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1987 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals

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)

2 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
1 vs. 4 Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks BOSTON CELTICS win 4-3
2 vs. 3 Atlanta Hawks vs. Detroit Pistons DETROIT PISTONS win 4-1

Boston Celtics (4) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (3)

Game 1
MIL
BOS		98
111
Game 2
MIL
BOS		124
126
Game 3
BOS
MIL		121
126
Game 4
BOS
MIL		138
137
Game 5
MIL
BOS		129
124
Game 6
BOS
MIL		111
121
Game 7
MIL
BOS		113
119

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 7 7 330 69 146 5 16 66 74 13 55 68 52 12 6 24 20 209 .473 .313 .892 47.1 29.9 9.7 7.4 1.7 0.9
2 Dennis Johnson 32 7 7 318 57 111 2 9 39 45 3 30 33 69 4 2 18 27 155 .514 .222 .867 45.4 22.1 4.7 9.9 0.6 0.3
3 Kevin McHale 29 6 4 247 58 102 0 0 29 39 23 41 64 6 2 11 12 28 145 .569 .744 41.2 24.2 10.7 1.0 0.3 1.8
4 Robert Parish 33 6 6 232 55 100 0 0 24 28 28 49 77 11 5 15 13 25 134 .550 .857 38.7 22.3 12.8 1.8 0.8 2.5
5 Danny Ainge 27 7 7 275 41 84 14 26 15 19 7 12 19 33 10 0 16 24 111 .488 .538 .789 39.3 15.9 2.7 4.7 1.4 0.0
6 Fred Roberts 26 7 3 129 16 36 0 0 10 14 9 7 16 6 2 2 5 24 42 .444 .714 18.4 6.0 2.3 0.9 0.3 0.3
7 Darren Daye 26 7 0 49 6 12 0 0 13 14 3 3 6 2 2 1 8 4 25 .500 .929 7.0 3.6 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.1
8 Jerry Sichting 30 7 0 80 7 15 0 0 4 4 1 5 6 11 2 0 5 13 18 .467 1.000 11.4 2.6 0.9 1.6 0.3 0.0
9 Bill Walton 34 3 0 32 2 6 0 0 0 4 3 6 9 7 3 1 1 6 4 .333 .000 10.7 1.3 3.0 2.3 1.0 0.3
10 Greg Kite 25 6 1 44 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 11 13 2 0 3 1 10 3 .333 .500 7.3 0.5 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.5
11 Sam Vincent 23 5 0 15 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 3 .333 .500 3.0 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0
12 Conner Henry 23 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 7 1755 313 618 21 51 203 249 92 220 312 201 42 41 105 184 850 250.7 121.4 44.6 28.7 6.0 5.9

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 7 7 261 61 124 0 0 38 51 16 48 64 15 7 5 8 32 160 .492 .745 37.3 22.9 9.1 2.1 1.0 0.7
2 Sidney Moncrief 29 7 7 270 49 107 3 8 45 53 10 21 31 25 8 3 16 25 146 .458 .375 .849 38.6 20.9 4.4 3.6 1.1 0.4
3 Jack Sikma 31 7 7 268 44 93 0 1 35 35 17 50 67 18 9 6 12 31 123 .473 .000 1.000 38.3 17.6 9.6 2.6 1.3 0.9
4 John Lucas 33 7 7 206 43 89 11 24 21 28 3 12 15 30 6 0 9 14 118 .483 .458 .750 29.4 16.9 2.1 4.3 0.9 0.0
5 Ricky Pierce 27 7 0 187 41 86 0 0 34 37 7 11 18 8 6 3 9 25 116 .477 .919 26.7 16.6 2.6 1.1 0.9 0.4
6 Paul Pressey 28 7 7 269 41 87 1 5 17 25 18 15 33 61 16 4 21 31 100 .471 .200 .680 38.4 14.3 4.7 8.7 2.3 0.6
7 Craig Hodges 26 7 0 132 20 40 2 10 6 7 3 9 12 16 7 2 2 9 48 .500 .200 .857 18.9 6.9 1.7 2.3 1.0 0.3
8 Paul Mokeski 30 7 0 62 5 9 0 0 8 11 6 10 16 1 2 2 0 14 18 .556 .727 8.9 2.6 2.3 0.1 0.3 0.3
9 Randy Breuer 26 7 0 73 5 13 0 0 5 8 2 10 12 4 1 5 2 21 15 .385 .625 10.4 2.1 1.7 0.6 0.1 0.7
10 Dudley Bradley 29 7 0 23 2 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 4 .333 .000 3.3 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
11 Jerome Henderson 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Jerry Reynolds 24 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.0
Team Totals 7 1755 311 654 17 52 209 255 83 186 269 181 65 30 80 208 848 250.7 121.1 38.4 25.9 9.3 4.3

