The Boston Celtics handily beat the Detroit Pistons, 104 to 91, in Game 1 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals on May 19, 1987.
Final
Pistons
Celtics
FG Made - Attempted
40-95
39-75
Field Goal %
42.1
52.0
3PT Made - Attempted
0-5
0-5
3PT %
0.0
0.0
FT Made - Attempted
11-17
26-29
Free Throw %
64.7
89.7
Rebounds
45
40
Offensive Rebounds
19
7
Defensive Rebounds
26
33
Assists
19
26
Steals
6
9
Blocks
7
5
Turnovers
16
17
Personal Fouls
25
18
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. Thomas | 40 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6-24 | 25.0 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 6-6 | 100.0 | 33.8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
R. Mahorn | 39 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-11 | 63.6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 63.6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | |||
A. Dantley | 38 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7-17 | 41.2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 75.0 | 45.3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
B. Laimbeer | 32 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5-12 | 41.7 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 40.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
J. Dumars | 31 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5-10 | 50.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 46.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
V. Johnson | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7-15 | 46.7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 48.6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
J. Salley | 25 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 60.0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 55.4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
D. Rodman | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. McHale | 44 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7-8 | 87.5 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 77.8 | 87.8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
L. Bird | 44 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7-22 | 31.8 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 4-4 | 100.0 | 37.9 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | |
D. Johnson | 44 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8-18 | 44.4 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 47.7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
R. Parish | 43 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10-12 | 83.3 | 0-0 | 11-12 | 91.7 | 89.7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ||
J. Sichting | 41 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5-10 | 50.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 55.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Daye | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
S. Vincent | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
F. Roberts | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
G. Kite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Team Rankings
ORTG
122.3
3rd
DRTG
112.5
13th
NETRTG
9.8
4th
3P%
37.9
8th
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