NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics118–115Philadelphia 76ers

Boston Celtics at Philadelphia 76ers

Date: Tuesday 22 December 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 386th meetingof 579 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	13–17	1–2	4–4	0	6	6	6	0	1	3	3	31
Dennis Johnson	—	7–15	1–2	5–6	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	4	20
Danny Ainge	—	6–8	4–5	3–5	1	1	2	8	2	1	2	3	19
Robert Parish	—	6–12	0–0	2–2	1	6	7	0	0	2	1	4	14
Kevin McHale	—	5–12	0–0	2–2	0	7	7	1	0	4	2	1	12
Mark Acres	—	2–4	0–0	6–7	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	3	10
Dirk Minniefield	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	4
Fred Roberts	—	1–2	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
Darren Daye	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	2
Jerry Sichting	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	2
Team totals	—	44–78	6–9	24–28	5	24	29	35	5	8	13	24	118

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Maurice Cheeks	44:00	5–11	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	16	2	0	2	2	10
Cliff Robinson	43:00	10–20	0–0	6–6	3	4	7	2	1	1	1	1	26
Charles Barkley	42:00	15–27	1–3	9–13	6	5	11	1	3	2	5	6	40
Roy Hinson	31:00	4–6	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	0	0	6	1	2	10
Albert King	26:00	4–9	0–0	0–0	1	6	7	3	1	0	2	5	8
Mark McNamara	26:00	1–3	0–0	4–7	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	2	6
Gerald Henderson	18:00	2–4	1–2	1–2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	6
Andrew Toney	10:00	3–3	1–1	2–2	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	1	9
Team totals	240:00	44–83	3–7	24–32	16	25	41	28	9	9	12	24	115

This season

Philadelphia 76ers 2, Boston Celtics 4 in NBA 1987-88.

20 Nov 1987Boston Celtics 85–116 Philadelphia 76ers
20 Dec 1987Philadelphia 76ers 87–124 Boston Celtics
22 Dec 1987118–115 this game
31 Jan 1988Philadelphia 76ers 85–100 Boston Celtics
25 Mar 1988Philadelphia 76ers 97–93 Boston Celtics
10 Apr 1988Boston Celtics 117–108 Philadelphia 76ers

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 14–8
Philadelphia 76ers: 11–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Philadelphia 76ers 247, Boston Celtics 332.

20 Dec 1987Philadelphia 76ers 87–124 Boston Celtics
31 Jan 1988Philadelphia 76ers 85–100 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.