NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics101–106Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday 28 February 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 281st meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	15–24	0–0	3–6	3	8	11	0	0	0	2	4	33
Larry Bird	10–22	1–1	5–5	3	6	9	9	0	0	4	2	26
Robert Parish	5–9	0–0	2–3	2	3	5	2	0	2	1	2	12
Dennis Johnson	3–6	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	3	8
Jim Paxson	3–5	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	7
Brad Lohaus	2–5	0–1	2–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	6
Danny Ainge	1–7	0–3	2–2	0	1	1	7	2	0	1	4	4
Dirk Minniefield	1–3	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	4
Mark Acres	0–1	0–0	1–2	1	3	4	1	1	0	0	4	1
Fred Roberts	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	40–82	1–7	20–26	11	22	33	29	6	2	14	22	101

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	6–10	0–0	7–8	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	19
Dennis Rodman	7–10	0–0	3–4	4	4	8	1	0	0	2	4	17
Isiah Thomas	7–14	0–0	3–4	0	2	2	9	1	1	4	5	17
Joe Dumars	7–14	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	10	0	0	3	2	16
Rick Mahorn	6–11	0–0	2–2	3	8	11	1	2	0	1	5	14
Bill Laimbeer	5–9	0–0	3–3	2	9	11	5	1	1	1	4	13
John Salley	4–5	0–0	2–2	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	10
James Edwards	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vinnie Johnson	0–5	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0
Team totals	42–79	0–0	22–25	13	29	42	29	4	2	15	24	106

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 1988Boston Celtics 108–125 Detroit Pistons
28 Feb 1988101–106 this game
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: 39–16
Detroit Pistons: 34–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

29 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 108–125 Detroit Pistons
1 Apr 1988Detroit Pistons 110–121 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.