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1987 NBA Eastern Conference First Round

Previous Year

League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers

Finals MVP: Magic Johnson (26.2/8.0/13.0)

PTS Leader: Larry Bird (622)
TRB Leader: Larry Bird (231)
AST Leader: Magic Johnson (219)
WS Leader: Magic Johnson (3.7)

4 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
4 vs. 5 Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers MILWAUKEE BUCKS win 3-2
3 vs. 6 Detroit Pistons vs. Washington Bullets DETROIT PISTONS win 3-0
1 vs. 8 Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls BOSTON CELTICS win 3-0
2 vs. 7 Atlanta Hawks vs. Indiana Pacers ATLANTA HAWKS win 3-1

Milwaukee Bucks (3) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (2)

Game 1
PHI
MIL		104
107
Game 2
PHI
MIL		125
122
Game 3
MIL
PHI		121
120
Game 4
MIL
PHI		118
124
Game 5
PHI
MIL		89
102

Milwaukee Bucks

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Terry Cummings 25 5 3 182 44 91 0 0 19 32 13 18 31 13 5 8 7 19 107 .484 .594 36.4 21.4 6.2 2.6 1.0 1.6
2 Sidney Moncrief 29 5 3 156 29 58 1 6 28 37 11 12 23 11 5 3 8 18 87 .500 .167 .757 31.2 17.4 4.6 2.2 1.0 0.6
3 Ricky Pierce 27 5 2 130 27 56 0 0 21 30 5 5 10 8 4 2 10 14 75 .482 .700 26.0 15.0 2.0 1.6 0.8 0.4
4 Paul Pressey 28 5 5 196 27 59 0 3 17 21 10 19 29 42 12 4 14 20 71 .458 .000 .810 39.2 14.2 5.8 8.4 2.4 0.8
5 Jack Sikma 31 5 5 158 29 57 0 0 13 14 16 47 63 5 6 4 6 25 71 .509 .929 31.6 14.2 12.6 1.0 1.2 0.8
6 John Lucas 33 5 5 156 25 61 1 12 18 20 1 9 10 32 8 1 11 5 69 .410 .083 .900 31.2 13.8 2.0 6.4 1.6 0.2
7 Craig Hodges 26 5 0 94 20 37 3 7 4 4 8 2 10 4 2 0 1 7 47 .541 .429 1.000 18.8 9.4 2.0 0.8 0.4 0.0
8 Randy Breuer 26 5 2 83 11 20 0 0 3 4 7 12 19 0 6 4 2 11 25 .550 .750 16.6 5.0 3.8 0.0 1.2 0.8
9 Paul Mokeski 30 5 0 45 3 13 0 1 4 4 6 7 13 1 1 0 5 8 10 .231 .000 1.000 9.0 2.0 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.0
10 Dudley Bradley 29 5 0 23 2 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 5 .400 .000 .500 4.6 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.0
11 Jerry Reynolds 24 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .000 .500 2.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 218 460 5 32 129 170 77 131 208 117 52 26 64 131 570 245.0 114.0 41.6 23.4 10.4 5.2

Philadelphia 76ers

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Charles Barkley 23 5 5 210 43 75 1 8 36 45 27 36 63 12 4 8 22 21 123 .573 .125 .800 42.0 24.6 12.6 2.4 0.8 1.6
2 Julius Erving 36 5 5 177 34 82 2 6 21 25 14 11 25 17 7 6 9 19 91 .415 .333 .840 35.4 18.2 5.0 3.4 1.4 1.2
3 Maurice Cheeks 30 5 5 210 35 66 0 1 18 21 1 12 13 44 9 4 12 14 88 .530 .000 .857 42.0 17.6 2.6 8.8 1.8 0.8
4 Roy Hinson 25 5 0 159 31 52 0 0 24 38 6 17 23 3 4 10 2 18 86 .596 .632 31.8 17.2 4.6 0.6 0.8 2.0
5 Cliff Robinson 26 5 5 138 30 61 0 0 13 15 10 33 43 6 3 7 8 15 73 .492 .867 27.6 14.6 8.6 1.2 0.6 1.4
6 David Wingate 23 5 0 90 15 37 2 2 9 14 5 7 12 9 5 1 9 11 41 .405 1.000 .643 18.0 8.2 2.4 1.8 1.0 0.2
7 Tim McCormick 24 5 5 121 12 24 0 0 4 4 7 24 31 6 1 2 7 19 28 .500 1.000 24.2 5.6 6.2 1.2 0.2 0.4
8 Andrew Toney 29 5 0 107 13 34 0 3 2 2 2 7 9 27 2 2 16 16 28 .382 .000 1.000 21.4 5.6 1.8 5.4 0.4 0.4
9 Steve Colter 24 2 0 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .500 4.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
10 Mark McNamara 27 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.000 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Danny Vranes 28 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.5 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 215 434 5 20 127 164 72 151 223 126 35 40 85 135 562 245.0 112.4 44.6 25.2 7.0 8.0

