NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics119–113Indiana Pacers

Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers

Date: Tuesday 15 March 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 61st meetingof 234 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	12–22	1–2	9–10	1	6	7	4	2	0	2	0	34
Kevin McHale	8–14	0–0	8–11	2	6	8	3	1	1	0	1	24
Robert Parish	8–11	0–0	5–6	4	10	14	2	0	2	2	3	21
Dennis Johnson	5–13	0–1	6–6	0	5	5	8	1	0	1	3	16
Danny Ainge	4–11	3–4	1–2	0	1	1	7	1	0	1	4	12
Jim Paxson	3–5	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	8
Brad Lohaus	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2
Fred Roberts	0–2	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Dirk Minniefield	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
Mark Acres	0–1	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	0	1	0	1	3	0
Team totals	41–82	4–7	33–39	10	31	41	25	8	3	10	18	119

Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Chuck Person	9–18	1–3	2–2	3	6	9	4	0	0	1	3	21
Steve Stipanovich	8–16	0–0	5–6	2	3	5	2	2	1	2	1	21
Vern Fleming	6–15	0–0	6–9	3	6	9	8	0	0	2	2	18
Wayman Tisdale	8–16	0–0	1–1	2	3	5	2	1	1	2	6	17
Reggie Miller	3–4	2–3	2–2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	10
Scott Skiles	5–8	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	3	10
Herb Williams	4–10	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	2	8
John Long	3–8	0–1	0–0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	6
Stuart Gray	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	2
Team totals	47–97	3–9	16–20	14	29	43	24	5	2	12	23	113

This season

Indiana Pacers 0, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1987-88.

11 Nov 1987Indiana Pacers 106–120 Boston Celtics
15 Nov 1987Boston Celtics 103–98 Indiana Pacers
3 Feb 1988Indiana Pacers 103–118 Boston Celtics
11 Mar 1988Indiana Pacers 112–122 Boston Celtics
15 Mar 1988119–113 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 44–19
Indiana Pacers: 30–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Indiana Pacers 100, Boston Celtics 134.

11 Mar 1988Indiana Pacers 112–122 Boston Celtics
11 Jan 1989Indiana Pacers 127–108 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.