1987-88 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 57-25, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: K.C. Jones (57-25)

Executive: Jan Volk

PTS/G: 113.6 (3rd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.7 (14th of 23)

SRS: 6.15 (1st of 23) Pace: 97.9 (17th of 23)

Off Rtg: 115.4 (1st of 23) Def Rtg: 109.4 (17th of 23) Net Rtg: +6.0 (1st of 23)

Expected W-L: 56-26 (1st of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +350

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 611,231 (6th of 23)

NBA 1988 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-4) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season

Turnovers do not include team turnovers

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1987-11-06		MIL	W	125	108	52	105	.495	3	11	.273	18	24	.750	23	57	38	6	6	16	26	37	85	.435	2	7	.286	32	37	.865	7	31	18	8	5	12	28
2	2	1987-11-07	@	WSB	W	140	139	56	99	.566	3	7	.429	25	33	.758	14	44	44	7	5	26	31	53	105	.505	0	0		33	41	.805	20	47	26	13	2	22	30
3	3	1987-11-09	@	NYK	W	96	87	33	70	.471	2	7	.286	28	33	.848	9	40	23	5	5	22	17	36	81	.444	2	4	.500	13	18	.722	11	36	25	10	4	19	27
4	4	1987-11-11		IND	W	120	106	46	88	.523	4	10	.400	24	28	.857	15	47	30	9	5	17	19	46	94	.489	2	6	.333	12	17	.706	13	33	30	9	2	13	25
5	5	1987-11-13		CLE	W	128	114	51	88	.580	3	8	.375	23	26	.885	15	40	39	8	4	16	20	45	90	.500	1	3	.333	23	27	.852	13	30	34	11	6	13	20
6	6	1987-11-15	@	IND	W	103	98	45	81	.556	5	10	.500	8	10	.800	6	35	27	7	3	14	22	36	86	.419	2	4	.500	24	31	.774	22	51	17	9	2	15	21
7	7	1987-11-17	@	CLE	L	88	109	33	89	.371	2	4	.500	20	25	.800	16	47	15	7	6	19	29	40	86	.465	0	3	.000	29	38	.763	13	49	22	11	6	19	27
8	8	1987-11-18		NYK	W	111	109	36	89	.404	6	9	.667	33	49	.673	14	40	19	8	7	14	28	45	93	.484	2	4	.500	17	24	.708	14	43	22	7	8	24	46
9	9	1987-11-20	@	PHI	L	85	116	32	83	.386	0	4	.000	21	31	.677	13	35	25	7	2	17	25	45	82	.549	0	0		26	34	.765	12	52	34	9	8	15	25
10	10	1987-11-21	@	NJN	W	107	97	41	78	.526	0	2	.000	25	34	.735	11	41	15	8	5	17	18	40	88	.455	1	7	.143	16	22	.727	18	47	20	8	5	19	28
11	11	1987-11-23		CHI	L	102	107	38	72	.528	3	7	.429	23	30	.767	8	41	23	6	4	22	29	41	83	.494	1	1	1.000	24	38	.632	15	40	16	14	1	12	23
12	12	1987-11-25		ATL	W	117	102	46	80	.575	0	6	.000	25	34	.735	6	37	31	8	2	8	16	42	90	.467	0	1	.000	18	22	.818	15	43	25	7	2	13	25
13	13	1987-11-27		SEA	W	117	112	43	80	.538	4	9	.444	27	36	.750	7	32	32	6	2	12	18	44	81	.543	5	9	.556	19	26	.731	10	42	24	7	6	18	30
14	14	1987-11-28	@	MIL	L	97	112	39	96	.406	3	9	.333	16	20	.800	16	46	31	6	2	16	26	43	87	.494	1	6	.167	25	35	.714	13	49	29	8	7	12	18
15	15	1987-12-01	@	ATL	L	106	120	44	82	.537	0	4	.000	18	26	.692	14	45	28	5	4	18	18	50	96	.521	1	2	.500	19	25	.760	18	46	35	14	6	8	20
