NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons102–112Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 1 March 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 268th meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Isiah Thomas	7–17	0–3	6–8	1	3	4	9	0	0	3	4	20
Vinnie Johnson	7–15	0–0	3–4	0	3	3	3	0	0	2	3	17
Adrian Dantley	5–12	0–0	4–6	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	4	14
Sidney Green	5–6	0–0	2–2	3	5	8	0	1	0	1	2	12
Joe Dumars	4–9	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	10
Rick Mahorn	4–6	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	0	0	2	2	4	10
Dennis Rodman	4–5	0–0	1–4	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	9
Bill Laimbeer	3–11	0–1	2–2	2	7	9	1	0	0	1	4	8
John Salley	1–4	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	3	2	3	0	5	2
Team totals	40–85	0–4	22–30	11	30	41	22	5	5	13	29	102

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	15–21	0–1	8–10	4	10	14	1	0	3	0	4	38
Larry Bird	7–17	0–2	9–10	0	5	5	9	0	2	1	2	23
Dennis Johnson	6–12	0–0	6–9	0	3	3	9	1	0	4	3	18
Danny Ainge	4–14	1–3	1–2	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	3	10
Robert Parish	5–10	0–0	0–0	3	12	15	4	0	2	2	2	10
Jerry Sichting	4–7	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	8
Darren Daye	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	3
Greg Kite	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Fred Roberts	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Team totals	43–84	1–6	25–33	8	35	43	33	4	7	9	19	112

This season

Boston Celtics 7, Detroit Pistons 5 in NBA 1986-87.

15 Nov 1986Boston Celtics 118–111 Detroit Pistons
10 Jan 1987Boston Celtics 101–118 Detroit Pistons
1 Mar 1987102–112 this game
8 Mar 1987Boston Celtics 119–122 Detroit Pistons
3 Apr 1987Detroit Pistons 115–119 Boston Celtics
19 May 1987Detroit Pistons 91–104 Boston Celtics
21 May 1987Detroit Pistons 101–110 Boston Celtics
23 May 1987Boston Celtics 104–122 Detroit Pistons
24 May 1987Boston Celtics 119–145 Detroit Pistons
26 May 1987Detroit Pistons 107–108 Boston Celtics
28 May 1987Boston Celtics 105–113 Detroit Pistons
30 May 1987Detroit Pistons 114–117 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 37–18
Boston Celtics: 42–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 281, Detroit Pistons 165.

10 Jan 1987Boston Celtics 101–118 Detroit Pistons
8 Mar 1987Boston Celtics 119–122 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.