Montreal 10, New York 0

Chicago-St. Louis (ppd. rain)

Cincinnati-Atlanta (ppd. cold)

NBA

New York 94, Detroit 93

Milwaukee 105, Atlanta 89

Dultas 88, Seattle 86

Boston 91, Washington 83

The division-winning Boston Celtics, gunning for their 15th NBA title, defeated the Washington Bullets 91-83 in the first game of the opening best-of-five round.

Larry Bird scored 14 of his 23 points in the second half to help the Celtics build a 13-point lead early in the fourth quarter and cruise to a 91-83 victory over the Bullets.

Ricky Sobers, who led the Bullets with 24 points, gave Washington its last lead, 37-36, in the second quarter. The Celtics, who won 10 of their last 11 regular-season games, then took charge by scoring 22 of the next 30 points and grabbing a 58-45 advantage with 5:56 remaining in the third quarter.

The Bullets cut the deficit to three before Boston retaliated with a 12-2 run that gave the Celtics a 72-59 advantage early in the final period.

Texas S. Boston 4

Larry Parrish drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single and Pete O'Brien homered last night, helping the Texas Rangers to an 8-4 victory over the Boston Red Son.

Southpaw Frank Tanara allowed two runs in the second inning, but settled down and evend his record at 1-1.