NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics125–138Denver Nuggets

Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets

Date: Wednesday 17 February 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 30th meetingof 104 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	11–17	0–0	11–12	4	7	11	1	1	0	3	2	33
Danny Ainge	9–17	0–3	5–5	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	23
Fred Roberts	7–9	0–0	4–5	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	18
Larry Bird	4–15	1–1	4–5	4	6	10	4	0	0	5	5	13
Dennis Johnson	3–9	0–1	5–6	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	4	11
Brad Lohaus	4–6	0–0	1–2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	6	9
Reggie Lewis	3–4	0–0	2–4	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	8
Mark Acres	2–6	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	3	6
Dirk Minniefield	1–6	0–1	2–2	2	0	2	6	2	0	0	1	4
Artis Gilmore	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0
Darren Daye	0–4	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	44–94	1–6	36–43	21	21	42	19	4	1	13	24	125

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Alex English	13–20	0–0	11–11	1	3	4	11	0	0	0	4	37
Blair Rasmussen	14–19	0–0	6–6	0	11	11	0	0	1	3	4	34
Fat Lever	8–12	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	4	17
Michael Adams	7–13	3–7	0–0	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	3	17
Mike Evans	6–8	3–3	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	15
Calvin Natt	1–2	0–0	4–5	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	4	6
T.R. Dunn	3–3	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	2	1	1	0	5	6
Bill Hanzlik	1–1	0–0	2–4	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	5	4
Danny Schayes	1–4	0–0	0–0	2	8	10	0	1	0	3	5	2
Team totals	54–82	6–10	24–27	6	29	35	30	4	3	14	37	138

This season

Denver Nuggets 2, Boston Celtics 0 in NBA 1987-88.

9 Dec 1987Denver Nuggets 124–119 Boston Celtics
17 Feb 1988125–138 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 35–15
Denver Nuggets: 28–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 42, Boston Celtics 62.

9 Dec 1987Denver Nuggets 124–119 Boston Celtics
27 Dec 1988Boston Celtics 109–130 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.