NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons91–87New York Knicks

Detroit Pistons at New York Knicks

Date: Friday 25 December 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 269th meetingof 425 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Isiah Thomas	9–23	1–2	2–2	0	3	3	8	2	0	4	3	21
John Salley	8–13	0–0	5–9	5	4	9	2	0	2	2	4	21
Bill Laimbeer	7–18	0–0	5–5	5	11	16	4	2	2	2	4	19
Joe Dumars	9–17	0–1	1–4	2	4	6	3	0	0	3	1	19
Vinnie Johnson	3–7	0–0	1–4	1	4	5	7	1	0	3	2	7
Dennis Rodman	2–8	0–0	0–6	5	3	8	1	2	0	3	4	4
Ralph Lewis	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
William Bedford	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	38–87	1–3	14–30	18	29	47	25	7	4	18	19	91

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Patrick Ewing	11–20	0–0	6–8	3	6	9	3	3	1	5	4	28
Gerald Wilkins	7–14	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	5	2	0	5	4	15
Mark Jackson	6–11	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	12	1	0	4	3	13
Pat Cummings	4–10	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	2	1	0	1	3	8
Bill Cartwright	3–5	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	6
Johnny Newman	3–3	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	6
Kenny Walker	2–11	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	3	4
Sidney Green	1–4	0–0	2–2	2	6	8	0	0	0	0	5	4
Billy Donovan	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2
Trent Tucker	0–3	0–1	1–3	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1
Louis Orr	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0
Team totals	38–84	1–3	10–15	12	29	41	25	9	1	21	28	87

This season

New York Knicks 2, Detroit Pistons 4 in NBA 1987-88.

6 Nov 1987New York Knicks 99–110 Detroit Pistons
12 Dec 1987New York Knicks 96–124 Detroit Pistons
25 Dec 198791–87 this game
4 Feb 1988Detroit Pistons 93–100 New York Knicks
10 Feb 1988New York Knicks 87–98 Detroit Pistons
11 Apr 1988Detroit Pistons 111–114 New York Knicks

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 15–5
New York Knicks: 8–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

12 Dec 1987New York Knicks 96–124 Detroit Pistons
4 Feb 1988Detroit Pistons 93–100 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.