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1988 NBA Eastern Conference First Round

Previous Year

League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers

Finals MVP: James Worthy (22.0/7.4/4.4)

PTS Leader: James Worthy (506)
TRB Leader: Bill Laimbeer (221)
AST Leader: Magic Johnson (303)
WS Leader: Magic Johnson (4.0)

4 Series

Click matchup for composite box score
4 vs. 5 Atlanta Hawks vs. Milwaukee Bucks ATLANTA HAWKS win 3-2
1 vs. 8 Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks BOSTON CELTICS win 3-1
3 vs. 6 Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers CHICAGO BULLS win 3-2
2 vs. 7 Detroit Pistons vs. Washington Bullets DETROIT PISTONS win 3-2

Atlanta Hawks (3) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (2)

Game 1
MIL
ATL		107
110
Game 2
MIL
ATL		97
104
Game 3
ATL
MIL		115
123
Game 4
ATL
MIL		99
105
Game 5
MIL
ATL		111
121

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 28 5 5 204 56 116 1 5 42 59 18 21 39 14 11 5 10 9 155 .483 .200 .712 40.8 31.0 7.8 2.8 2.2 1.0
2 Kevin Willis 25 5 5 193 32 50 0 0 20 26 10 27 37 9 4 5 16 21 84 .640 .769 38.6 16.8 7.4 1.8 0.8 1.0
3 Randy Wittman 28 5 5 153 36 62 0 0 3 4 5 9 14 19 2 0 10 11 75 .581 .750 30.6 15.0 2.8 3.8 0.4 0.0
4 Doc Rivers 26 5 5 163 24 47 2 8 15 16 1 25 26 45 9 1 13 22 65 .511 .250 .938 32.6 13.0 5.2 9.0 1.8 0.2
5 Spud Webb 24 5 0 81 17 35 1 2 11 13 1 9 10 17 4 0 4 8 46 .486 .500 .846 16.2 9.2 2.0 3.4 0.8 0.0
6 John Battle 25 5 0 80 15 32 0 0 12 17 0 8 8 8 1 0 4 9 42 .469 .706 16.0 8.4 1.6 1.6 0.2 0.0
7 Antoine Carr 26 5 0 95 15 28 0 0 6 10 5 10 15 8 2 9 6 18 36 .536 .600 19.0 7.2 3.0 1.6 0.4 1.8
8 Tree Rollins 32 5 5 136 6 13 0 0 8 8 11 15 26 1 5 7 2 20 20 .462 1.000 27.2 4.0 5.2 0.2 1.0 1.4
9 Cliff Levingston 27 5 0 59 7 20 0 0 4 8 10 7 17 3 2 3 3 12 18 .350 .500 11.8 3.6 3.4 0.6 0.4 0.6
10 Scott Hastings 27 4 0 35 3 4 0 0 2 2 0 5 5 1 1 0 0 6 8 .750 1.000 8.8 2.0 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.0
11 Leon Wood 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
Team Totals 5 1200 211 407 4 15 123 163 61 136 197 125 41 30 68 136 549 240.0 109.8 39.4 25.0 8.2 6.0

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 26 5 5 193 50 89 0 0 29 44 12 27 39 13 9 3 12 16 129 .562 .659 38.6 25.8 7.8 2.6 1.8 0.6
2 Jack Sikma 32 5 5 190 35 76 0 3 25 30 24 38 62 13 2 4 15 19 95 .461 .000 .833 38.0 19.0 12.4 2.6 0.4 0.8
3 Sidney Moncrief 30 5 5 173 24 50 1 1 26 27 6 13 19 26 3 1 11 14 75 .480 1.000 .963 34.6 15.0 3.8 5.2 0.6 0.2
4 Paul Pressey 29 5 5 178 23 50 1 3 23 30 6 13 19 33 4 3 16 21 70 .460 .333 .767 35.6 14.0 3.8 6.6 0.8 0.6
5 Ricky Pierce 28 5 0 105 25 53 1 5 8 9 6 8 14 9 1 2 4 9 59 .472 .200 .889 21.0 11.8 2.8 1.8 0.2 0.4
6 Larry Krystkowiak 23 5 5 163 13 29 0 0 16 18 13 21 34 7 4 0 5 17 42 .448 .889 32.6 8.4 6.8 1.4 0.8 0.0
7 John Lucas 34 5 0 80 10 27 3 13 6 9 5 3 8 19 5 0 6 5 29 .370 .231 .667 16.0 5.8 1.6 3.8 1.0 0.0
8 Randy Breuer 27 4 0 47 9 16 0 0 1 6 2 10 12 1 1 2 1 7 19 .563 .167 11.8 4.8 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.5
9 Paul Mokeski 31 4 0 40 5 14 0 0 4 6 5 4 9 0 3 2 2 4 14 .357 .667 10.0 3.5 2.3 0.0 0.8 0.5
10 Jerry Reynolds 25 3 0 12 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 8 .667 4.0 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
11 John Stroeder 29 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 1.000 1.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Jay Humphries 25 2 0 18 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 6 0 .000 9.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 199 416 7 26 138 179 80 140 220 123 33 17 74 119 543 240.0 108.6 44.0 24.6 6.6 3.4