16	16	1987-12-02		NJN	W	130	99	52	91	.571	4	7	.571	22	28	.786	12	40	44	10	8	12	21	43	84	.512	0	3	.000	13	21	.619	10	31	26	7	3	18	29
17	17	1987-12-04	@	DET	L	105	128	38	87	.437	0	2	.000	29	36	.806	14	44	20	6	10	19	31	50	98	.510	0	0		28	36	.778	19	53	29	12	4	14	29
18	18	1987-12-09		DEN	L	119	124	45	85	.529	2	10	.200	27	33	.818	8	47	26	9	6	19	25	50	108	.463	2	4	.500	22	29	.759	21	48	33	11	3	12	25
19	19	1987-12-11		LAL	L	114	115	47	91	.516	3	4	.750	17	23	.739	12	36	34	12	5	11	23	43	77	.558	5	10	.500	24	29	.828	6	39	28	5	2	18	21
20	20	1987-12-15	@	WSB	W	122	102	45	90	.500	5	10	.500	27	31	.871	21	47	30	11	7	22	24	38	74	.514	0	0		26	36	.722	11	28	19	8	10	23	28
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1987-12-16		UTA	W	121	111	46	80	.575	2	10	.200	27	30	.900	8	44	28	8	4	21	16	46	102	.451	2	6	.333	17	19	.895	17	42	28	13	5	15	27
22	22	1987-12-20		PHI	W	124	87	54	92	.587	1	3	.333	15	20	.750	11	52	38	9	8	16	24	33	85	.388	2	9	.222	19	28	.679	8	31	24	12	3	19	21
23	23	1987-12-22	@	PHI	W	118	115	44	78	.564	6	9	.667	24	28	.857	5	29	35	5	8	13	24	44	83	.530	3	7	.429	24	32	.750	16	41	28	9	9	12	24
24	24	1987-12-26	@	LAC	W	106	97	38	81	.469	5	8	.625	25	31	.806	18	57	27	7	5	22	23	39	111	.351	3	8	.375	16	25	.640	31	52	18	14	8	11	21
25	25	1987-12-27	@	SAC	W	114	102	47	80	.588	4	8	.500	16	22	.727	7	43	32	7	5	18	19	45	99	.455	0	5	.000	12	20	.600	15	45	29	7	2	10	21
26	26	1987-12-30	@	SEA	L	105	111	39	76	.513	5	13	.385	22	34	.647	7	36	24	6	6	19	22	45	100	.450	1	4	.250	20	31	.645	22	51	26	9	4	13	27
27	27	1988-01-02	@	GSW	W	115	110	41	79	.519	4	13	.308	29	41	.707	10	40	26	8	2	18	24	43	93	.462	0	2	.000	24	29	.828	6	38	25	10	1	13	28
28	28	1988-01-04	@	UTA	W	107	99	38	81	.469	9	13	.692	22	25	.880	10	36	26	10	5	19	20	40	78	.513	0	4	.000	19	26	.731	12	39	28	11	4	18	21
29	29	1988-01-06		NYK	W	117	108	41	80	.513	5	8	.625	30	35	.857	6	33	31	10	6	16	19	45	87	.517	2	5	.400	16	22	.727	10	39	28	10	3	18	31
30	30	1988-01-08		WSB	W	125	109	44	81	.543	1	4	.250	36	43	.837	13	42	30	13	8	13	20	43	90	.478	0	6	.000	23	27	.852	12	42	21	8	2	14	30
31	31	1988-01-09	@	NYK	L	98	106	36	74	.486	1	7	.143	25	35	.714	14	45	29	12	4	26	25	44	84	.524	1	6	.167	17	25	.680	11	33	27	11	3	15	26
32	32	1988-01-12	@	CHI	W	104	97	43	86	.500	1	6	.167	17	23	.739	13	46	33	2	6	10	17	43	93	.462	2	7	.286	9	11	.818	14	40	31	6	9	7	19
33	33	1988-01-13		DET	W	143	105	55	99	.556	6	11	.545	27	29	.931	19	53	40	12	4	19	25	41	90	.456	1	4	.250	22	34	.647	11	34	21	7	7	21	33
34	34	1988-01-15		SAC	W	122	86	55	83	.663	6	10	.600	6	8	.750	3	32	42	11	5	14	17	32	84	.381	2	9	.222	20	24	.833	17	42	22	10	4	21	15
35	35	1988-01-16	@	NJN	W	103	96	45	83	.542	2	7	.286	11	14	.786	8	43	28	1	5	14	18	41	88	.466	0	3	.000	14	19	.737	10	39	18	8	2	9	17
36	36	1988-01-18		GSW	W	121	101	48	79	.608	1	6	.167	24	26	.923	9	43	31	9	10	24	17	44	104	.423	1	4	.250	12	17	.706	16	31	27	13	1	12	25
