NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons116–107Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 11 November 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 290th meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Adrian Dantley	8–15	0–0	15–16	1	3	4	5	0	0	0	3	31
Joe Dumars	10–14	0–0	4–5	0	2	2	7	2	0	1	2	24
Isiah Thomas	8–13	1–1	6–6	0	4	4	10	0	1	2	3	23
Bill Laimbeer	5–8	1–2	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11
Dennis Rodman	4–4	0–0	1–1	1	4	5	0	0	0	2	6	9
Rick Mahorn	3–5	0–0	2–3	0	6	6	4	2	0	2	5	8
Vinnie Johnson	3–8	0–1	2–4	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	8
James Edwards	0–5	0–0	2–4	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	5	2
Darryl Dawkins	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Salley	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	2	1	1	0	3	0
Team totals	41–74	2–4	32–39	4	30	34	28	7	2	9	27	116

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	11–14	0–0	8–11	0	7	7	3	0	1	4	3	30
Larry Bird	8–14	0–0	8–9	0	10	10	6	1	1	1	2	24
Reggie Lewis	4–8	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	4	10
Brian Shaw	3–13	0–1	3–4	0	1	1	9	0	1	1	2	9
Dennis Johnson	3–8	0–2	2–4	0	2	2	9	2	0	0	5	8
Robert Parish	4–7	0–0	0–1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	8
Jim Paxson	3–5	0–0	1–1	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	5	7
Brad Lohaus	2–4	0–0	1–2	1	6	7	0	0	0	1	5	5
Mark Acres	2–3	0–0	0–1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	4
Ron Grandison	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Team totals	41–77	0–3	25–35	4	31	35	31	4	3	12	31	107

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Detroit Pistons 6 in NBA 1988-89.

11 Nov 1988116–107 this game
16 Jan 1989Boston Celtics 87–96 Detroit Pistons
22 Jan 1989Detroit Pistons 99–112 Boston Celtics
17 Mar 1989Boston Celtics 98–106 Detroit Pistons
28 Apr 1989Boston Celtics 91–101 Detroit Pistons
30 Apr 1989Boston Celtics 95–102 Detroit Pistons
2 May 1989Detroit Pistons 100–85 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Detroit Pistons: 4–0
Boston Celtics: 1–2

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

3 Jun 1988Boston Celtics 90–95 Detroit Pistons
16 Jan 1989Boston Celtics 87–96 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.