NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons119–124Chicago Bulls

Detroit Pistons at Chicago Bulls

Date: Saturday 3 January 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 129th meetingof 324 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Isiah Thomas	—	14–22	1–1	7–10	1	3	4	13	1	0	5	5	36
Adrian Dantley	—	10–18	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	3	0	0	0	2	22
Sidney Green	—	7–9	0–0	3–5	1	7	8	2	1	0	1	5	17
Joe Dumars	—	6–12	1–2	0–1	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	5	13
Bill Laimbeer	—	4–6	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	10
John Salley	—	4–5	0–0	1–1	0	4	4	0	2	4	2	4	9
Dennis Rodman	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	6
Vinnie Johnson	—	3–10	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	3	1	1	3	1	6
Team totals	—	51–87	2–3	15–21	4	26	30	29	6	6	14	24	119

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sedale Threatt	15:00	3–5	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	6	0	0	1	2	8
Michael Jordan	—	16–35	0–2	15–17	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	4	47
Brad Sellers	—	12–14	0–0	3–5	5	7	12	1	1	1	1	0	27
Charles Oakley	—	7–13	1–1	1–2	5	13	18	2	2	0	3	3	16
Gene Banks	—	4–6	0–0	4–6	0	3	3	1	1	0	3	2	12
John Paxson	—	2–10	0–1	4–4	1	0	1	11	1	0	2	3	8
Elston Turner	—	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	4
Earl Cureton	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	3	2	5	2	0	1	0	3	2
Dave Corzine	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team totals	15:00	47–93	1–4	29–36	16	33	49	27	8	3	11	18	124

This season

Chicago Bulls 3, Detroit Pistons 3 in NBA 1986-87.

7 Nov 1986Chicago Bulls 109–115 Detroit Pistons
3 Jan 1987119–124 this game
1 Feb 1987Chicago Bulls 92–94 Detroit Pistons
4 Mar 1987Chicago Bulls 125–120 Detroit Pistons
13 Mar 1987Detroit Pistons 100–99 Chicago Bulls
7 Apr 1987Detroit Pistons 86–116 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 18–9
Chicago Bulls: 14–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 164, Detroit Pistons 160.

7 Nov 1986Chicago Bulls 109–115 Detroit Pistons
1 Feb 1987Chicago Bulls 92–94 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.