NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics103–96New Jersey Nets

Boston Celtics at New Jersey Nets

Date: Saturday 16 January 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 63rd meetingof 242 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	—	12–19	0–0	5–5	0	3	3	1	0	3	3	3	29
Robert Parish	—	11–16	0–0	1–2	3	12	15	0	0	1	2	2	23
Larry Bird	—	8–19	1–3	2–3	1	10	11	7	0	1	4	2	19
Danny Ainge	—	8–16	1–4	1–2	0	3	3	3	1	0	1	1	18
Dennis Johnson	—	5–9	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	14	0	0	3	4	10
Fred Roberts	—	1–3	0–0	2–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	4
Brad Lohaus	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dirk Minniefield	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Mark Acres	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	—	45–83	2–7	11–14	8	35	43	28	1	5	14	18	103

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Gminski	42:00	7–13	0–0	2–2	1	10	11	2	2	0	2	3	16
Orlando Woolridge	41:00	9–21	0–0	4–8	1	3	4	3	2	0	0	5	22
Buck Williams	41:00	6–11	0–0	3–3	6	10	16	3	0	0	1	3	15
John Bagley	40:00	3–9	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	1	6
Otis Birdsong	29:00	6–14	0–1	0–0	2	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	12
Pearl Washington	27:00	7–12	0–1	4–4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	18
Dallas Comegys	13:00	3–8	0–0	1–2	0	6	6	0	1	1	2	3	7
Dudley Bradley	7:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	41–88	0–3	14–19	10	29	39	18	8	2	9	17	96

This season

Brooklyn Nets 1, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1987-88.

21 Nov 1987Boston Celtics 107–97 New Jersey Nets
2 Dec 1987New Jersey Nets 99–130 Boston Celtics
16 Jan 1988103–96 this game
2 Mar 1988New Jersey Nets 117–107 Boston Celtics
28 Mar 1988Boston Celtics 106–105 New Jersey Nets
8 Apr 1988New Jersey Nets 90–127 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 24–10
New Jersey Nets: 7–26

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 87, Boston Celtics 155.

2 Dec 1987New Jersey Nets 99–130 Boston Celtics
2 Mar 1988New Jersey Nets 117–107 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.