NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics86–88Cleveland Cavaliers

Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Saturday 6 December 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 94th meetingof 284 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	11–22	0–0	9–10	6	6	12	4	0	4	0	4	31
Dennis Johnson	6–19	0–2	4–4	0	2	2	4	1	1	1	1	16
Robert Parish	7–14	0–0	0–1	2	5	7	1	0	1	3	1	14
Fred Roberts	5–8	0–0	3–5	3	5	8	2	0	1	4	3	13
Danny Ainge	2–7	1–3	2–2	0	3	3	4	0	2	5	3	7
David Thirdkill	1–4	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3
Greg Kite	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	0	2	0	0	1	2
Jerry Sichting	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
Rick Carlisle	0–4	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	33–82	1–6	19–24	14	30	44	15	3	9	16	17	86

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hot Rod Williams	10–16	0–0	6–8	2	7	9	2	2	3	2	2	26
Ron Harper	13–23	0–1	0–0	2	5	7	7	2	2	5	4	26
Brad Daugherty	4–11	0–0	0–2	1	7	8	1	2	0	2	5	8
Melvin Turpin	4–8	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	2	2	1	8
Phil Hubbard	4–7	0–0	0–4	4	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	8
John Bagley	2–11	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	5	0	0	2	0	4
Ben Poquette	1–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	2
Keith Lee	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
Mark Price	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mark West	1–5	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	41–92	0–1	6–14	17	32	49	21	6	8	14	15	88

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 2, Boston Celtics 3 in NBA 1986-87.

6 Dec 198686–88 this game
16 Jan 1987Cleveland Cavaliers 128–133 Boston Celtics
4 Feb 1987Cleveland Cavaliers 102–104 Boston Celtics
24 Mar 1987Cleveland Cavaliers 88–111 Boston Celtics
7 Apr 1987Boston Celtics 83–107 Cleveland Cavaliers

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 12–5
Cleveland Cavaliers: 7–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 114, Boston Celtics 170.

11 Apr 1986Cleveland Cavaliers 104–117 Boston Celtics
16 Jan 1987Cleveland Cavaliers 128–133 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.