Boston Celtics (3) vs. New York Knicks (1)

Game 1
NYK
BOS		92
112
Game 2
NYK
BOS		102
128
Game 3
BOS
NYK		100
109
Game 4
BOS
NYK		102
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 31 4 4 178 39 81 4 9 31 32 6 17 23 32 11 0 12 8 113 .481 .444 .969 44.5 28.3 5.8 8.0 2.8 0.0
2 Kevin McHale 30 4 4 173 35 56 0 0 27 33 17 21 38 9 5 11 13 14 97 .625 .818 43.3 24.3 9.5 2.3 1.3 2.8
3 Dennis Johnson 33 4 4 154 21 42 2 3 27 31 3 16 19 37 9 1 11 7 71 .500 .667 .871 38.5 17.8 4.8 9.3 2.3 0.3
4 Robert Parish 34 4 4 141 25 54 0 0 4 7 16 30 46 5 5 8 8 12 54 .463 .571 35.3 13.5 11.5 1.3 1.3 2.0
5 Danny Ainge 28 4 4 138 15 39 4 13 6 6 4 5 9 20 3 0 4 12 40 .385 .308 1.000 34.5 10.0 2.3 5.0 0.8 0.0
6 Jim Paxson 30 4 0 75 11 24 0 0 9 12 0 4 4 8 2 2 5 7 31 .458 .750 18.8 7.8 1.0 2.0 0.5 0.5
7 Mark Acres 25 4 0 40 4 7 0 0 3 6 3 6 9 0 1 0 0 11 11 .571 .500 10.0 2.8 2.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
8 Brad Lohaus 23 3 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 8 1.000 1.7 2.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3
9 Reggie Lewis 22 2 0 4 2 4 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 5 .500 .500 2.0 2.5 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.0
10 Fred Roberts 27 3 0 16 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 5 1.000 1.000 5.3 1.7 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.0
11 Dirk Minniefield 27 3 0 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 4 .667 4.7 1.3 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.0
12 Artis Gilmore 38 3 0 22 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 7 8 1 0 1 3 3 3 .500 7.3 1.0 2.7 0.3 0.0 0.3
Team Totals 4 960 160 316 10 25 112 136 53 110 163 118 38 24 60 80 442 240.0 110.5 40.8 29.5 9.5 6.0

New York Knicks

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 Gerald Wilkins 24 4 4 149 33 69 2 4 12 14 1 7 8 19 4 0 11 12 80 .478 .500 .857 37.3 20.0 2.0 4.8 1.0 0.0
2 Johnny Newman 24 4 2 113 31 68 0 9 14 16 8 3 11 7 6 1 6 16 76 .456 .000 .875 28.3 19.0 2.8 1.8 1.5 0.3
3 Patrick Ewing 25 4 4 153 28 57 0 1 19 22 16 35 51 10 6 13 11 17 75 .491 .000 .864 38.3 18.8 12.8 2.5 1.5 3.3
4 Mark Jackson 22 4 4 171 22 60 5 12 8 11 6 13 19 39 10 0 14 13 57 .367 .417 .727 42.8 14.3 4.8 9.8 2.5 0.0
5 Bill Cartwright 30 4 0 76 9 18 0 0 11 15 8 11 19 6 0 3 8 12 29 .500 .733 19.0 7.3 4.8 1.5 0.0 0.8
6 Trent Tucker 28 4 0 71 8 19 6 13 3 4 0 2 2 4 3 0 1 4 25 .421 .462 .750 17.8 6.3 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.0
7 Kenny Walker 23 4 2 80 8 24 0 0 2 2 3 6 9 5 2 3 1 11 18 .333 1.000 20.0 4.5 2.3 1.3 0.5 0.8
8 Sidney Green 27 4 4 93 8 17 0 0 0 0 8 25 33 7 0 1 9 14 16 .471 23.3 4.0 8.3 1.8 0.0 0.3
9 Sedric Toney 25 3 0 15 3 6 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 4 11 .500 .500 1.000 5.0 3.7 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0
10 Pat Cummings 31 3 0 28 2 5 0 0 3 4 2 5 7 3 0 0 0 11 7 .400 .750 9.3 2.3 2.3 1.0 0.0 0.0
11 Rick Carlisle 28 2 0 8 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .000 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
12 Louis Orr 29 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 4 960 153 348 16 47 75 92 54 109 163 102 33 21 63 115 397 240.0 99.3 40.8 25.5 8.3 5.3

