NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics120–129Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 9 February 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 104th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	17–27	1–2	9–10	1	14	15	3	2	2	1	3	44
Kevin McHale	—	11–17	0–0	6–7	4	8	12	3	1	2	5	3	28
Robert Parish	—	8–14	0–0	2–2	3	3	6	2	1	1	2	3	18
Danny Ainge	—	6–13	2–5	3–4	0	1	1	7	4	0	2	5	17
Dennis Johnson	—	2–10	0–3	2–2	0	3	3	9	1	0	5	2	6
Dirk Minniefield	—	2–4	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	5
Fred Roberts	—	0–2	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Artis Gilmore	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Acres	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
Team totals	—	46–89	4–12	24–27	9	30	39	27	9	5	17	24	120

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sleepy Floyd	35:00	6–12	0–0	2–4	0	1	1	7	0	0	1	3	14
Joe Barry Carroll	29:00	8–15	0–0	2–2	3	2	5	0	0	3	0	5	18
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	12–23	0–0	6–6	6	10	16	3	3	3	2	5	30
Rodney McCray	—	7–17	0–0	9–10	4	7	11	5	1	1	4	3	23
Purvis Short	—	9–14	0–0	3–4	1	1	2	2	1	0	4	1	21
Jim Petersen	—	3–7	0–0	3–3	4	6	10	4	1	0	1	3	9
Allen Leavell	—	4–7	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	8
Buck Johnson	—	1–5	0–0	4–4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	6
Cedric Maxwell	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	64:00	50–102	0–0	29–33	21	28	49	23	9	7	14	24	129

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1987-88.

9 Feb 1988120–129 this game
30 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 110–117 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 32–13
Houston Rockets: 25–17

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 63, Boston Celtics 115.

19 Feb 1987Boston Celtics 99–92 Houston Rockets
30 Mar 1988Houston Rockets 110–117 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.