NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final/OT

Boston Celtics119–122Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday 8 March 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 269th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Danny Ainge	14–24	4–7	3–3	2	2	4	4	0	1	3	3	35
Robert Parish	14–19	0–0	4–6	2	13	15	3	0	0	8	4	32
Kevin McHale	8–16	0–0	6–6	2	8	10	3	2	4	1	4	22
Dennis Johnson	6–19	1–4	3–4	0	5	5	7	1	1	3	0	16
Fred Roberts	1–4	0–0	6–6	3	7	10	7	1	0	0	4	8
Jerry Sichting	2–4	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Darren Daye	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	3	2
Conner Henry	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Kite	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	3	0
Team totals	46–91	5–12	22–25	11	38	49	30	4	8	15	21	119

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	11–18	0–0	6–8	1	4	5	2	0	0	2	2	28
Isiah Thomas	9–23	1–2	3–4	1	5	6	17	1	0	3	2	22
Bill Laimbeer	8–16	0–0	2–2	8	5	13	1	1	0	0	4	18
Vinnie Johnson	7–18	0–0	2–2	1	4	5	5	2	0	0	3	16
John Salley	5–8	0–0	2–4	4	5	9	3	1	0	1	1	12
Rick Mahorn	5–8	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	2	2	2	2	4	10
Sidney Green	3–7	0–0	4–4	3	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	10
Joe Dumars	2–10	0–0	2–4	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	0	6
Dennis Rodman	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	50–108	1–2	21–28	21	34	55	31	8	2	10	17	122

This season

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

15 Nov 1986Boston Celtics 118–111 Detroit Pistons
10 Jan 1987Boston Celtics 101–118 Detroit Pistons
1 Mar 1987Detroit Pistons 102–112 Boston Celtics
8 Mar 1987119–122 this game
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

Boston Celtics: 45–15
Detroit Pistons: 38–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

1 Mar 1987Detroit Pistons 102–112 Boston Celtics
3 Apr 1987Detroit Pistons 115–119 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.