Chicago Bulls (3) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (2)

Game 1
CLE
CHI		93
104
Game 2
CLE
CHI		101
106
Game 3
CHI
CLE		102
110
Game 4
CHI
CLE		91
97
Game 5
CLE
CHI		101
107

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 24 5 5 217 85 152 0 0 56 61 9 18 27 24 14 8 21 22 226 .559 .918 43.4 45.2 5.4 4.8 2.8 1.6
2 Charles Oakley 24 5 5 191 23 49 0 1 8 10 25 41 66 18 6 1 4 17 54 .469 .000 .800 38.2 10.8 13.2 3.6 1.2 0.2
3 Scottie Pippen 22 5 1 134 24 51 0 2 5 6 15 11 26 12 4 5 13 17 53 .471 .000 .833 26.8 10.6 5.2 2.4 0.8 1.0
4 Horace Grant 22 5 0 141 19 36 0 0 6 9 18 24 42 7 5 0 3 19 44 .528 .667 28.2 8.8 8.4 1.4 1.0 0.0
5 Sam Vincent 24 5 5 125 17 51 0 1 4 5 1 8 9 27 5 0 9 8 38 .333 .000 .800 25.0 7.6 1.8 5.4 1.0 0.0
6 Dave Corzine 31 5 5 171 17 46 0 0 2 3 10 28 38 6 2 4 6 13 36 .370 .667 34.2 7.2 7.6 1.2 0.4 0.8
7 Brad Sellers 25 5 4 79 11 28 0 0 7 7 6 4 10 4 1 3 2 8 29 .393 1.000 15.8 5.8 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.6
8 John Paxson 27 5 0 87 9 25 0 4 1 1 0 2 2 15 1 0 2 13 19 .360 .000 1.000 17.4 3.8 0.4 3.0 0.2 0.0
9 Rory Sparrow 29 4 0 55 5 15 0 2 1 2 0 3 3 12 2 0 2 5 11 .333 .000 .500 13.8 2.8 0.8 3.0 0.5 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 210 453 0 10 90 104 84 139 223 125 40 21 62 122 510 240.0 102.0 44.6 25.0 8.0 4.2

Cleveland Cavaliers

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 Mark Price 23 5 5 205 38 67 5 12 24 25 3 15 18 38 3 0 8 11 105 .567 .417 .960 41.0 21.0 3.6 7.6 0.6 0.0
2 Larry Nance 28 5 5 200 34 64 0 0 16 18 10 26 36 18 2 11 14 13 84 .531 .889 40.0 16.8 7.2 3.6 0.4 2.2
3 Brad Daugherty 22 5 5 204 29 63 0 0 21 31 10 36 46 16 2 7 16 11 79 .460 .677 40.8 15.8 9.2 3.2 0.4 1.4
4 Ron Harper 24 4 4 134 30 63 0 2 11 16 4 16 20 15 11 4 11 9 71 .476 .000 .688 33.5 17.8 5.0 3.8 2.8 1.0
5 Mike Sanders 27 5 5 134 28 52 0 1 8 10 11 14 25 7 3 2 11 21 64 .538 .000 .800 26.8 12.8 5.0 1.4 0.6 0.4
6 Hot Rod Williams 25 5 0 133 20 40 0 0 6 13 13 16 29 4 3 7 4 13 46 .500 .462 26.6 9.2 5.8 0.8 0.6 1.4
7 Craig Ehlo 26 5 1 128 17 40 0 8 10 16 3 15 18 17 5 0 12 14 44 .425 .000 .625 25.6 8.8 3.6 3.4 1.0 0.0
8 Chris Dudley 22 4 0 24 2 4 0 0 1 2 4 2 6 2 0 0 1 3 5 .500 .500 6.0 1.3 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
9 Dell Curry 23 2 0 17 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .250 .000 8.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5
10 Phil Hubbard 31 3 0 21 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .167 .000 7.0 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 200 403 5 24 97 132 60 142 202 119 29 32 78 97 502 240.0 100.4 40.4 23.8 5.8 6.4

