Game Stats: Celtics vs. Pistons, 117-125, 1985 NBA Playoffs, Game 3, Eastern Conference Semifinals

Box score from the NBA basketball game played between the Boston Celtics and the Detroit Pistons on May 2, 1985 with final result, scoring by period, game leaders and statistics by team and by player.

Game from the 1985 Playoffs

NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals
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Team
Celtics
Pistons
W
4
2
 

G.1 Game 1
133
99
G.2 Game 2
121
114
G.3 Game 3
117
125
G.4 Game 4
99
102
G.5 Game 5
130
123
G.6 Game 6
123
113
NBA Box Scores:

Game 3 Score

117

Boston Celtics
- 125

Detroit Pistons

Scoring by Period

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
BOS 34 28 34 21 117
DET 38 24 36 27 125

Game 3 Leaders

Celtics Pistons

Points

27 -
D.
Dennis
Johnson
27 -
B.
Bill
Laimbeer

Rebounds

13 -
L.
Larry
Bird
13 -
B.
Bill
Laimbeer

Assists

8 -
L.
Larry
Bird
16 -
I.
Isiah
Thomas

Steals

2 -
D.
Danny
Ainge
3 -
I.
Isiah
Thomas

Blocks

4 -
K.
Kevin
McHale
1 -
3 players

Game Data

Date: May 2, 1985

Home Team: Detroit Pistons

Game 3 Box Score

Boston Celtics

117
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF
FG
3P
FT
Reserves
 
Dennis Johnson 43:00 27 5 2 7 5 1 0 6 311-19 0-1 5-6
Larry Bird 44:00 25 4 9 13 8 1 1 6 29-20 0-1 7-7
Kevin McHale 38:00 24 4 4 8 1 1 4 3 48-12 0-0 8-9
Danny Ainge 29:00 15 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 55-7 0-0 5-6
Robert Parish 40:00 13 3 8 11 2 1 0 4 55-15 0-0 3-4
Reserves
 
Ray Williams 16:00 7 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 22-7 1-3 2-2
Cedric Maxwell 16:00 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 21-3 0-0 2-3
Scott Wedman 14:00 2 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 11-3 0-0 0-0

Totals:

  240 117 19 31 50 24 6 5 23 24 42-86 1-5 32-37
Percentages: .488 .200 .865

Detroit Pistons

125
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF
FG
3P
FT
Reserves
 
Bill Laimbeer 39:00 27 5 8 13 1 2 0 2 410-18 0-0 7-9
Isiah Thomas 47:00 26 0 4 4 16 3 1 2 29-18 1-2 7-10
John Long 27:00 20 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 29-12 0-0 2-2
Kelly Tripucka 31:00 13 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 23-10 0-0 7-7
Dan Roundfield 32:00 8 5 4 9 1 1 0 3 44-11 0-0 0-0
Reserves
 
Terry Tyler 26:00 18 4 4 8 0 1 0 1 49-19 0-0 0-0
Vinnie Johnson 22:00 8 3 1 4 2 1 0 1 34-12 0-0 0-0
Earl Cureton 12:00 5 3 2 5 1 1 0 0 32-5 0-0 1-2
Kent Benson 04:00 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 30-2 0-0 0-0

Totals:

  240 125 22 24 46 26 11 3 11 27 50-107 1-2 24-30
Percentages: .467 .500 .800

Abbreviations:
Min = Minutes played / Pts = Points / Off, Def, Tot = Offensive, Defensive and Total Rebounds / Ast = Assists / Stl = Steals / Blk = Blocks / TO = Turnovers / PF = Personal fouls / +/- = Plus-Minus / FG = Field Goals Made - Attempted / 3P = 3-Pointers Made - Attempted / FT = Free Throws Made - Attempted