Detroit Pistons (4) vs. Atlanta Hawks (1)

Game 1
DET
ATL		112
111
Game 2
DET
ATL		102
115
Game 3
ATL
DET		99
108
Game 4
ATL
DET		88
89
Game 5
DET
ATL		104
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 Isiah Thomas 25 5 5 191 45 101 4 14 41 50 7 19 26 39 17 0 20 17 135 .446 .286 .820 38.2 27.0 5.2 7.8 3.4 0.0
2 Adrian Dantley 30 5 5 165 26 62 0 0 27 34 13 9 22 12 5 0 11 16 79 .419 .794 33.0 15.8 4.4 2.4 1.0 0.0
3 Bill Laimbeer 29 5 5 186 28 50 1 3 9 13 11 34 45 11 4 2 8 19 66 .560 .333 .692 37.2 13.2 9.0 2.2 0.8 0.4
4 Joe Dumars 23 5 5 159 20 40 0 0 17 18 3 5 8 20 5 0 9 8 57 .500 .944 31.8 11.4 1.6 4.0 1.0 0.0
5 Vinnie Johnson 30 5 0 130 21 58 0 0 10 12 5 7 12 14 4 3 8 13 52 .362 .833 26.0 10.4 2.4 2.8 0.8 0.6
6 Rick Mahorn 28 5 5 170 16 38 0 1 18 19 18 34 52 2 1 4 6 19 50 .421 .000 .947 34.0 10.0 10.4 0.4 0.2 0.8
7 Dennis Rodman 25 5 0 83 15 34 0 0 10 14 17 10 27 0 2 5 4 14 40 .441 .714 16.6 8.0 5.4 0.0 0.4 1.0
8 John Salley 22 5 0 106 8 17 0 0 14 20 10 11 21 4 1 12 7 21 30 .471 .700 21.2 6.0 4.2 0.8 0.2 2.4
9 Sidney Green 26 2 0 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 1.000 4.5 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Chuck Nevitt 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 182 404 5 18 146 180 86 131 217 102 39 26 74 127 515 240.0 103.0 43.4 20.4 7.8 5.2

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 5 5 201 39 102 1 4 32 34 21 22 43 13 7 5 18 13 111 .382 .250 .941 40.2 22.2 8.6 2.6 1.4 1.0
2 Randy Wittman 27 5 5 172 43 78 0 0 10 12 2 8 10 17 3 1 6 18 96 .551 .833 34.4 19.2 2.0 3.4 0.6 0.2
3 Kevin Willis 24 5 5 211 38 70 0 0 17 20 21 29 50 5 7 5 7 20 93 .543 .850 42.2 18.6 10.0 1.0 1.4 1.0
4 Antoine Carr 25 5 0 89 18 26 0 0 15 18 4 11 15 8 3 5 5 21 51 .692 .833 17.8 10.2 3.0 1.6 0.6 1.0
5 John Battle 24 4 0 56 14 31 2 4 14 15 2 7 9 7 1 0 5 9 44 .452 .500 .933 14.0 11.0 2.3 1.8 0.3 0.0
6 Doc Rivers 25 5 5 156 16 40 0 0 10 20 4 15 19 58 5 3 17 21 42 .400 .500 31.2 8.4 3.8 11.6 1.0 0.6
7 Tree Rollins 31 5 5 118 8 15 0 0 8 11 12 17 29 1 2 10 4 16 24 .533 .727 23.6 4.8 5.8 0.2 0.4 2.0
8 Mike McGee 27 4 0 48 6 21 0 5 2 6 8 6 14 10 2 0 4 5 14 .286 .000 .333 12.0 3.5 3.5 2.5 0.5 0.0
9 Jon Koncak 23 4 0 39 4 9 0 0 3 4 4 7 11 1 2 3 0 11 11 .444 .750 9.8 2.8 2.8 0.3 0.5 0.8
10 Spud Webb 23 4 0 41 3 8 0 1 4 4 1 1 2 9 1 0 7 3 10 .375 .000 1.000 10.3 2.5 0.5 2.3 0.3 0.0
11 Cliff Levingston 26 5 0 56 1 7 0 0 7 10 8 8 16 2 0 3 3 9 9 .143 .700 11.2 1.8 3.2 0.4 0.0 0.6
12 Scott Hastings 26 3 0 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 3 4 1.000 4.3 1.3 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 192 409 3 14 122 154 87 135 222 131 34 35 76 149 509 240.0 101.8 44.4 26.2 6.8 7.0