NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons110–121Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Tuesday 19 April 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 283rd meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Isiah Thomas	8–16	0–0	5–7	0	1	1	8	1	0	5	1	21
James Edwards	5–10	0–0	6–7	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	4	16
Adrian Dantley	6–12	0–0	2–2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	14
Vinnie Johnson	6–12	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	14
Bill Laimbeer	5–7	0–1	2–2	2	7	9	1	1	1	1	3	12
Dennis Rodman	4–8	0–1	3–7	5	6	11	3	1	0	1	2	11
Joe Dumars	4–10	1–1	1–1	1	1	2	5	1	0	2	1	10
John Salley	4–9	0–0	2–2	2	2	4	2	0	1	0	5	10
Ralph Lewis	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Rick Mahorn	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Team totals	43–86	1–4	23–30	15	19	34	23	5	2	12	24	110

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	13–15	0–0	7–7	2	3	5	7	0	0	2	1	33
Robert Parish	10–15	0–0	5–6	2	10	12	1	0	1	4	3	25
Larry Bird	7–13	0–0	8–9	0	4	4	9	1	4	0	0	22
Danny Ainge	6–7	1–2	2–2	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	4	15
Jim Paxson	5–9	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	12
Dennis Johnson	3–8	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	8	1	1	2	4	6
Brad Lohaus	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Dirk Minniefield	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	1	2
Reggie Lewis	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Fred Roberts	0–2	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	4	1
Artis Gilmore	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0
Mark Acres	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	47–74	1–3	26–30	7	28	35	33	5	6	14	22	121

This season

Boston Celtics 5, Detroit Pistons 7 in NBA 1987-88.

4 Dec 1987Boston Celtics 105–128 Detroit Pistons
13 Jan 1988Detroit Pistons 105–143 Boston Celtics
29 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 108–125 Detroit Pistons
28 Feb 1988Boston Celtics 101–106 Detroit Pistons
1 Apr 1988Detroit Pistons 110–121 Boston Celtics
19 Apr 1988110–121 this game
25 May 1988Detroit Pistons 104–96 Boston Celtics
26 May 1988Detroit Pistons 115–119 Boston Celtics
28 May 1988Boston Celtics 94–98 Detroit Pistons
30 May 1988Boston Celtics 79–78 Detroit Pistons
1 Jun 1988Detroit Pistons 102–96 Boston Celtics
3 Jun 1988Boston Celtics 90–95 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 52–26
Boston Celtics: 55–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 281, Detroit Pistons 165.

1 Apr 1988Detroit Pistons 110–121 Boston Celtics
25 May 1988Detroit Pistons 104–96 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.