NBA 1983-84Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics121–127Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 28 October 1983
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1983-84Regular season
Meeting: 243rd meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	38:00	9–23	0–1	5–7	1	8	9	2	3	1	2	1	23
Gerald Henderson	22:00	4–6	1–1	2–2	0	0	0	6	2	1	2	5	11
Kevin McHale	—	8–13	0–0	9–9	3	12	15	1	1	3	2	5	25
Cedric Maxwell	—	3–6	0–0	12–14	5	4	9	1	0	0	3	3	18
Quinn Buckner	—	5–11	0–1	6–6	1	2	3	4	3	0	3	4	16
Dennis Johnson	—	2–6	0–0	6–6	2	2	4	2	0	0	3	6	10
Scott Wedman	—	4–9	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	8
Robert Parish	—	3–8	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	2	0	1	5	5	6
Danny Ainge	—	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	4	0	0	2	6	4
Team totals	60:00	40–86	1–4	40–44	12	35	47	23	9	6	22	38	121

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kelly Tripucka	36:00	8–23	0–0	10–13	5	1	6	8	0	0	2	3	26
Terry Tyler	23:00	5–13	0–1	5–7	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	15
Walker Russell	22:00	2–6	0–0	6–6	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	3	10
Cliff Levingston	19:00	1–5	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	1	1	1	2	6	4
Bill Laimbeer	—	10–16	0–0	6–7	4	9	13	0	0	2	0	2	26
Isiah Thomas	—	6–16	0–0	4–4	0	1	1	5	2	1	2	5	16
John Long	—	5–8	0–0	6–6	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	4	16
Ray Tolbert	—	4–6	0–0	0–2	3	2	5	1	0	2	3	5	8
Kent Benson	—	1–3	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	2	4
Vinnie Johnson	—	0–4	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	2
Team totals	100:00	42–100	0–1	43–51	17	27	44	26	8	7	12	33	127

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Boston Celtics 4 in NBA 1983-84.

28 Oct 1983121–127 this game
11 Nov 1983Detroit Pistons 118–126 Boston Celtics
27 Nov 1983Detroit Pistons 99–114 Boston Celtics
17 Dec 1983Boston Celtics 129–115 Detroit Pistons
5 Feb 1984Detroit Pistons 134–137 Boston Celtics
13 Apr 1984Boston Celtics 120–128 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 0–0
Detroit Pistons: 0–0

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 165, Boston Celtics 281.

13 Apr 1983Boston Celtics 101–113 Detroit Pistons
11 Nov 1983Detroit Pistons 118–126 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.