The Boston Celtics fell to the Atlanta Hawks, 112 to 104, in Game 5 of the 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals on May 18, 1988.
Final
Hawks
Celtics
FG Made - Attempted
40-79
40-85
Field Goal %
50.6
47.1
3PT Made - Attempted
1-5
0-5
3PT %
20.0
0.0
FT Made - Attempted
31-34
24-34
Free Throw %
91.2
70.6
Rebounds
40
40
Offensive Rebounds
9
15
Defensive Rebounds
31
25
Assists
23
29
Steals
5
5
Blocks
5
4
Turnovers
10
12
Personal Fouls
27
26
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Willis | 44 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12-16 | 75.0 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 74.2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ||
D. Rivers | 40 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7-14 | 50.0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 7-8 | 87.5 | 59.9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
D. Wilkins | 38 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7-22 | 31.8 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 10-10 | 100.0 | 47.3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
T. Rollins | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 72.7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
R. Wittman | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 40.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 40.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Levingston | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-6 | 83.3 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 100.0 | 92.6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
S. Webb | 21 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1-6 | 16.7 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 38.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
A. Carr | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
S. Hastings | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
J. Battle | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Bird | 46 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9-21 | 42.9 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 66.7 | 46.5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | ||
K. McHale | 43 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8-14 | 57.1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 62.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
D. Johnson | 42 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6-15 | 40.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 8-10 | 80.0 | 51.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
D. Ainge | 39 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6-11 | 54.5 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
R. Parish | 38 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9-17 | 52.9 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 85.7 | 59.8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Lewis | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-6 | 16.7 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 21.8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
M. Acres | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 53.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
F. Roberts | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 113.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
A. Gilmore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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ORTG
121.3
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DRTG
111.4
7th
NETRTG
9.9
3rd
3P%
37.1
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