NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics106–105New Jersey Nets

Boston Celtics at New Jersey Nets

Date: Monday 28 March 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 65th meetingof 242 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	9–22	2–6	7–7	2	6	8	2	3	0	2	1	27
Kevin McHale	—	5–13	0–0	10–13	4	6	10	6	0	2	1	2	20
Danny Ainge	—	4–8	1–2	3–3	1	2	3	4	0	1	4	2	12
Jim Paxson	—	4–10	0–1	4–4	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	3	12
Mark Acres	—	6–6	0–0	0–0	4	4	8	0	0	0	2	6	12
Dennis Johnson	—	4–11	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	10
Dirk Minniefield	—	3–4	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	6
Artis Gilmore	—	2–3	0–0	1–1	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	3	5
Brad Lohaus	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	3	2
Fred Roberts	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0
Team totals	—	38–81	3–10	27–30	14	27	41	16	5	5	15	22	106

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Buck Williams	41:00	6–11	0–0	4–5	2	5	7	3	1	1	3	4	16
Roy Hinson	37:00	9–18	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	1	3	0	2	5	20
Otis Birdsong	37:00	9–17	0–0	1–2	2	3	5	6	1	0	1	0	19
Tim McCormick	35:00	6–10	0–0	3–5	2	6	8	4	0	0	0	6	15
John Bagley	35:00	6–12	0–1	2–2	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	14
Pearl Washington	18:00	4–6	0–0	2–2	0	4	4	3	1	1	2	0	10
Dudley Bradley	16:00	2–4	1–1	2–2	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	5	7
Chris Engler	7:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin McKenna	7:00	0–3	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	0
Dennis Hopson	6:00	1–1	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	4
Dallas Comegys	1:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	43–83	1–3	18–22	10	25	35	28	7	5	10	26	105

This season

Brooklyn Nets 1, Boston Celtics 5 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 1988New Jersey Nets 117–107 Boston Celtics
28 Mar 1988106–105 this game
8 Apr 1988New Jersey Nets 90–127 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 48–21
New Jersey Nets: 18–51

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

2 Mar 1988New Jersey Nets 117–107 Boston Celtics
8 Apr 1988New Jersey Nets 90–127 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.