December 1, 1987
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| DET | 38 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 124 |
| NJN | 22 | 36 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 115 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Isiah Thomas | 43 | 8 | 22 | .364 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| Bill Laimbeer | 42 | 9 | 15 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | |
| Adrian Dantley | 40 | 14 | 22 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | |
| Joe Dumars | 35 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Rick Mahorn | 35 | 4 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Vinnie Johnson | 28 | 9 | 20 | .450 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | |
| John Salley | 28 | 4 | 9 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
| Dennis Rodman | 14 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Team Totals | 265 | 54 | 107 | .505 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16 | 20 | .800 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 124 |
| Starters | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
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| Buck Williams | 45 | 9 | 14 | .643 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | |
| Mike Gminski | 42 | 7 | 16 | .438 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | |
| John Bagley | 40 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Dallas Comegys | 37 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Otis Birdsong | 31 | 8 | 16 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | |
| Reserves | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
| Dennis Hopson | 33 | 4 | 10 | .400 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Ben Coleman | 24 | 5 | 14 | .357 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| Pearl Washington | 12 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Adrian Branch | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 265 | 48 | 101 | .475 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 18 | 23 | .783 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 115 |
| Attendance: | 8,232 |