The Boston Celtics came up just a bit short against the Denver Nuggets, 124 to 119, on December 9, 1987.

Final

Nuggets

11-6

124

Celtics

11-7

119

Team

DEN

BOS

Total

124

119

Team Stats

Player Stats

Nuggets

Celtics

FG Made - Attempted

50-108

45-85

Field Goal %

46.3

52.9

3PT Made - Attempted

2-4

2-10

3PT %

50.0

20.0

FT Made - Attempted

22-29

27-33

Free Throw %

75.9

81.8

Rebounds

Offensive Rebounds

Defensive Rebounds

Assists

Steals

Blocks

Turnovers

Personal Fouls

Nuggets

Celtics

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Fat Lever F. Lever	42	18	11	13	2	0	7-15	46.7	0-0		4-5	80.0	52.3	6	5	3	3
Michael Adams M. Adams	39	31	2	8	5	0	12-18	66.7	2-4	50.0	5-7	71.4	73.5	1	1	0	2
Alex English A. English	35	27	6	4	1	1	12-26	46.2	0-0		3-6	50.0	47.1	2	4	4	4
Danny Schayes D. Schayes	33	11	7	1	0	0	5-11	45.5	0-0		1-1	100.0	48.1	4	3	2	6
Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	18	4	4	1	0	1	2-5	40.0	0-0		0-0		40.0	1	3	0	6

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Jay Vincent J. Vincent	24	17	9	2	1	0	5-16	31.3	0-0	7-8	87.5	43.5	2	7	0	0
Blair Rasmussen B. Rasmussen	18	10	6	1	0	1	4-9	44.4	0-0	2-2	100.0	50.6	2	4	2	2
T.R. Dunn	15	2	1	1	0	0	1-2	50.0	0-0	0-0		50.0	1	0	0	0
Calvin Natt C. Natt	13	2	2	2	2	0	1-4	25.0	0-0	0-0		25.0	0	2	1	1
Mike Evans M. Evans	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	50.0	0-0	0-0		50.0	0	0	1	1

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Danny Ainge D. Ainge	43	17	3	5	2	0	7-12	58.3	1-4	25.0	2-2	100.0	66.0	1	2	3	5
Robert Parish R. Parish	42	14	14	1	1	3	6-10	60.0	0-0		2-3	66.7	61.8	2	12	5	3
Kevin McHale K. McHale	41	23	8	1	1	2	7-15	46.7	0-0		9-12	75.0	56.7	4	4	3	4
Larry Bird L. Bird	40	40	13	1	2	1	16-25	64.0	0-5	0.0	8-8	100.0	70.1	1	12	3	2
Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	29	12	5	15	2	0	3-9	33.3	0-0		6-6	100.0	51.5	0	5	4	4

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
Jerry Sichting J. Sichting	24	7	0	2	1	3-7	42.9	1-1	100.0	0-0		50.0	0	0	1	3
Darren Daye D. Daye	12	6	0	1	0	3-5	60.0	0-0		0-0		60.0	0	0	0	2
Mark Acres M. Acres	3	0	1	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-0		0-2	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0
Brad Lohaus B. Lohaus	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-0		0-0		0.0	0	0	0	2
Fred Roberts F. Roberts	3	0	1	0	0	0-0		0-0		0-0			0	1	0	0