1981 NBA Finals

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NBA Finals basketball championship series

The 1981 NBA Finals was the championship series concluding the 1980–81 NBA season, featuring the Boston Celtics defeating the Houston Rockets to claim the league title.

Aliases (1)

Boston Celtics 1981 NBA championship team ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NBA Finals → basketball championship series →
bestOf	7 games →
champion	Boston Celtics →
championFranchise	Boston Celtics →
cityEasternChampion	Boston →
cityWesternChampion	Houston NERFINISHED →
coachChampion	Bill Fitch →
coachRunnerUp	Del Harris →
conference	NBA →
country	United States →
decisiveGameLocation	The Summit →
easternConferenceChampion	Boston Celtics →
endDate	1981-05-14 →
finalsMVP	Cedric Maxwell →
game1Location	Boston Garden →
game1Winner	Boston Celtics →
game2Location	Boston Garden →
game2Winner	Boston Celtics →
game3Location	The Summit →
game3Winner	Houston Rockets →
game4Location	The Summit →
game4Winner	Houston Rockets →
game5Location	Boston Garden →
game5Winner	Boston Celtics →
game6Location	The Summit →
game6Winner	Boston Celtics →
gameCount	6 →
homeArenaEasternChampion	Boston Garden →
homeArenaWesternChampion	The Summit →
league	National Basketball Association →
MVPTeam	Boston Celtics →
nextFinals	1982 NBA Finals →
notablePlayerChampion	Cedric Maxwell → Kevin McHale → Larry Bird → Robert Parish →
notablePlayerRunnerUp	Calvin Murphy → Moses Malone →
previousFinals	1980 NBA Finals →
radioNetworkUS	Mutual Broadcasting System →
runnerUp	Houston Rockets →
seasonOf	1980–81 NBA season →
seriesResult	4–2 →
sport	basketball →
startDate	1981-05-05 →
televisionNetworkUS	CBS →
titleNumberForFranchise	14 →
westernConferenceChampion	Houston Rockets →
winningGameForTitle	Game 6 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cedric Maxwell →	awardSeason
1980–81 NBA season →	finalsName
Cedric Maxwell ("Boston Celtics 1981 NBA championship team") →	memberOf
Cedric Maxwell →	participantIn