NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics109–120Cleveland Cavaliers

Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Friday 15 April 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 103rd meetingof 284 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	14–26	0–4	2–2	0	5	5	8	1	2	1	5	30
Jim Paxson	7–12	1–2	4–4	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	19
Kevin McHale	7–11	0–0	4–5	1	7	8	2	0	1	3	3	18
Robert Parish	8–14	0–1	0–0	3	6	9	1	0	0	4	5	16
Danny Ainge	5–10	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	7	1	0	4	1	12
Dirk Minniefield	4–7	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	6	2	0	3	4	8
Fred Roberts	1–1	0–0	1–2	0	5	5	1	0	0	1	2	3
Mark Acres	1–4	0–0	0–0	4	1	5	0	0	1	0	4	2
Artis Gilmore	0–0	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
Brad Lohaus	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	47–86	3–12	12–15	8	26	34	26	6	4	20	28	109

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Brad Daugherty	15–22	0–0	14–18	3	6	9	2	2	0	5	2	44
Ron Harper	11–19	0–0	8–10	1	4	5	6	5	1	3	4	30
Mark Price	9–14	1–3	2–2	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	2	21
Larry Nance	4–8	0–0	7–7	1	6	7	3	1	3	1	4	15
Hot Rod Williams	1–4	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	2	1	1	1	3	4
Phil Hubbard	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	4
Craig Ehlo	1–4	0–1	0–0	0	3	3	4	0	0	2	1	2
Chris Dudley	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0
Dell Curry	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team totals	43–76	1–4	33–39	7	27	34	25	12	6	14	20	120

This season

Cleveland Cavaliers 3, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1987-88.

13 Nov 1987Cleveland Cavaliers 114–128 Boston Celtics
17 Nov 1987Boston Celtics 88–109 Cleveland Cavaliers
23 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 100–119 Cleveland Cavaliers
6 Mar 1988Cleveland Cavaliers 98–127 Boston Celtics
15 Apr 1988109–120 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 55–21
Cleveland Cavaliers: 38–40

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Cleveland Cavaliers 114, Boston Celtics 170.

6 Mar 1988Cleveland Cavaliers 98–127 Boston Celtics
22 Nov 1988Cleveland Cavaliers 114–102 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.