- Date
- Arena
- Not recorded
- Season
- NBA 1987-88Regular season
- Meeting
- 74th meetingof 147 played
Boston Celtics
| Player | FG | 3P | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Bird | 17–27 | 3–6 | 12–12 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 49 |
| Kevin McHale | 11–16 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| Dennis Johnson | 4–12 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| Danny Ainge | 3–9 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Brad Lohaus | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dirk Minniefield | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Mark Acres | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Artis Gilmore | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Team totals | 41–75 | 3–7 | 22–28 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 107 |
Phoenix Suns
| Player | FG | 3P | FT | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Johnson | 10–21 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| Walter Davis | 8–15 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| Jeff Hornacek | 5–7 | 2–3 | 6–6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Jay Humphries | 5–10 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Alvan Adams | 4–9 | 0–0 | 4–4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Larry Nance | 5–8 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Armen Gilliam | 3–10 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Mike Sanders | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team totals | 40–81 | 4–6 | 22–24 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 106 |
This season
Phoenix Suns 0, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1987-88.
- Phoenix Suns 115–131 Boston Celtics
- 107–106 this game
Records going in
- Boston Celtics
- 34–15
- Phoenix Suns
- 15–31
Regular season, before this game.
Meetings
All-time: Phoenix Suns 62, Boston Celtics 85.
Every meetingData: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.