37	37	1988-01-20		PHO	W	131	115	52	89	.584	8	11	.727	19	25	.760	10	36	37	10	8	14	26	43	90	.478	2	6	.333	27	36	.750	14	38	27	8	4	15	22
38	38	1988-01-22		ATL	W	124	106	47	85	.553	4	12	.333	26	33	.788	15	47	37	5	6	12	21	43	90	.478	0	2	.000	20	28	.714	22	45	23	7	3	9	27
39	39	1988-01-23	@	CLE	L	100	119	39	84	.464	3	11	.273	19	22	.864	14	43	19	5	6	20	20	47	87	.540	6	7	.857	19	26	.731	9	39	29	9	7	9	21
40	40	1988-01-26	@	ATL	W	102	97	39	82	.476	2	8	.250	22	29	.759	9	41	24	5	3	13	27	38	94	.404	1	6	.167	20	27	.741	20	53	22	6	5	17	24
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1988-01-27		WSB	W	106	100	45	89	.506	0	6	.000	16	21	.762	11	41	38	14	8	18	22	38	84	.452	0	2	.000	24	29	.828	11	40	23	10	3	20	21
42	42	1988-01-29	@	DET	L	108	125	40	84	.476	1	6	.167	27	34	.794	9	34	29	7	2	16	22	51	86	.593	0	1	.000	23	30	.767	13	43	31	9	6	13	29
43	43	1988-01-31		PHI	W	100	85	37	83	.446	3	8	.375	23	28	.821	10	47	25	10	8	11	12	33	91	.363	4	9	.444	15	17	.882	15	48	18	8	5	12	24
44	44	1988-02-03		IND	W	118	103	48	90	.533	2	5	.400	20	21	.952	10	41	38	11	7	14	17	45	100	.450	2	4	.500	11	16	.688	18	45	24	9	4	13	21
45	45	1988-02-04	@	MIL	L	101	111	36	79	.456	1	4	.250	28	33	.848	7	39	25	3	2	12	26	43	91	.473	1	2	.500	24	35	.686	19	52	26	9	6	7	25
46	46	1988-02-09	@	HOU	L	120	129	46	89	.517	4	12	.333	24	27	.889	9	39	27	9	5	17	24	50	102	.490	0	0		29	33	.879	21	49	23	9	7	14	24
47	47	1988-02-10	@	SAS	W	136	120	49	93	.527	9	17	.529	29	34	.853	14	58	37	6	13	19	19	46	105	.438	1	5	.200	27	32	.844	14	42	32	14	5	11	26
48	48	1988-02-12	@	DAL	W	105	104	41	92	.446	6	16	.375	17	22	.773	15	49	29	6	7	10	19	40	93	.430	3	10	.300	21	26	.808	18	51	21	4	4	10	16
49	49	1988-02-14	@	LAL	L	106	115	43	88	.489	3	6	.500	17	20	.850	15	43	27	2	7	17	25	44	87	.506	3	7	.429	24	32	.750	12	36	31	11	5	7	14
50	50	1988-02-15	@	PHO	W	107	106	41	75	.547	3	7	.429	22	28	.786	9	37	27	6	4	20	23	40	81	.494	4	6	.667	22	24	.917	8	36	31	9	1	15	26
51	51	1988-02-17	@	DEN	L	125	138	44	94	.468	1	6	.167	36	43	.837	21	42	19	4	1	13	24	54	82	.659	6	10	.600	24	27	.889	6	35	30	4	3	14	37
52	52	1988-02-19	@	POR	W	124	104	50	84	.595	2	6	.333	22	32	.688	15	51	29	5	4	13	27	36	88	.409	0	3	.000	32	36	.889	12	36	24	8	2	7	22
53	53	1988-02-22		NYK	W	95	93	37	81	.457	5	9	.556	16	18	.889	10	42	28	7	8	17	17	39	97	.402	0	2	.000	15	17	.882	22	48	19	9	6	10	21
54	54	1988-02-24		POR	W	113	112	47	91	.516	3	9	.333	16	20	.800	7	36	29	10	1	14	18	49	89	.551	0	1	.000	14	19	.737	8	39	31	6	3	14	23
55	55	1988-02-26		MIL	W	132	96	48	77	.623	3	8	.375	33	41	.805	9	49	36	12	6	16	23	34	94	.362	1	6	.167	27	32	.844	19	41	19	10	2	14	26
56	56	1988-02-28	@	DET	L	101	106	40	82	.488	1	7	.143	20	26	.769	11	33	29	6	2	14	22	42	79	.532	0	0		22	25	.880	13	42	29	4	2	15	24
