Game Stats: Pistons vs. Bulls, 101-79, 1988 NBA Playoffs, Game 3, Eastern Conference Semifinals

Box score from the NBA basketball game played between the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls on May 14, 1988 with final result, scoring by period, game leaders and statistics by team and by player.

Game from the 1988 Playoffs

NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals
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Team
Pistons
Bulls
W
4
1
G.1 Game 1
93
82
G.2 Game 2
95
105
G.3 Game 3
101
79
G.4 Game 4
96
77
G.5 Game 5
102
95
NBA Box Scores:

Game 3 Score

101

Detroit Pistons
- 79

Chicago Bulls

Scoring by Period

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
DET 27 25 21 28 101
CHI 15 23 20 21 79

Game 3 Leaders

Pistons Bulls

Points

23 -
V.
Vinnie
Johnson
24 -
M.
Michael
Jordan

Rebounds

10 -
B.
Bill
Laimbeer
12 -
C.
Charles
Oakley

Assists

11 -
I.
Isiah
Thomas
6 -
S.
Sam
Vincent

Steals

4 -
V.
Vinnie
Johnson
1 -
4 players

Blocks

2 -
J.
John
Salley
1 -
2 players

Game Data

Date: May 14, 1988

Home Team: Chicago Bulls

Game 3 Box Score

Detroit Pistons

101
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF
FG
3P
FT
Reserves
 
Isiah Thomas 40:00 19 1 2 3 11 1 0 3 19-19 0-2 1-3
Adrian Dantley 29:00 16 1 5 6 3 2 0 1 28-15 0-0 0-0
Bill Laimbeer 33:00 13 3 7 10 2 2 1 1 26-14 0-1 1-2
Joe Dumars 27:00 8 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 14-8 0-0 0-0
Rick Mahorn 23:00 2 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 31-3 0-0 0-0
Reserves
 
Vinnie Johnson 25:00 23 2 1 3 2 4 0 0 39-13 0-0 5-6
Dennis Rodman 19:00 10 3 5 8 1 0 1 2 45-8 0-0 0-0
John Salley 28:00 10 0 4 4 1 0 2 1 42-3 0-0 6-8
James Edwards 10:00 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 20-3 0-0 0-0
Ralph Lewis 02:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00-1 0-1 0-0
Chuck Nevitt 02:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00-0 0-0 0-0
Walker Russell 02:00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 00-0 0-0 0-0

Totals:

  240 101 11 32 43 22 12 4 10 22 44-87 0-4 13-19
Percentages: .506 .000 .684

Chicago Bulls

79
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF
FG
3P
FT
Reserves
 
Michael Jordan 38:00 24 1 6 7 3 1 1 5 38-20 0-0 8-9
Scottie Pippen 32:00 15 2 4 6 1 0 0 2 37-11 1-1 0-1
Charles Oakley 36:00 11 2 10 12 4 0 1 3 44-10 0-1 3-3
Sam Vincent 29:00 9 0 3 3 6 0 0 2 23-12 0-0 3-3
Dave Corzine 27:00 5 3 3 6 1 1 0 2 12-6 0-0 1-2
Reserves
 
Horace Grant 34:00 10 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 25-7 0-0 0-0
Elston Turner 11:00 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 01-2 0-0 0-0
Rory Sparrow 17:00 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 01-6 0-0 0-0
Mike Brown 04:00 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 00-0 0-0 1-2
Brad Sellers 07:00 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 10-2 0-0 0-0
John Paxson 05:00 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 00-1 0-0 0-0

Totals:

  240 79 10 32 42 24 4 2 17 16 31-77 1-2 16-20
Percentages: .403 .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