Detroit Pistons (3) vs. Washington Bullets (0)

Game 1
WSB
DET		92
106
Game 2
WSB
DET		85
128
Game 3
DET
WSB		97
96

Detroit Pistons

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Adrian Dantley 30 3 3 94 25 40 0 0 14 17 3 15 18 5 0 0 6 3 64 .625 .824 31.3 21.3 6.0 1.7 0.0 0.0
2 Isiah Thomas 25 3 3 110 29 56 2 4 4 7 3 12 15 27 10 2 10 8 64 .518 .500 .571 36.7 21.3 5.0 9.0 3.3 0.7
3 Vinnie Johnson 30 3 0 85 20 47 0 1 7 7 4 5 9 19 0 1 6 4 47 .426 .000 1.000 28.3 15.7 3.0 6.3 0.0 0.3
4 Bill Laimbeer 29 3 3 110 15 35 0 1 1 2 6 20 26 7 3 5 3 5 31 .429 .000 .500 36.7 10.3 8.7 2.3 1.0 1.7
5 Rick Mahorn 28 3 3 88 13 24 0 0 5 6 10 18 28 0 2 3 1 11 31 .542 .833 29.3 10.3 9.3 0.0 0.7 1.0
6 Joe Dumars 23 3 3 83 14 31 0 0 2 2 3 0 3 20 2 0 5 6 30 .452 1.000 27.7 10.0 1.0 6.7 0.7 0.0
7 Dennis Rodman 25 3 0 48 9 17 0 0 6 11 9 11 20 1 3 3 6 6 24 .529 .545 16.0 8.0 6.7 0.3 1.0 1.0
8 John Salley 22 3 0 40 8 9 0 0 2 3 1 10 11 1 0 3 1 9 18 .889 .667 13.3 6.0 3.7 0.3 0.0 1.0
9 Sidney Green 26 3 0 25 2 4 0 0 5 6 1 3 4 0 1 2 2 2 9 .500 .833 8.3 3.0 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.7
10 Tony Campbell 24 1 0 7 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.000 1.000 7.0 7.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Kurt Nimphius 28 2 0 22 2 8 0 0 0 0 4 5 9 0 0 2 2 7 4 .250 11.0 2.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
12 Chuck Nevitt 27 1 0 8 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 5 5 0 0 2 3 1 2 .000 1.000 8.0 2.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Team Totals 3 720 140 277 3 7 48 63 44 107 151 80 21 23 45 62 331 240.0 110.3 50.3 26.7 7.0 7.7

Washington Bullets

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Moses Malone 31 3 3 114 21 47 0 0 20 21 15 23 38 5 0 3 8 5 62 .447 .952 38.0 20.7 12.7 1.7 0.0 1.0
2 Terry Catledge 23 3 3 98 23 41 0 0 9 17 7 18 25 0 3 1 7 5 55 .561 .529 32.7 18.3 8.3 0.0 1.0 0.3
3 Jeff Malone 25 3 3 105 17 46 0 0 11 11 1 6 7 9 1 0 11 8 45 .370 1.000 35.0 15.0 2.3 3.0 0.3 0.0
4 Jay Vincent 27 3 0 72 11 30 0 0 8 9 2 7 9 3 2 0 4 10 30 .367 .889 24.0 10.0 3.0 1.0 0.7 0.0
5 John Williams 20 3 0 49 8 14 0 1 4 7 4 7 11 2 2 0 2 3 20 .571 .000 .571 16.3 6.7 3.7 0.7 0.7 0.0
6 Michael Adams 24 3 1 82 8 25 2 9 1 3 0 7 7 10 7 0 5 6 19 .320 .222 .333 27.3 6.3 2.3 3.3 2.3 0.0
7 Darwin Cook 28 3 0 41 6 24 1 2 1 2 4 3 7 3 4 0 0 4 14 .250 .500 .500 13.7 4.7 2.3 1.0 1.3 0.0
8 Manute Bol 24 3 0 43 4 10 0 1 0 2 5 4 9 0 0 5 0 6 8 .400 .000 .000 14.3 2.7 3.0 0.0 0.0 1.7
9 Frank Johnson 28 3 0 28 2 7 0 0 4 4 2 0 2 5 1 0 4 3 8 .286 1.000 9.3 2.7 0.7 1.7 0.3 0.0
10 Charles Jones 29 3 3 56 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 3 2 5 1 9 6 .600 18.7 2.0 2.7 1.0 0.7 1.7
11 Ennis Whatley 24 2 2 32 3 12 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 8 2 6 .250 16.0 3.0 1.5 3.0 1.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 106 261 3 13 58 76 42 84 126 46 24 14 50 61 273 240.0 91.0 42.0 15.3 8.0 4.7

