NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

New York Knicks114–118Detroit Pistons

New York Knicks at Detroit Pistons

Date: Wednesday 15 April 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 266th meetingof 425 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gerald Henderson	27:00	3–9	1–1	2–2	1	2	3	6	1	1	2	4	9
Bernard King	—	13–21	0–0	4–4	3	2	5	3	0	0	4	2	30
Bill Cartwright	—	8–17	0–0	8–9	6	3	9	4	0	1	0	1	24
Gerald Wilkins	—	10–22	0–0	3–3	1	1	2	5	2	0	1	3	23
Kenny Walker	—	5–9	0–0	2–2	1	7	8	1	0	0	0	5	12
Rory Sparrow	—	4–8	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	8
Trent Tucker	—	3–9	0–2	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
Chris McNealy	—	1–2	0–0	0–2	1	2	3	2	2	1	4	2	2
Eddie Lee Wilkins	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	27:00	47–97	1–3	19–22	14	18	32	23	6	3	11	22	114

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Laimbeer	—	9–14	0–0	9–10	3	8	11	1	0	1	0	4	27
Joe Dumars	—	7–10	0–0	6–6	1	2	3	6	0	0	4	0	20
Rick Mahorn	—	7–10	0–0	0–1	1	6	7	1	0	1	2	4	14
Vinnie Johnson	—	6–15	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	7	0	0	2	3	14
Dennis Rodman	—	6–9	0–0	1–1	8	8	16	1	0	2	1	3	13
Isiah Thomas	—	6–14	0–0	1–1	0	3	3	9	1	0	3	1	13
Adrian Dantley	—	4–8	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	8
John Salley	—	2–2	0–0	3–4	1	1	2	0	2	3	0	3	7
Sidney Green	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	2
Chuck Nevitt	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	—	48–83	0–0	22–25	14	34	48	26	3	8	16	23	118

This season

Detroit Pistons 6, New York Knicks 0 in NBA 1986-87.

7 Jan 1987New York Knicks 111–122 Detroit Pistons
31 Jan 1987Detroit Pistons 114–113 New York Knicks
22 Feb 1987New York Knicks 110–122 Detroit Pistons
10 Mar 1987Detroit Pistons 116–93 New York Knicks
13 Apr 1987Detroit Pistons 120–100 New York Knicks
15 Apr 1987114–118 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 24–55
Detroit Pistons: 50–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 192, New York Knicks 233.

13 Apr 1987Detroit Pistons 120–100 New York Knicks
6 Nov 1987New York Knicks 99–110 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.