Detroit Pistons (3) vs. Washington Bullets (2)

Game 1
WSB
DET		87
96
Game 2
WSB
DET		101
102
Game 3
DET
WSB		106
114
Game 4
DET
WSB		103
106
Game 5
WSB
DET		78
99

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 26 5 5 208 47 102 4 9 28 35 11 14 25 36 20 3 15 14 126 .461 .444 .800 41.6 25.2 5.0 7.2 4.0 0.6
2 Adrian Dantley 31 5 5 164 37 69 0 2 28 39 8 11 19 8 3 0 11 5 102 .536 .000 .718 32.8 20.4 3.8 1.6 0.6 0.0
3 Joe Dumars 24 5 5 174 18 48 0 0 20 23 7 8 15 26 2 0 10 14 56 .375 .870 34.8 11.2 3.0 5.2 0.4 0.0
4 Bill Laimbeer 30 5 5 178 24 51 0 0 8 9 6 46 52 11 4 8 12 20 56 .471 .889 35.6 11.2 10.4 2.2 0.8 1.6
5 Dennis Rodman 26 5 0 104 22 39 0 2 6 12 13 18 31 6 3 2 12 20 50 .564 .000 .500 20.8 10.0 6.2 1.2 0.6 0.4
6 John Salley 23 5 0 139 13 26 0 1 8 9 21 13 34 8 5 10 5 19 34 .500 .000 .889 27.8 6.8 6.8 1.6 1.0 2.0
7 Vinnie Johnson 31 5 0 82 12 39 0 0 9 12 7 6 13 5 1 0 6 11 33 .308 .750 16.4 6.6 2.6 1.0 0.2 0.0
8 Rick Mahorn 29 5 3 124 14 27 0 0 5 8 7 16 23 8 3 3 3 20 33 .519 .625 24.8 6.6 4.6 1.6 0.6 0.6
9 James Edwards 32 4 2 48 6 13 0 0 2 4 4 5 9 1 1 2 1 7 14 .462 .500 12.0 3.5 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.5
10 Ralph Lewis 24 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .500 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 194 416 4 14 114 151 84 139 223 109 42 28 75 131 506 245.0 101.2 44.6 21.8 8.4 5.6

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 Jeff Malone 26 5 5 199 50 97 0 1 28 37 3 14 17 11 5 5 14 16 128 .515 .000 .757 39.8 25.6 3.4 2.2 1.0 1.0
2 Moses Malone 32 5 5 198 30 65 0 1 33 40 22 34 56 7 3 4 15 9 93 .462 .000 .825 39.6 18.6 11.2 1.4 0.6 0.8
3 Bernard King 31 5 4 168 26 53 0 0 17 21 3 8 11 9 3 0 14 17 69 .491 .810 33.6 13.8 2.2 1.8 0.6 0.0
4 John Williams 21 5 5 185 23 48 0 1 19 32 11 18 29 21 8 4 12 18 65 .479 .000 .594 37.0 13.0 5.8 4.2 1.6 0.8
5 Darrell Walker 26 5 0 155 22 54 0 1 11 16 9 15 24 14 7 4 9 18 55 .407 .000 .688 31.0 11.0 4.8 2.8 1.4 0.8
6 Steve Colter 25 5 5 86 14 31 0 0 4 7 5 10 15 13 3 3 5 9 32 .452 .571 17.2 6.4 3.0 2.6 0.6 0.6
7 Frank Johnson 29 5 0 44 7 22 0 2 4 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 4 18 .318 .000 1.000 8.8 3.6 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.0
8 Terry Catledge 24 5 0 45 4 11 0 1 3 4 2 4 6 2 0 0 1 9 11 .364 .000 .750 9.0 2.2 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.0
9 Manute Bol 25 5 0 44 4 7 0 0 1 1 7 5 12 0 0 2 2 5 9 .571 1.000 8.8 1.8 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.4
10 Mark Alarie 24 1 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .500 .500 4.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Charles Jones 30 5 1 95 1 5 0 0 1 2 5 12 17 2 2 4 0 18 3 .200 .500 19.0 0.6 3.4 0.4 0.4 0.8
12 Muggsy Bogues 23 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1225 182 395 1 9 121 164 67 123 190 82 35 26 75 123 486 245.0 97.2 38.0 16.4 7.0 5.2