Boston Celtics (3) vs. Chicago Bulls (0)

Game 1
CHI
BOS		104
108
Game 2
CHI
BOS		96
105
Game 3
BOS
CHI		105
94

Boston Celtics

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Larry Bird 30 3 3 135 24 45 2 3 28 31 8 22 30 27 4 1 7 9 78 .533 .667 .903 45.0 26.0 10.0 9.0 1.3 0.3
2 Dennis Johnson 32 3 3 126 22 47 0 3 14 15 1 8 9 23 5 0 3 10 58 .468 .000 .933 42.0 19.3 3.0 7.7 1.7 0.0
3 Danny Ainge 27 3 3 118 22 40 2 6 5 6 2 7 9 17 4 0 3 9 51 .550 .333 .833 39.3 17.0 3.0 5.7 1.3 0.0
4 Robert Parish 33 3 3 112 21 37 0 0 8 10 7 24 31 5 2 8 7 13 50 .568 .800 37.3 16.7 10.3 1.7 0.7 2.7
5 Kevin McHale 29 2 2 88 18 35 0 0 5 7 5 11 16 6 0 2 6 6 41 .514 .714 44.0 20.5 8.0 3.0 0.0 1.0
6 Bill Walton 34 3 0 45 7 14 0 0 5 8 5 12 17 2 0 2 2 8 19 .500 .625 15.0 6.3 5.7 0.7 0.0 0.7
7 Jerry Sichting 30 3 0 42 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 10 .385 14.0 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
8 Fred Roberts 26 2 1 35 1 5 0 0 5 6 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 7 .200 .833 17.5 3.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
9 Darren Daye 26 3 0 16 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 2 4 .400 5.3 1.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
10 Conner Henry 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Greg Kite 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Sam Vincent 23 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 3 720 122 242 4 12 70 83 30 87 117 82 17 15 30 65 318 240.0 106.0 39.0 27.3 5.7 5.0

Chicago Bulls

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Michael Jordan 23 3 3 128 35 84 2 5 35 39 7 14 21 18 6 7 8 11 107 .417 .400 .897 42.7 35.7 7.0 6.0 2.0 2.3
2 Charles Oakley 23 3 3 129 19 50 2 4 20 24 17 29 46 6 4 1 8 13 60 .380 .500 .833 43.0 20.0 15.3 2.0 1.3 0.3
3 Gene Banks 27 3 3 79 13 22 0 0 5 8 3 5 8 2 0 0 2 13 31 .591 .625 26.3 10.3 2.7 0.7 0.0 0.0
4 Dave Corzine 30 3 3 122 10 22 0 0 7 9 7 14 21 7 1 3 7 6 27 .455 .778 40.7 9.0 7.0 2.3 0.3 1.0
5 John Paxson 26 3 3 87 11 22 3 7 1 1 0 3 3 11 2 0 5 9 26 .500 .429 1.000 29.0 8.7 1.0 3.7 0.7 0.0
6 Sedale Threatt 25 3 0 70 8 17 0 0 4 4 2 3 5 16 1 0 2 11 20 .471 1.000 23.3 6.7 1.7 5.3 0.3 0.0
7 Brad Sellers 24 3 0 68 6 19 0 0 3 3 2 5 7 3 0 1 1 8 15 .316 1.000 22.7 5.0 2.3 1.0 0.0 0.3
8 Elston Turner 27 3 0 25 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 8 .800 8.3 2.7 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.0
9 Mike Brown 23 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .000 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
10 Pete Myers 23 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Granville Waiters 26 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
Team Totals 3 720 106 243 7 16 75 88 39 75 114 64 17 13 34 76 294 240.0 98.0 38.0 21.3 5.7 4.3

