NBA 1996-97Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics89–99Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Sunday 15 December 1996
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1996-97Regular season
Meeting: 331st meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
David Wesley	9–13	4–5	3–5	0	1	1	6	1	0	6	4	25	-1
Rick Fox	6–9	2–4	3–4	0	5	5	2	1	0	2	5	17	+4
Antoine Walker	5–14	0–1	6–8	6	3	9	1	0	0	0	5	16	-10
Eric Williams	5–9	0–0	4–4	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	4	14	-15
Dino Radja	4–10	0–0	2–2	1	6	7	1	1	0	7	2	10	-5
Todd Day	1–6	1–2	1–2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	-16
Dana Barros	1–5	1–2	0–0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	1	3	-5
Greg Minor	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	5	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	+5
Marty Conlon	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-7
Team totals	31–69	8–14	19–25	10	25	35	18	3	0	18	25	89	—

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Grant Hill	9–17	0–1	7–9	3	8	11	8	3	0	2	2	25	-1
Otis Thorpe	7–8	0–0	2–3	0	4	4	3	0	0	2	5	16	+3
Joe Dumars	5–10	2–4	3–3	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	1	15	+10
Terry Mills	5–11	3–7	0–0	1	6	7	2	3	1	2	3	13	+15
Grant Long	3–5	0–1	2–2	1	3	4	2	1	0	3	2	8	-2
Lindsey Hunter	2–14	1–6	2–2	0	3	3	5	1	0	1	4	7	-1
Michael Curry	3–3	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	7	+11
Litterial Green	1–1	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	+9
Theo Ratliff	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	4	+4
Rick Mahorn	0–0	0–0	0–2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	+2
Team totals	37–72	7–20	18–23	6	29	35	24	9	4	15	24	99	—

This season

Detroit Pistons 4, Boston Celtics 0 in NBA 1996-97.

20 Nov 1996Detroit Pistons 108–83 Boston Celtics
15 Dec 199689–99 this game
2 Jan 1997Boston Celtics 87–99 Detroit Pistons
28 Feb 1997Detroit Pistons 106–100 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 5–15
Detroit Pistons: 16–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

20 Nov 1996Detroit Pistons 108–83 Boston Celtics
2 Jan 1997Boston Celtics 87–99 Detroit Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.