 Five of the games in the series ended with the winning team on top by two points or less, including a 91-90 nail-biter in Game 7.Both teams had met in the playoffs the year earlier, when the Rockets were in their final season in the Eastern Conference.The conference semifinal had a slightly different Celtics team, with 1970s star Dave Cowens still starting at center, perennial players Kevin McHale and Robert Parish for Boston arriving the following season, and Rick Barry for Houston was in the final season of his career with the Rockets.