8 15 1 1 2 2 110-24 0-0 11-18
Billy Paultz 31:00 13 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 26-11 0-0 1-2
Mike Dunleavy 17:00 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 13-5 2-2 1-2
Tom Henderson 34:00 6 1 0 1 3 2 0 3 22-8 0-0 2-2
Robert Reid 38:00 2 0 4 4 3 0 2 3 50-7 0-0 2-2
Reserves
 
Bill Willoughby 25:00 14 3 2 5 1 1 2 0 16-10 0-0 2-3
Calvin Murphy 23:00 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 24-13 0-0 2-2
Allen Leavell 13:00 5 1 3 4 3 1 1 0 22-5 0-0 1-1
Calvin Garrett 11:00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11-2 0-0 0-0

Totals:

  240 92 13 22 35 16 6 8 9 17 34-85 2-2 22-32
Percentages: .400 1.000 .688

Boston Celtics

90
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF
FG
3P
FT
Reserves
 
Larry Bird 45:00 19 4 17 21 3 5 0 5 38-18 0-1 3-3
Tiny Archibald 30:00 11 1 2 3 4 1 0 2 24-12 0-0 3-3
Chris Ford 28:00 10 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 15-10 0-2 0-0
Robert Parish 14:00 9 1 1 2 0 0 3 4 64-7 0-0 1-2
Cedric Maxwell 37:00 6 2 2 4 2 0 0 3 43-8 0-0 0-0
Reserves
 
Kevin McHale 26:00 12 2 3 5 2 0 3 3 56-8 0-0 0-0
Gerald Henderson 18:00 10 2 1 3 4 0 0 1 25-8 0-0 0-1
Rick Robey 21:00 7 1 6 7 0 0 0 1 43-5 0-0 1-4
M.L. Carr 21:00 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 03-6 0-0 0-0

Totals:

  240 90 14 34 48 17 6 7 22 27 41-82 0-3 8-13
Percentages: .500 .000 .615

Abbreviations:
Min = Minutes played / Pts = Points / Off, Def, Tot = Offensive, Defensive and Total Rebounds / Ast = Assists / Stl = Steals / Blk = Blocks / TO = Turnovers / PF = Personal fouls / +/- = Plus-Minus / FG = Field Goals Made - Attempted / 3P = 3-Pointers Made - Attempted / FT = Free Throws Made - Attempted