NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics118–111Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 15 November 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 266th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Parish	13–21	0–0	8–12	6	13	19	9	2	5	3	4	34
Larry Bird	7–14	2–3	10–11	2	8	10	4	0	1	4	1	26
Kevin McHale	9–16	0–0	2–3	1	4	5	4	0	3	1	3	20
Dennis Johnson	8–18	0–2	3–3	1	3	4	11	0	1	2	2	19
Jerry Sichting	8–14	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	4	2	0	2	3	16
Fred Roberts	1–1	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3
Greg Kite	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	46–84	2–5	24–31	10	31	41	34	4	10	12	15	118

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	17–27	0–0	7–8	4	4	8	1	0	0	2	4	41
Isiah Thomas	12–28	1–4	8–9	0	2	2	8	4	0	3	4	33
John Salley	5–10	0–0	3–5	4	1	5	1	0	1	0	3	13
Sidney Green	4–12	0–0	0–0	5	11	16	1	1	1	1	4	8
Bill Laimbeer	3–9	0–0	0–0	3	8	11	2	0	2	1	4	6
Rick Mahorn	2–6	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	3	6
Joe Dumars	1–5	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	5	1	0	0	2	2
Vinnie Johnson	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	2	0	1	2	2
Team totals	45–101	1–4	20–24	19	30	49	22	9	4	10	26	111

This season

Detroit Pistons 5, Boston Celtics 7 in NBA 1986-87.

15 Nov 1986118–111 this game
10 Jan 1987Boston Celtics 101–118 Detroit Pistons
1 Mar 1987Detroit Pistons 102–112 Boston Celtics
8 Mar 1987Boston Celtics 119–122 Detroit Pistons
3 Apr 1987Detroit Pistons 115–119 Boston Celtics
19 May 1987Detroit Pistons 91–104 Boston Celtics
21 May 1987Detroit Pistons 101–110 Boston Celtics
23 May 1987Boston Celtics 104–122 Detroit Pistons
24 May 1987Boston Celtics 119–145 Detroit Pistons
26 May 1987Detroit Pistons 107–108 Boston Celtics
28 May 1987Boston Celtics 105–113 Detroit Pistons
30 May 1987Detroit Pistons 114–117 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 5–2
Detroit Pistons: 3–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

2 Apr 1986Detroit Pistons 106–122 Boston Celtics
10 Jan 1987Boston Celtics 101–118 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.