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1988 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals

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)

2 Series

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

Boston Celtics (4) vs. Atlanta Hawks (3)

Game 1
ATL
BOS		101
110
Game 2
ATL
BOS		97
108
Game 3
BOS
ATL		92
110
Game 4
BOS
ATL		109
118
Game 5
ATL
BOS		112
104
Game 6
BOS
ATL		102
100
Game 7
ATL
BOS		116
118

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 7 7 310 73 143 6 16 33 38 9 45 54 45 9 3 26 15 185 .510 .375 .868 44.3 26.4 7.7 6.4 1.3 0.4
2 Kevin McHale 30 7 7 283 65 103 0 0 44 47 19 38 57 12 1 10 15 29 174 .631 .936 40.4 24.9 8.1 1.7 0.1 1.4
3 Robert Parish 34 7 7 275 48 70 0 0 21 27 22 46 68 9 4 8 14 17 117 .686 .778 39.3 16.7 9.7 1.3 0.6 1.1
4 Danny Ainge 28 7 7 288 34 75 7 21 25 28 5 18 23 61 2 0 18 27 100 .453 .333 .893 41.1 14.3 3.3 8.7 0.3 0.0
5 Dennis Johnson 33 7 7 280 34 79 0 2 32 42 5 28 33 54 9 3 22 24 100 .430 .000 .762 40.0 14.3 4.7 7.7 1.3 0.4
6 Reggie Lewis 22 6 0 43 8 20 0 1 1 2 7 4 11 1 2 1 0 6 17 .400 .000 .500 7.2 2.8 1.8 0.2 0.3 0.2
7 Mark Acres 25 7 0 61 5 13 0 0 6 12 4 8 12 2 0 0 4 10 16 .385 .500 8.7 2.3 1.7 0.3 0.0 0.0
8 Dirk Minniefield 27 5 0 24 3 9 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 6 1 0 6 8 9 .333 .333 1.000 4.8 1.8 0.4 1.2 0.2 0.0
9 Fred Roberts 27 6 0 37 3 7 0 0 3 4 3 2 5 1 0 0 1 7 9 .429 .750 6.2 1.5 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0
10 Artis Gilmore 38 6 0 34 2 3 0 0 3 6 2 4 6 0 0 2 1 4 7 .667 .500 5.7 1.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
11 Jim Paxson 30 5 0 37 1 10 0 1 5 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 5 7 .100 .000 .833 7.4 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0
12 Brad Lohaus 23 3 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1.000 2.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 7 1680 277 533 14 44 175 214 77 196 273 192 28 27 110 153 743 240.0 106.1 39.0 27.4 4.0 3.9

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 7 7 269 81 184 3 13 54 66 19 19 38 20 5 1 20 15 219 .440 .231 .818 38.4 31.3 5.4 2.9 0.7 0.1
2 Doc Rivers 26 7 7 246 47 92 5 14 24 27 7 26 33 70 16 1 12 18 123 .511 .357 .889 35.1 17.6 4.7 10.0 2.3 0.1
3 Kevin Willis 25 7 7 269 48 88 0 1 14 24 25 44 69 2 6 5 9 30 110 .545 .000 .583 38.4 15.7 9.9 0.3 0.9 0.7
4 Randy Wittman 28 7 7 191 30 60 0 0 2 3 4 8 12 24 5 1 3 13 62 .500 .667 27.3 8.9 1.7 3.4 0.7 0.1
5 Spud Webb 24 7 0 130 18 46 1 6 23 24 3 7 10 39 5 0 6 14 60 .391 .167 .958 18.6 8.6 1.4 5.6 0.7 0.0
6 Antoine Carr 26 7 0 115 21 40 0 1 3 4 7 19 26 7 2 8 4 29 45 .525 .000 .750 16.4 6.4 3.7 1.0 0.3 1.1
7 Cliff Levingston 27 7 0 104 17 30 0 0 8 8 4 5 9 4 3 2 5 13 42 .567 1.000 14.9 6.0 1.3 0.6 0.4 0.3
8 John Battle 25 7 0 86 17 35 0 2 5 8 2 10 12 18 1 0 7 5 39 .486 .000 .625 12.3 5.6 1.7 2.6 0.1 0.0
9 Tree Rollins 32 7 7 197 14 23 0 0 5 7 12 33 45 5 5 12 3 26 33 .609 .714 28.1 4.7 6.4 0.7 0.7 1.7
10 Scott Hastings 27 7 0 68 6 10 0 1 6 6 7 5 12 2 2 1 5 15 18 .600 .000 1.000 9.7 2.6 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.1
11 Leon Wood 25 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 1.000 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
12 Chris Washburn 22 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 7 1680 300 609 10 39 144 177 90 176 266 192 50 31 74 178 754 240.0 107.7 38.0 27.4 7.1 4.4

