NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics98–106Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Friday 17 March 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 293rd meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Parish	—	9–15	0–0	2–4	1	9	10	2	0	2	4	3	20
Kevin McHale	—	8–17	0–0	3–4	5	4	9	1	0	0	5	2	19
Brian Shaw	—	9–17	0–0	0–0	1	6	7	4	2	1	5	4	18
Ed Pinckney	—	6–13	0–0	2–2	6	7	13	5	1	2	1	2	14
Kelvin Upshaw	—	6–11	0–0	1–2	0	3	3	5	3	1	2	6	13
Dennis Johnson	—	3–10	0–1	2–4	0	3	3	5	0	1	3	6	8
Joe Kleine	—	2–7	0–0	2–2	5	3	8	1	2	0	3	1	6
Kevin Gamble	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Grandison	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	—	43–92	0–1	12–18	19	35	54	24	8	7	23	24	98

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim Rowinski	1:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vinnie Johnson	—	12–20	0–0	6–6	4	2	6	1	2	0	1	2	30
Joe Dumars	—	7–14	0–0	10–10	0	0	0	7	1	0	2	1	24
Isiah Thomas	—	9–25	1–2	1–2	2	3	5	6	2	1	6	4	20
Mark Aguirre	—	7–14	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	1	15
Dennis Rodman	—	2–4	1–1	1–2	3	7	10	0	0	0	2	2	6
Rick Mahorn	—	2–6	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	1	0	0	1	4	6
James Edwards	—	1–4	0–0	1–1	2	2	4	0	2	4	0	3	3
Bill Laimbeer	—	1–6	0–0	0–0	1	9	10	3	1	1	2	5	2
Team totals	1:00	41–93	2–3	22–25	14	29	43	21	8	7	15	22	106

This season

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

11 Nov 1988Detroit Pistons 116–107 Boston Celtics
16 Jan 1989Boston Celtics 87–96 Detroit Pistons
22 Jan 1989Detroit Pistons 99–112 Boston Celtics
17 Mar 198998–106 this game
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

Boston Celtics: 32–30
Detroit Pistons: 44–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Jan 1989Detroit Pistons 99–112 Boston Celtics
28 Apr 1989Boston Celtics 91–101 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.