NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Utah Jazz111–121Boston Celtics

Utah Jazz at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 16 December 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 38th meetingof 112 played

Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Karl Malone	43:00	15–30	0–0	1–2	6	6	12	3	5	0	4	4	31
Thurl Bailey	37:00	9–18	0–0	7–7	1	4	5	5	0	0	2	3	25
John Stockton	37:00	7–13	0–1	4–4	2	2	4	11	2	0	3	2	18
Bob Hansen	35:00	4–11	2–4	2–2	1	4	5	2	2	0	1	3	12
Mark Eaton	30:00	4–9	0–0	0–0	3	4	7	0	0	4	2	5	8
Melvin Turpin	14:00	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	4
Darrell Griffith	13:00	1–6	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	3
Marc Iavaroni	11:00	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	4
Rickey Green	11:00	0–2	0–1	1–1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1
Carey Scurry	9:00	2–5	0–0	1–1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	3	5
Team totals	240:00	46–102	2–6	17–19	17	25	42	28	13	5	15	27	111

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	14–25	1–5	9–9	0	5	5	6	4	0	5	3	38
Kevin McHale	—	7–11	0–0	6–7	1	12	13	1	0	1	3	1	20
Danny Ainge	—	5–11	1–5	6–6	1	2	3	6	0	0	3	4	17
Robert Parish	—	8–12	0–0	1–2	1	13	14	2	0	3	2	3	17
Dennis Johnson	—	7–13	0–0	2–2	3	3	6	11	2	0	3	2	16
Fred Roberts	—	1–2	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	4
Jerry Sichting	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4
Darren Daye	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Mark Acres	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	2	2
Team totals	—	46–80	2–10	27–30	8	36	44	28	8	4	21	16	121

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Utah Jazz 0 in NBA 1987-88.

16 Dec 1987111–121 this game
4 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 107–99 Utah Jazz

Records going in

Utah Jazz: 11–9
Boston Celtics: 12–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 65, Utah Jazz 47.

4 Mar 1987Utah Jazz 105–123 Boston Celtics
4 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 107–99 Utah Jazz

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.