The Boston Celtics eked out a victory over the Atlanta Hawks, 118 to 116, in Game 7 of the 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals on May 22, 1988.
Final
Hawks
Celtics
FG Made - Attempted
52-91
45-74
Field Goal %
57.1
60.8
3PT Made - Attempted
1-5
3-9
3PT %
20.0
33.3
FT Made - Attempted
11-12
25-28
Free Throw %
91.7
89.3
Rebounds
32
27
Offensive Rebounds
11
6
Defensive Rebounds
21
21
Assists
31
28
Steals
5
2
Blocks
5
6
Turnovers
5
8
Personal Fouls
25
17
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Wilkins | 43 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19-33 | 57.6 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 8-9 | 88.9 | 63.6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
D. Rivers | 39 | 16 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7-17 | 41.2 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 44.7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
K. Willis | 39 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5-11 | 45.5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 45.5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | |||
R. Wittman | 37 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11-13 | 84.6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 84.6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
T. Rollins | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Carr | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6-8 | 75.0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 77.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
J. Battle | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
S. Hastings | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
C. Levingston | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
S. Webb | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
L. Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Bird | 47 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15-24 | 62.5 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 3-3 | 100.0 | 67.1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
D. Ainge | 47 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5-10 | 50.0 | 2-6 | 33.3 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 62.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
R. Parish | 45 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6-10 | 60.0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 61.8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
K. McHale | 43 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10-14 | 71.4 | 0-0 | 13-13 | 100.0 | 83.7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||
D. Johnson | 36 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6-11 | 54.5 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 66.7 | 58.7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Paxson | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 53.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
R. Lewis | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
F. Roberts | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
M. Acres | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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ORTG
121.3
3rd
DRTG
111.4
7th
NETRTG
9.9
3rd
3P%
37.1
10th
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