NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics108–125Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 29 January 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 280th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	11–18	0–0	3–3	4	7	11	8	2	0	2	1	25
Kevin McHale	9–17	0–0	2–3	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	4	20
Dennis Johnson	5–14	0–1	7–8	2	4	6	7	1	0	5	5	17
Robert Parish	5–11	0–0	5–6	1	6	7	1	1	2	3	2	15
Dirk Minniefield	3–6	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	7
Danny Ainge	2–10	1–5	1–2	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	2	6
Fred Roberts	0–1	0–0	6–6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Reggie Lewis	2–3	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Brad Lohaus	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Mark Acres	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Artis Gilmore	0–0	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
Darren Daye	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	0
Team totals	40–84	1–6	27–34	9	25	34	29	7	2	16	22	108

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	8–14	0–0	6–6	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	22
Joe Dumars	8–11	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	2	20
Vinnie Johnson	9–13	0–0	1–3	0	1	1	4	2	0	1	5	19
Rick Mahorn	6–10	0–0	4–5	2	9	11	1	2	1	1	5	16
Bill Laimbeer	5–10	0–0	5–5	3	8	11	2	0	1	0	2	15
Isiah Thomas	5–13	0–1	1–2	1	3	4	12	2	0	6	4	11
Dennis Rodman	5–6	0–0	0–1	2	3	5	4	0	0	1	4	10
John Salley	4–6	0–0	2–4	5	6	11	2	1	3	0	4	10
William Bedford	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Ralph Lewis	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	51–86	0–1	23–30	13	30	43	31	9	6	13	29	125

This season

Detroit Pistons 7, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1987-88.

4 Dec 1987Boston Celtics 105–128 Detroit Pistons
13 Jan 1988Detroit Pistons 105–143 Boston Celtics
29 Jan 1988108–125 this game
28 Feb 1988Boston Celtics 101–106 Detroit Pistons
1 Apr 1988Detroit Pistons 110–121 Boston Celtics
19 Apr 1988Detroit Pistons 110–121 Boston Celtics
25 May 1988Detroit Pistons 104–96 Boston Celtics
26 May 1988Detroit Pistons 115–119 Boston Celtics
28 May 1988Boston Celtics 94–98 Detroit Pistons
30 May 1988Boston Celtics 79–78 Detroit Pistons
1 Jun 1988Detroit Pistons 102–96 Boston Celtics
3 Jun 1988Boston Celtics 90–95 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 30–11
Detroit Pistons: 23–13

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 165, Boston Celtics 281.

13 Jan 1988Detroit Pistons 105–143 Boston Celtics
28 Feb 1988Boston Celtics 101–106 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.