Detroit Pistons (4) vs. Chicago Bulls (1)

Game 1
CHI
DET		82
93
Game 2
CHI
DET		105
95
Game 3
DET
CHI		101
79
Game 4
DET
CHI		96
77
Game 5
CHI
DET		95
102

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 5 193 35 87 1 6 31 36 5 15 20 52 10 1 18 15 102 .402 .167 .861 38.6 20.4 4.0 10.4 2.0 0.2
2 Adrian Dantley 31 5 5 163 32 64 0 0 29 34 8 17 25 10 5 0 11 10 93 .500 .853 32.6 18.6 5.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
3 Bill Laimbeer 30 5 5 182 35 73 2 6 7 8 11 53 64 7 7 4 6 10 79 .479 .333 .875 36.4 15.8 12.8 1.4 1.4 0.8
4 Joe Dumars 24 5 5 163 24 49 0 0 8 8 3 4 7 23 4 1 6 6 56 .490 1.000 32.6 11.2 1.4 4.6 0.8 0.2
5 Vinnie Johnson 31 5 0 107 25 57 0 0 6 7 15 8 23 6 8 1 4 12 56 .439 .857 21.4 11.2 4.6 1.2 1.6 0.2
6 John Salley 23 5 0 140 11 19 0 0 16 23 14 18 32 2 1 7 3 16 38 .579 .696 28.0 7.6 6.4 0.4 0.2 1.4
7 Dennis Rodman 26 5 0 104 16 43 0 0 2 10 17 15 32 5 2 3 7 17 34 .372 .200 20.8 6.8 6.4 1.0 0.4 0.6
8 James Edwards 32 5 0 39 9 15 0 0 2 4 3 11 14 0 0 0 2 8 20 .600 .500 7.8 4.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Rick Mahorn 29 5 5 92 3 23 0 0 1 2 1 16 17 2 2 2 4 13 7 .130 .500 18.4 1.4 3.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
10 Walker Russell 27 4 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 .500 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0
11 Ralph Lewis 24 4 0 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 2.3 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0
12 Chuck Nevitt 28 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 191 434 3 13 102 132 78 160 238 109 40 19 63 108 487 240.0 97.4 47.6 21.8 8.0 3.8

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 5 210 53 108 1 3 30 38 14 30 44 23 10 3 18 16 137 .491 .333 .789 42.0 27.4 8.8 4.6 2.0 0.6
2 Sam Vincent 24 5 5 126 24 59 0 2 16 20 5 5 10 17 3 1 17 15 64 .407 .000 .800 25.2 12.8 2.0 3.4 0.6 0.2
3 Horace Grant 22 5 0 158 27 45 0 1 3 6 7 21 28 9 9 2 4 16 57 .600 .000 .500 31.6 11.4 5.6 1.8 1.8 0.4
4 Charles Oakley 24 5 5 182 17 42 0 1 13 14 14 48 62 14 0 3 14 16 47 .405 .000 .929 36.4 9.4 12.4 2.8 0.0 0.6
5 Scottie Pippen 22 5 5 160 22 48 3 4 0 1 9 17 26 12 4 3 13 16 47 .458 .750 .000 32.0 9.4 5.2 2.4 0.8 0.6
6 John Paxson 27 5 0 78 11 28 2 8 3 3 0 2 2 15 0 1 2 11 27 .393 .250 1.000 15.6 5.4 0.4 3.0 0.0 0.2
7 Dave Corzine 31 5 5 137 10 30 0 0 5 10 5 14 19 2 1 4 5 8 25 .333 .500 27.4 5.0 3.8 0.4 0.2 0.8
8 Brad Sellers 25 5 0 65 4 15 0 0 8 10 4 7 11 4 1 2 2 10 16 .267 .800 13.0 3.2 2.2 0.8 0.2 0.4
9 Rory Sparrow 29 3 0 51 5 17 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 6 2 0 2 6 15 .294 1.000 .750 17.0 5.0 0.0 2.0 0.7 0.0
10 Elston Turner 28 4 0 29 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 6 0 0 1 2 2 .167 7.3 0.5 1.3 1.5 0.0 0.0
11 Mike Brown 24 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 4.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Team Totals 5 1200 174 398 8 21 82 108 59 148 207 109 31 19 78 116 438 240.0 87.6 41.4 21.8 6.2 3.8