Atlanta Hawks (3) vs. Indiana Pacers (1)

Game 1
IND
ATL		94
110
Game 2
IND
ATL		93
94
Game 3
ATL
IND		87
96
Game 4
ATL
IND		101
97

Atlanta Hawks

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Dominique Wilkins 27 4 4 159 47 108 2 6 34 40 6 21 27 12 9 3 8 12 130 .435 .333 .850 39.8 32.5 6.8 3.0 2.3 0.8
2 Antoine Carr 25 4 0 73 21 30 0 0 11 14 7 5 12 5 0 3 5 15 53 .700 .786 18.3 13.3 3.0 1.3 0.0 0.8
3 Randy Wittman 27 4 4 128 24 43 0 0 4 5 1 7 8 13 1 3 6 4 52 .558 .800 32.0 13.0 2.0 3.3 0.3 0.8
4 Kevin Willis 24 4 4 145 22 45 0 0 4 11 12 21 33 1 1 2 10 13 48 .489 .364 36.3 12.0 8.3 0.3 0.3 0.5
5 Spud Webb 23 4 1 81 6 11 0 0 9 13 0 6 6 29 5 0 11 7 21 .545 .692 20.3 5.3 1.5 7.3 1.3 0.0
6 Doc Rivers 25 3 3 89 2 7 0 0 16 32 2 6 8 32 4 0 8 11 20 .286 .500 29.7 6.7 2.7 10.7 1.3 0.0
7 Cliff Levingston 26 4 0 52 6 11 0 1 7 8 4 14 18 1 0 0 1 12 19 .545 .000 .875 13.0 4.8 4.5 0.3 0.0 0.0
8 Tree Rollins 31 4 4 103 7 13 0 0 2 3 7 17 24 2 1 6 3 17 16 .538 .667 25.8 4.0 6.0 0.5 0.3 1.5
9 Mike McGee 27 4 0 53 4 18 2 9 3 4 1 5 6 5 2 0 0 2 13 .222 .222 .750 13.3 3.3 1.5 1.3 0.5 0.0
10 John Battle 24 4 0 22 1 3 0 1 7 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 9 .333 .000 .875 5.5 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
11 Jon Koncak 23 4 0 47 3 4 0 0 3 4 1 13 14 2 1 1 0 13 9 .750 .750 11.8 2.3 3.5 0.5 0.3 0.3
12 Scott Hastings 26 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 .000 1.000 8.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
Team Totals 4 960 143 294 4 17 102 144 42 117 159 103 25 19 54 112 392 240.0 98.0 39.8 25.8 6.3 4.8

Indiana Pacers

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST STL BLK
1 Chuck Person 22 4 4 159 38 74 2 8 30 39 6 27 33 20 5 2 15 14 108 .514 .250 .769 39.8 27.0 8.3 5.0 1.3 0.5
2 Steve Stipanovich 26 4 4 149 21 38 0 1 13 19 7 23 30 3 3 2 4 14 55 .553 .000 .684 37.3 13.8 7.5 0.8 0.8 0.5
3 Wayman Tisdale 22 4 0 108 19 31 0 0 13 23 5 11 16 9 1 0 5 17 51 .613 .565 27.0 12.8 4.0 2.3 0.3 0.0
4 Vern Fleming 24 4 4 141 13 36 0 1 23 30 9 17 26 24 4 1 10 15 49 .361 .000 .767 35.3 12.3 6.5 6.0 1.0 0.3
5 Herb Williams 28 4 4 134 20 34 0 0 7 13 3 17 20 7 0 1 11 12 47 .588 .538 33.5 11.8 5.0 1.8 0.0 0.3
6 John Long 30 4 4 109 16 52 1 6 11 13 2 4 6 9 6 0 5 16 44 .308 .167 .846 27.3 11.0 1.5 2.3 1.5 0.0
7 Clint Richardson 30 4 0 73 7 12 0 1 2 4 3 7 10 8 0 0 5 12 16 .583 .000 .500 18.3 4.0 2.5 2.0 0.0 0.0
8 Ron Anderson 28 4 0 24 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .500 6.0 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Kyle Macy 29 4 0 49 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 5 1 0 3 7 4 .333 .000 .000 12.3 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.3 0.0
10 Stuart Gray 23 3 0 14 0 1 0 0 2 4 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .500 4.7 0.7 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 138 288 3 18 101 146 39 115 154 85 20 6 58 112 380 240.0 95.0 38.5 21.3 5.0 1.5