NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets104–116Boston Celtics

New Jersey Nets at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 22 March 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 59th 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
Buck Williams	41:00	9–15	0–0	10–11	4	8	12	4	1	0	2	5	28
Tony Brown	40:00	4–10	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	4	5	0	2	1	10
Orlando Woolridge	36:00	8–21	0–0	3–5	1	3	4	5	1	0	1	4	19
Ben Coleman	36:00	8–15	0–0	2–2	2	5	7	3	3	0	1	2	18
Albert King	27:00	6–11	1–2	0–0	2	5	7	6	1	0	1	4	13
Kevin McKenna	23:00	5–8	3–4	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	1	13
Leon Wood	15:00	1–4	0–2	1–2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	2	3
Pearl Washington	15:00	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0
Jeff Turner	7:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	3	0
Team totals	240:00	41–87	4–8	18–22	12	26	38	30	12	0	14	23	104

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	17–27	3–5	3–4	3	5	8	13	2	0	4	5	40
Kevin McHale	—	12–17	0–0	4–4	4	6	10	2	0	2	3	4	28
Robert Parish	—	5–11	0–0	4–4	3	11	14	2	0	2	1	4	14
Danny Ainge	—	5–12	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	8	0	0	2	3	12
Jerry Sichting	—	2–5	0–1	4–4	0	1	1	3	2	0	2	0	8
Darren Daye	—	3–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	6
Bill Walton	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	4
Dennis Johnson	—	2–9	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	7	1	0	2	1	4
Conner Henry	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	48–87	3–7	17–18	10	32	42	38	5	5	15	21	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 1987New Jersey Nets 103–116 Boston Celtics
22 Mar 1987104–116 this game
10 Apr 1987Boston Celtics 108–117 New Jersey Nets

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 20–47
Boston Celtics: 49–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

23 Feb 1987New Jersey Nets 103–116 Boston Celtics
10 Apr 1987Boston Celtics 108–117 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.