NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets113–119Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 3 December 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 27th meetingof 104 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Fat Lever	6–14	2–5	6–6	3	7	10	12	1	0	3	2	20
Alex English	7–19	0–0	2–2	1	3	4	2	0	0	2	3	16
Bill Hanzlik	4–13	1–3	5–7	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	2	14
Danny Schayes	3–7	0–0	8–10	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	4	14
Wayne Cooper	5–10	0–0	2–3	3	3	6	2	0	1	1	1	12
Blair Rasmussen	4–9	0–0	2–5	4	7	11	0	0	0	1	5	10
Otis Smith	5–8	0–1	0–0	4	2	6	2	1	0	2	3	10
Maurice Martin	2–6	0–1	5–6	2	1	3	1	1	0	2	1	9
Darrell Walker	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	3	4
T.R. Dunn	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	1	2	0	0	3	4
Mike Evans	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	40–91	3–10	30–39	20	30	50	26	7	1	15	28	113

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Danny Ainge	12–21	3–5	7–8	0	1	1	3	3	0	2	4	34
Kevin McHale	8–16	0–0	8–9	1	7	8	4	2	2	6	3	24
Fred Roberts	5–5	0–0	9–10	1	4	5	2	0	0	1	4	19
Robert Parish	5–10	0–0	4–6	3	10	13	6	1	1	2	5	14
Dennis Johnson	5–11	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	7	0	0	2	3	11
Scott Wedman	4–10	1–1	0–0	1	3	4	0	1	1	0	3	9
Rick Carlisle	1–2	1–1	2–2	0	4	4	3	0	0	1	2	5
Greg Kite	1–1	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	4	3
David Thirdkill	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	41–77	5–7	32–39	6	32	38	26	8	4	14	29	119

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Denver Nuggets 0 in NBA 1986-87.

3 Dec 1986113–119 this game
10 Feb 1987Boston Celtics 119–105 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 8–8
Boston Celtics: 10–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 62, Denver Nuggets 42.

20 Feb 1986Boston Celtics 100–102 Denver Nuggets
10 Feb 1987Boston Celtics 119–105 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.