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NBA1981 Eastern Conference Finals Game 7

CelticsVERSUS76ers

1981 Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 · May 3, 1981

Boston and Philadelphia ended a bruising conference finals series with a one-possession Game 7.

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Starting fives

Verified starters

Home starting five
Boston Celtics
StarterCMCedric Maxwell
StarterCFChris Ford
StarterEFEric Fernsten
StarterGHGerald Henderson

Before the game

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Philadelphia had taken a 3–1 lead over Boston and stood one win from a second consecutive Finals trip. The Celtics escaped Games 5 and 6 by two points each, turning the finale at Boston Garden into the last stage of an improbable comeback.

  • The series was tied 3–3 after Boston survived three consecutive elimination games.
  • The winner would face Houston in the Finals, while the loser would carry the weight of a rivalry series decided almost entirely in the closing minutes.

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94.2

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Starter
KMKevin McHale
Away starting five
Philadelphia 76ers
StarterATAndrew Toney
StarterBJBobby Jones
StarterCJCaldwell Jones
StarterDDDarryl Dawkins
StarterJEJulius Erving

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.