NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Phoenix Suns115–131Boston Celtics

Phoenix Suns at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 20 January 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 73rd meetingof 147 played

Phoenix Suns

Phoenix Suns box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
James Edwards	10–19	0–0	8–10	4	3	7	1	0	0	3	2	28
Larry Nance	8–18	0–0	4–4	4	7	11	5	2	3	2	4	20
Eddie Johnson	6–12	0–2	4–4	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	1	16
Armen Gilliam	5–7	0–0	5–6	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	2	15
Walter Davis	6–11	2–3	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	14
Jay Humphries	2–6	0–0	2–6	0	0	0	9	1	0	2	3	6
Jeff Hornacek	2–5	0–1	2–4	1	3	4	7	0	0	0	3	6
Jeff Cook	1–5	0–0	2–2	4	5	9	0	0	0	1	2	4
Alvan Adams	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2
Bernard Thompson	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Sanders	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
James Bailey	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Team totals	43–90	2–6	27–36	14	24	38	27	8	4	15	22	115

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	10–20	3–3	0–0	1	8	9	6	0	1	2	1	23
Danny Ainge	8–15	4–6	1–1	1	1	2	11	0	0	2	3	21
Kevin McHale	9–13	0–0	1–3	2	6	8	3	0	1	3	4	19
Dirk Minniefield	7–12	1–2	1–1	2	4	6	10	6	0	0	4	16
Mark Acres	5–8	0–0	3–4	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	13
Artis Gilmore	3–3	0–0	4–4	1	4	5	0	0	2	2	5	10
Robert Parish	5–7	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	10
Reggie Lewis	2–2	0–0	3–6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	7
Darren Daye	2–3	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	6
Brad Lohaus	1–3	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4
Fred Roberts	0–3	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	3	2
Team totals	52–89	8–11	19–25	10	26	36	37	10	8	14	26	131

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Phoenix Suns 0 in NBA 1987-88.

20 Jan 1988115–131 this game
15 Feb 1988Boston Celtics 107–106 Phoenix Suns

Records going in

Phoenix Suns: 13–21
Boston Celtics: 26–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 85, Phoenix Suns 62.

11 Mar 1987Phoenix Suns 109–118 Boston Celtics
15 Feb 1988Boston Celtics 107–106 Phoenix Suns

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.