1981 NBA Finals
The 1981 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1980–81 NBA season, pitting the 62-win Boston Celtics against the 40-42 Houston Rockets. This series has the distinction of featuring for the second time in NBA history, and last to date, a team with a losing record in the Finals. The previous team was the Minneapolis Lakers in 1959. This Finals also has the biggest disparity between finalist records at 22 games (62-20 for the Celtics, 40-42 for the Rockets).
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1981 NBA Finals
The 1981 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1980–81 NBA season, pitting the 62-win Boston Celtics against the 40-42 Houston Rockets. This series has the distinction of featuring for the second time in NBA history, and last to date, a team with a losing record in the Finals. The previous team was the Minneapolis Lakers in 1959. This Finals also has the biggest disparity between finalist records at 22 games (62-20 for the Celtics, 40-42 for the Rockets).
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Las Finales de la NBA de 1981 ...... Calvin Murphy por los Rockets.
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Les finales NBA 1981 sont la d ...... nt leur quatorzième titre NBA.
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The 1981 NBA World Championshi ...... ltics, 40-42 for the Rockets).
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announcers
Gary Bender, Bill Russell, and Rick Barry
assist
Allen Leavell 6
Mike Dunleavy 7
Nate Archibald 12
Nate Archibald, Gerald Henderson 4 each
Tom Henderson 9
attendance
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champion
champion coach
champion games
date
1980-12-19
1981-03-04
ECF result
Celtics defeat 76ers, 4-3
HOFers
Points
Cedric Maxwell 19
Cedric Maxwell 24
Cedric Maxwell 28
Mike Dunleavy 28
Moses Malone 20
Moses Malone 23
Moses Malone 31
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rebounds
Cedric Maxwell 14
Cedric Maxwell 15
Moses Malone 11
Moses Malone 15
Moses Malone 16
Moses Malone 22
referee
* No. 10 Darell Garretson
* No. 4 Ed T. Rush
* No. 10 Darell Garretson
* No. 9 John Vanak
* No. 11 Jake O'Donnell
* No. 14 Jack Madden
* No. 11 Jake O'Donnell
* No. 4 Ed T. Rush
* No. 9 John Vanak
* No. 12 Earl Strom
No. 12 Earl Strom
No. 22 Paul Mihalik
referees
runnerup
runnerup coach
runnerup games
score
series
Boston leads the series, 1–0
Boston leads the series, 2–1
Boston leads the series, 3–2
Boston wins the series, 4–2
Series tied, 1–1
Series tied, 2–2
Team
'''Boston Celtics
'''Houston Rockets
television
time
WCF result
Rockets defeat Kings, 4-1
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Las Finales de la NBA de 1981 ...... Calvin Murphy por los Rockets.
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Les finales NBA 1981 sont la d ...... nt leur quatorzième titre NBA.
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The 1981 NBA World Championshi ...... ltics, 40-42 for the Rockets).
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1981 NBA Finals
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Finales NBA 1981
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Finales de la NBA de 1981
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