NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics104–97Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 12 January 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 119th meetingof 273 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	18–31	0–1	2–3	1	8	9	8	2	0	1	3	38
Robert Parish	6–9	0–0	6–9	4	12	16	1	0	1	3	1	18
Kevin McHale	7–14	0–0	2–3	2	4	6	3	0	1	0	2	16
Danny Ainge	3–12	1–5	5–6	2	3	5	9	0	1	0	2	12
Dirk Minniefield	4–8	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	9	0	0	1	3	10
Reggie Lewis	2–6	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	4
Brad Lohaus	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Darren Daye	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	2
Fred Roberts	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	2
Artis Gilmore	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mark Acres	0–0	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	43–86	1–6	17–23	13	33	46	33	2	6	10	17	104

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Michael Jordan	19–35	0–1	4–5	2	2	4	6	3	1	0	0	42
Brad Sellers	8–14	0–0	2–2	1	8	9	5	0	2	1	1	18
Dave Corzine	6–13	0–0	0–0	3	5	8	1	1	5	1	0	12
John Paxson	5–7	2–5	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	12
Rory Sparrow	3–9	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	6	0	0	2	2	6
Charles Oakley	1–4	0–0	1–2	7	4	11	8	0	0	2	5	3
Horace Grant	0–2	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	2
Scottie Pippen	1–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	2
Mike Brown	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	1	0	1	0	2	0
Team totals	43–93	2–7	9–11	14	26	40	31	6	9	7	19	97

This season

Chicago Bulls 3, Boston Celtics 3 in NBA 1987-88.

23 Nov 1987Chicago Bulls 107–102 Boston Celtics
12 Jan 1988104–97 this game
18 Mar 1988Boston Celtics 103–113 Chicago Bulls
20 Mar 1988Chicago Bulls 107–137 Boston Celtics
21 Apr 1988Chicago Bulls 119–126 Boston Celtics
24 Apr 1988Boston Celtics 108–115 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 21–10
Chicago Bulls: 19–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 116, Boston Celtics 157.

23 Nov 1987Chicago Bulls 107–102 Boston Celtics
18 Mar 1988Boston Celtics 103–113 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.