NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets124–119Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 9 December 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 29th meetingof 104 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Michael Adams	12–18	2–4	5–7	1	1	2	8	5	0	0	2	31
Alex English	12–26	0–0	3–6	2	4	6	4	1	1	4	4	27
Fat Lever	7–15	0–0	4–5	6	5	11	13	2	0	3	3	18
Jay Vincent	5–16	0–0	7–8	2	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	17
Danny Schayes	5–11	0–0	1–1	4	3	7	1	0	0	2	6	11
Blair Rasmussen	4–9	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	1	0	1	2	2	10
Wayne Cooper	2–5	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	1	0	6	4
Calvin Natt	1–4	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	2
Mike Evans	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
T.R. Dunn	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	50–108	2–4	22–29	21	27	48	33	11	3	12	25	124

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	16–25	0–5	8–8	1	12	13	1	2	1	3	2	40
Kevin McHale	7–15	0–0	9–12	4	4	8	1	1	2	3	4	23
Danny Ainge	7–12	1–4	2–2	1	4	5	5	2	0	3	5	17
Robert Parish	6–10	0–0	2–3	2	12	14	1	1	3	5	3	14
Dennis Johnson	3–9	0–0	6–6	0	5	5	15	2	0	4	4	12
Jerry Sichting	3–7	1–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	7
Darren Daye	3–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6
Brad Lohaus	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Fred Roberts	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Acres	0–1	0–0	0–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	45–85	2–10	27–33	8	39	47	26	9	6	19	25	119

This season

Boston Celtics 0, Denver Nuggets 2 in NBA 1987-88.

9 Dec 1987124–119 this game
17 Feb 1988Boston Celtics 125–138 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 10–6
Boston Celtics: 11–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 62, Denver Nuggets 42.

10 Feb 1987Boston Celtics 119–105 Denver Nuggets
17 Feb 1988Boston Celtics 125–138 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.