NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics103–113Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday 18 March 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 120th meetingof 273 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	—	13–19	0–0	7–8	4	6	10	4	0	3	5	4	33
Larry Bird	—	8–19	0–2	3–4	2	8	10	6	2	1	5	3	19
Danny Ainge	—	5–14	3–8	0–0	0	1	1	9	1	0	0	2	13
Dennis Johnson	—	5–6	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	6	1	1	0	4	12
Jim Paxson	—	4–6	0–0	1–1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	9
Robert Parish	—	4–9	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	2	0	2	2	2	8
Brad Lohaus	—	1–2	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	3
Artis Gilmore	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	2
Fred Roberts	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	2
Mark Acres	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Dirk Minniefield	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	0
Team totals	—	43–80	3–10	14–17	13	25	38	35	4	7	16	21	103

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sam Vincent	38:00	7–12	0–0	0–1	2	0	2	5	2	0	3	3	14
Michael Jordan	—	19–32	1–2	11–11	2	3	5	9	5	1	1	4	50
Brad Sellers	—	4–11	0–0	4–4	2	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	12
Charles Oakley	—	6–15	0–0	0–0	8	4	12	3	0	0	1	3	12
Horace Grant	—	4–11	0–0	1–4	6	3	9	0	2	0	1	1	9
Dave Corzine	—	4–7	0–0	0–0	0	11	11	3	1	1	0	3	8
John Paxson	—	2–5	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Scottie Pippen	—	2–5	0–0	0–5	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	4
Team totals	38:00	48–98	1–3	16–25	20	23	43	23	12	3	7	17	113

This season

Chicago Bulls 3, Boston Celtics 3 in NBA 1987-88.

23 Nov 1987Chicago Bulls 107–102 Boston Celtics
12 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 104–97 Chicago Bulls
18 Mar 1988103–113 this game
20 Mar 1988Chicago Bulls 107–137 Boston Celtics
21 Apr 1988Chicago Bulls 119–126 Boston Celtics
24 Apr 1988Boston Celtics 108–115 Chicago Bulls

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 45–19
Chicago Bulls: 36–27

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 116, Boston Celtics 157.

12 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 104–97 Chicago Bulls
20 Mar 1988Chicago Bulls 107–137 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.