NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics77–93Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Saturday 13 December 1997
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 335th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Antoine Walker	8–23	3–7	0–0	2	9	11	6	3	0	4	3	19	-5
Walter McCarty	7–15	1–2	4–6	2	1	3	2	2	1	3	1	19	-14
Chauncey Billups	5–8	2–5	0–1	1	1	2	6	0	0	2	1	12	0
Ron Mercer	4–11	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	8	-7
Pervis Ellison	3–5	0–0	1–2	1	3	4	3	0	0	2	5	7	-6
Bruce Bowen	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	6	-12
Andrew DeClercq	1–5	0–0	0–2	3	1	4	2	1	0	2	5	2	-4
John Thomas	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-14
Tyus Edney	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	-4
Dana Barros	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	-10
Dontae' Jones	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-4
Team totals	33–77	6–14	5–11	12	18	30	23	7	2	20	21	77	—

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Bison Dele	15–22	0–0	1–1	6	9	15	1	1	0	3	2	31	+16
Grant Hill	5–14	0–0	9–10	0	8	8	8	2	1	4	3	19	+16
Joe Dumars	4–10	1–4	1–1	0	1	1	7	1	0	1	1	10	+12
Lindsey Hunter	5–12	0–2	0–0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	10	+9
Jerome Williams	3–8	0–0	3–4	7	2	9	0	0	0	3	2	9	+5
Malik Sealy	3–4	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	6	+9
Theo Ratliff	3–6	0–0	0–0	1	4	5	1	1	5	3	3	6	+11
Charles O'Bannon	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	+2
Team totals	39–77	1–6	14–16	15	28	43	20	8	6	14	13	93	—

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1997-98.

23 Nov 1997Detroit Pistons 86–90 Boston Celtics
13 Dec 199777–93 this game
13 Mar 1998Detroit Pistons 96–92 Boston Celtics
3 Apr 1998Boston Celtics 101–100 Detroit Pistons

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 9–11
Detroit Pistons: 10–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

23 Nov 1997Detroit Pistons 86–90 Boston Celtics
13 Mar 1998Detroit Pistons 96–92 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.