NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Detroit Pistons99–112Boston Celtics

Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 22 January 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 292nd meetingof 446 played

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Isiah Thomas	8–21	0–0	10–12	0	0	0	5	3	0	5	5	26
Vinnie Johnson	9–20	0–0	6–8	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	3	24
Bill Laimbeer	8–11	0–1	1–2	2	2	4	2	0	2	1	5	17
Dennis Rodman	6–10	1–2	0–0	5	7	12	1	2	1	0	5	13
John Salley	4–8	0–0	3–4	4	7	11	5	0	2	0	6	11
Adrian Dantley	2–5	0–0	3–4	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	7
Micheal Williams	0–4	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	1
James Edwards	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	6	6	2	0	2	0	4	0
Team totals	37–81	1–3	24–32	12	25	37	22	6	7	15	32	99

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	11–20	0–0	5–6	8	5	13	1	0	2	1	3	27
Robert Parish	8–15	0–0	6–9	2	10	12	3	1	0	3	4	22
Reggie Lewis	8–16	0–0	5–8	1	5	6	6	0	4	3	4	21
Dennis Johnson	4–13	0–0	5–7	1	7	8	6	3	1	1	5	13
Danny Ainge	3–6	2–5	2–2	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	3	10
Jim Paxson	4–6	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	1	2	1	8
Brian Shaw	2–5	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	6	6
Ron Grandison	1–3	0–1	2–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	4
Ramón Rivas	0–0	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Mark Acres	0–1	0–0	0–2	1	2	3	1	2	0	1	2	0
Team totals	41–85	2–6	28–40	14	33	47	29	7	8	13	29	112

This season

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

11 Nov 1988Detroit Pistons 116–107 Boston Celtics
16 Jan 1989Boston Celtics 87–96 Detroit Pistons
22 Jan 198999–112 this game
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: 25–11
Boston Celtics: 17–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

16 Jan 1989Boston Celtics 87–96 Detroit Pistons
17 Mar 1989Boston Celtics 98–106 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.