Game Stats: Celtics vs. Pistons, 79-78 in the 1988 NBA Playoffs

Box score from the NBA basketball game played between the Boston Celtics and the Detroit Pistons on May 30, 1988 with final result, scoring by period, game leaders and statistics by team and by player.

Game from the 1988 Playoffs
NBA Eastern Conference Finals
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Team
Celtics
Pistons
W
2
4
 

G.1 Game 1
96
104
G.2 Game 2
119
115
G.3 Game 3
94
98
G.4 Game 4
79
78
G.5 Game 5
96
102
G.6 Game 6
90
95
NBA Box Scores:

Game 4 Result

79

Boston Celtics
- 78

Detroit Pistons

Scoring by Period

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
BOS 16 30 14 19 79
DET 10 26 32 10 78

Game 4 Leaders

Celtics Pistons

Points

20 -
L.
Larry
Bird
29 -
B.
Bill
Laimbeer

Rebounds

10 -
L.
Larry
Bird
8 -
3 players

Assists

6 -
2 players
7 -
I.
Isiah
Thomas

Steals

2 -
J.
Jim
Paxson
4 -
I.
Isiah
Thomas

Blocks

3 -
2 players
1 -
2 players

Game Data

Date: May 30, 1988

Home Team: Detroit Pistons

Game 4 Box Score

Boston Celtics

79
  Shooting Rebounds

Players

  Min
FG
3P
FT
O D Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
Reserves
 
Larry Bird 39:00 7-15 1-2 5-6 1 9 10 6 1 3 2 520
Dennis Johnson 42:00 5-12 1-1 7-8 0 5 5 6 1 0 4 118
Kevin McHale 45:00 5-12 0-0 5-6 1 4 5 3 0 3 2 215
Robert Parish 38:00 5-10 0-0 3-4 1 8 9 1 0 1 5 213
Danny Ainge 43:00 4-11 3-6 1-2 1 1 2 3 0 0 4 412
Reserves
 
Fred Roberts 11:00 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31
Jim Paxson 11:00 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 00
Mark Acres 06:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
Artis Gilmore 05:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

Totals:

  240 26-65 5-9 22-28 4 28 32 20 4 7 18 21 79
Percentages: .400 .556 .786

Detroit Pistons

78
  Shooting Rebounds

Players

  Min
FG
3P
FT
O D Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
Reserves
 
Bill Laimbeer 38:00 10-15 1-1 8-9 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 229
Adrian Dantley 40:00 2-9 0-0 9-10 2 1 3 0 2 0 4 113
Isiah Thomas 39:00 6-20 0-1 0-0 3 5 8 7 4 1 2 512
Joe Dumars 39:00 1-10 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 5 0 0 5 44
Rick Mahorn 16:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 6 8 0 0 0 2 42
Reserves
 
John Salley 28:00 2-6 0-0 2-4 4 4 8 1 1 0 0 56
Dennis Rodman 09:00 2-6 0-0 2-3 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 36
James Edwards 14:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 24
Vinnie Johnson 17:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 12

Totals:

  240 26-78 1-3 25-30 16 27 43 16 9 2 16 27 78
Percentages: .333 .333 .833