NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics123–117New Jersey Nets

Boston Celtics at New Jersey Nets

Date: Tuesday 13 January 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 57th meetingof 242 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dennis Johnson	—	9–19	0–0	4–5	2	2	4	7	1	0	2	4	22
Robert Parish	—	9–15	0–0	4–7	4	7	11	6	0	3	4	1	22
Danny Ainge	—	7–11	1–1	6–6	1	2	3	1	2	0	0	3	21
Kevin McHale	—	9–17	0–0	3–4	1	7	8	3	1	3	0	5	21
Larry Bird	—	4–19	0–3	13–13	1	7	8	10	3	1	3	2	21
Jerry Sichting	—	3–5	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	7
Fred Roberts	—	3–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	6
Darren Daye	—	1–2	0–0	1–1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3
Team totals	—	45–92	1–4	32–38	10	27	37	29	8	8	9	21	123

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Buck Williams	40:00	4–10	0–0	8–10	8	12	20	2	0	2	2	0	16
Tony Brown	34:00	8–12	0–0	7–8	1	4	5	2	0	1	2	2	23
Orlando Woolridge	31:00	11–20	1–1	4–4	2	4	6	3	1	1	4	3	27
Mike Gminski	29:00	8–17	0–0	3–4	1	5	6	1	0	3	0	4	19
Leon Wood	27:00	1–3	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	5	0	0	2	5	3
Pearl Washington	21:00	2–3	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	8	1	0	3	3	5
Albert King	20:00	4–10	1–1	2–2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4	11
James Bailey	15:00	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	3	0	4	4
Jeff Turner	11:00	2–5	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6
Kevin McKenna	7:00	1–4	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3
Ben Coleman	5:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–89	4–7	27–32	15	31	46	25	4	10	15	28	117

This season

Brooklyn Nets 2, Boston Celtics 4 in NBA 1986-87.

11 Nov 1986Boston Celtics 110–114 New Jersey Nets
10 Dec 1986New Jersey Nets 98–108 Boston Celtics
13 Jan 1987123–117 this game
23 Feb 1987New Jersey Nets 103–116 Boston Celtics
22 Mar 1987New Jersey Nets 104–116 Boston Celtics
10 Apr 1987Boston Celtics 108–117 New Jersey Nets

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 23–10
New Jersey Nets: 10–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 87, Boston Celtics 155.

10 Dec 1986New Jersey Nets 98–108 Boston Celtics
23 Feb 1987New Jersey Nets 103–116 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.