NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets117–107Boston Celtics

New Jersey Nets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 2 March 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 64th meetingof 242 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tim McCormick	43:00	10–14	0–0	3–4	2	2	4	4	1	1	3	5	23
John Bagley	43:00	9–17	0–3	1–3	2	4	6	11	1	1	5	4	19
Roy Hinson	37:00	8–14	0–0	5–6	2	13	15	1	0	1	2	5	21
Kevin McKenna	30:00	3–6	2–4	8–8	0	3	3	3	2	1	3	4	16
Dudley Bradley	27:00	5–6	2–2	2–2	0	3	3	3	4	1	0	5	14
Otis Birdsong	26:00	5–7	0–0	2–6	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	4	12
Pearl Washington	15:00	4–7	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	8
Chris Engler	7:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Buck Williams	4:00	1–2	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Dallas Comegys	4:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ricky Wilson	4:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
Team totals	240:00	45–74	4–9	23–31	6	28	34	26	11	5	20	32	117

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	11–28	1–2	11–13	6	10	16	4	1	1	4	2	34
Danny Ainge	—	7–13	2–5	4–4	1	1	2	9	2	1	2	4	20
Robert Parish	—	7–10	0–0	1–2	2	6	8	0	1	2	6	1	15
Jim Paxson	—	4–7	0–1	4–4	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	12
Dennis Johnson	—	4–9	0–0	2–4	0	0	0	8	5	0	2	4	10
Mark Acres	—	1–2	0–0	4–5	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	3	6
Artis Gilmore	—	2–2	0–0	0–2	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	4
Brad Lohaus	—	2–4	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4
Fred Roberts	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
Dirk Minniefield	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	39–78	3–9	26–34	12	24	36	23	11	4	18	24	107

This season

Boston Celtics 5, Brooklyn Nets 1 in NBA 1987-88.

21 Nov 1987Boston Celtics 107–97 New Jersey Nets
2 Dec 1987New Jersey Nets 99–130 Boston Celtics
16 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 103–96 New Jersey Nets
2 Mar 1988117–107 this game
28 Mar 1988Boston Celtics 106–105 New Jersey Nets
8 Apr 1988New Jersey Nets 90–127 Boston Celtics

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 13–42
Boston Celtics: 39–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 155, Brooklyn Nets 87.

16 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 103–96 New Jersey Nets
28 Mar 1988Boston Celtics 106–105 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.