NBA 1989-90Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics86–103Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 18 November 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1989-90Regular season
Meeting: 297th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Charles Smith	10:00	1–3	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	2
Michael Smith	3:00	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Bird	—	8–18	2–3	4–4	1	3	4	3	0	0	4	4	22
Robert Parish	—	8–13	0–0	0–0	4	8	12	0	0	0	5	4	16
Reggie Lewis	—	4–11	1–2	2–2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	11
Kevin McHale	—	3–5	0–0	3–3	1	5	6	1	0	1	5	4	9
John Bagley	—	3–7	0–0	2–2	0	4	4	8	1	0	5	1	8
Ed Pinckney	—	2–4	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	2	1	2	3	1	6
Joe Kleine	—	2–7	0–0	0–0	3	7	10	2	0	0	0	1	4
Dennis Johnson	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	2	2
Jim Paxson	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Kevin Gamble	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	2
Team totals	13:00	35–78	3–6	13–13	12	34	46	22	4	4	28	26	86

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Joe Dumars	—	10–14	0–0	7–9	0	3	3	7	2	0	1	3	27
Bill Laimbeer	—	8–19	2–3	1–1	5	7	12	3	2	0	3	2	19
Isiah Thomas	—	6–12	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	8	3	0	2	1	14
Mark Aguirre	—	6–7	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	12
Vinnie Johnson	—	5–12	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	0	10
James Edwards	—	3–10	0–0	3–4	3	3	6	2	0	0	0	4	9
Dennis Rodman	—	3–4	0–0	2–5	1	4	5	0	1	1	1	4	8
John Salley	—	2–7	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	5	1	4	4
Scott Hastings	—	0–2	0–1	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
Stan Kimbrough	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
William Bedford	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals	—	43–87	2–4	15–21	10	26	36	23	10	8	10	20	103

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1989-90.

18 Nov 198986–103 this game
10 Jan 1990Detroit Pistons 97–104 Boston Celtics
30 Mar 1990Detroit Pistons 111–123 Boston Celtics
3 Apr 1990Boston Celtics 82–93 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 6–3
Detroit Pistons: 5–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

2 May 1989Detroit Pistons 100–85 Boston Celtics
10 Jan 1990Detroit Pistons 97–104 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.