NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets103–116Boston Celtics

New Jersey Nets at Boston Celtics

Date: Monday 23 February 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 58th meetingof 242 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Gminski	41:00	12–21	0–0	4–4	5	10	15	0	1	1	4	1	28
Buck Williams	41:00	7–14	0–0	5–8	2	6	8	4	2	0	3	5	19
Tony Brown	38:00	3–14	0–0	1–1	3	2	5	5	1	0	1	3	7
Albert King	37:00	8–16	0–1	2–2	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	3	18
Ray Williams	28:00	5–11	0–1	1–1	0	2	2	5	2	0	4	3	11
Kevin McKenna	21:00	4–6	0–1	0–2	0	2	2	5	1	0	1	3	8
Leon Wood	21:00	2–3	0–1	0–0	0	3	3	8	2	0	1	2	4
Jeff Turner	9:00	1–2	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	4
Ben Coleman	4:00	2–5	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	4
Team totals	240:00	44–92	0–4	15–20	13	26	39	28	11	2	18	29	103

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	15–24	2–3	3–3	1	10	11	6	3	0	4	0	35
Kevin McHale	—	10–12	0–0	11–15	2	6	8	1	0	1	1	4	31
Danny Ainge	—	6–14	1–4	8–8	1	2	3	5	4	0	2	2	21
Dennis Johnson	—	5–15	0–2	3–4	1	7	8	13	2	2	6	1	13
Robert Parish	—	6–11	0–0	0–0	1	10	11	2	1	0	3	4	12
Darren Daye	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Greg Kite	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Conner Henry	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Fred Roberts	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jerry Sichting	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	—	44–85	3–9	25–30	7	36	43	30	10	3	16	17	116

This season

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

11 Nov 1986Boston Celtics 110–114 New Jersey Nets
10 Dec 1986New Jersey Nets 98–108 Boston Celtics
13 Jan 1987Boston Celtics 123–117 New Jersey Nets
23 Feb 1987103–116 this game
22 Mar 1987New Jersey Nets 104–116 Boston Celtics
10 Apr 1987Boston Celtics 108–117 New Jersey Nets

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 13–39
Boston Celtics: 40–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

13 Jan 1987Boston Celtics 123–117 New Jersey Nets
22 Mar 1987New Jersey Nets 104–116 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.