57	57	1988-03-01	@	MIL	L	116	117	43	76	.566	4	9	.444	26	35	.743	8	32	32	2	4	20	25	45	89	.506	2	4	.500	25	29	.862	14	38	30	12	5	11	28
58	58	1988-03-02		NJN	L	107	117	39	78	.500	3	9	.333	26	34	.765	12	36	23	11	4	18	24	45	74	.608	4	9	.444	23	31	.742	6	34	26	11	5	20	32
59	59	1988-03-04		LAC	W	121	90	50	89	.562	3	8	.375	18	18	1.000	12	52	36	5	10	11	26	31	86	.360	1	1	1.000	27	35	.771	19	41	17	6	4	11	20
60	60	1988-03-06		CLE	W	127	98	51	91	.560	4	7	.571	21	25	.840	17	38	25	16	2	13	20	43	82	.524	0	5	.000	12	19	.632	11	30	22	7	3	20	25
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1988-03-09		SAS	W	119	118	46	93	.495	6	22	.273	21	30	.700	17	39	32	8	3	9	19	51	86	.593	0	3	.000	16	20	.800	9	37	35	6	3	15	26
62	62	1988-03-11		IND	W	122	112	45	88	.511	2	5	.400	30	36	.833	16	44	28	6	6	12	21	46	88	.523	1	7	.143	19	21	.905	9	36	26	7	2	14	26
63	63	1988-03-13		ATL	W	117	100	48	90	.533	3	11	.273	18	24	.750	12	46	28	7	9	16	24	36	90	.400	3	6	.500	25	32	.781	16	44	13	10	7	14	22
64	64	1988-03-15	@	IND	W	119	113	41	82	.500	4	7	.571	33	39	.846	10	41	25	8	3	10	18	47	97	.485	3	9	.333	16	20	.800	14	43	24	5	2	12	23
65	65	1988-03-18	@	CHI	L	103	113	43	80	.538	3	10	.300	14	17	.824	13	38	35	4	7	16	21	48	98	.490	1	3	.333	16	25	.640	20	43	23	12	3	7	17
66	66	1988-03-20		CHI	W	137	107	54	89	.607	4	6	.667	25	27	.926	6	41	40	7	5	8	25	44	93	.473	0	1	.000	19	28	.679	10	38	28	4	4	13	22
67	67	1988-03-23		WSB	W	104	89	43	73	.589	5	12	.417	13	18	.722	5	47	37	4	4	14	14	37	89	.416	1	3	.333	14	21	.667	11	33	20	10	5	7	14
68	68	1988-03-25		PHI	L	93	97	36	84	.429	6	20	.300	15	18	.833	12	37	23	10	6	18	23	39	79	.494	1	3	.333	18	23	.783	9	41	22	11	0	20	19
69	69	1988-03-26	@	NYK	W	118	106	41	78	.526	4	10	.400	32	36	.889	10	37	32	8	4	14	26	39	84	.464	0	6	.000	28	38	.737	13	37	26	8	5	12	28
70	70	1988-03-28	@	NJN	W	106	105	38	81	.469	3	10	.300	27	30	.900	14	41	16	5	5	15	22	43	83	.518	1	3	.333	18	22	.818	10	35	28	7	5	10	26
71	71	1988-03-30		HOU	W	117	110	46	98	.469	4	8	.500	21	25	.840	17	43	31	11	1	11	22	46	85	.541	0	6	.000	18	25	.720	12	40	24	11	5	19	22
72	72	1988-04-01		DET	W	121	110	44	86	.512	5	10	.500	28	31	.903	11	45	26	7	3	11	23	42	84	.500	2	7	.286	24	30	.800	10	32	25	7	4	10	26
73	73	1988-04-03		DAL	W	110	101	42	71	.592	10	16	.625	16	18	.889	5	28	40	10	6	18	18	42	86	.488	0	2	.000	17	23	.739	19	43	22	11	3	19	15
74	74	1988-04-08		NJN	W	127	90	48	88	.545	5	10	.500	26	32	.813	9	35	36	16	8	15	22	33	81	.407	0	5	.000	24	36	.667	15	47	22	12	1	27	26
75	75	1988-04-10	@	PHI	W	117	108	49	80	.613	1	9	.111	18	19	.947	10	31	35	9	5	12	25	37	75	.493	1	5	.200	33	39	.846	17	35	21	7	3	13	19
76	76	1988-04-13		MIL	W	123	104	45	77	.584	2	11	.182	31	38	.816	9	46	37	4	5	14	28	39	91	.429	0	3	.000	26	36	.722	13	36	25	10	2	7	28
77	77	1988-04-15	@	CLE	L	109	120	47	86	.547	3	12	.250	12	15	.800	8	34	26	6	4	20	28	43	76	.566	1	4	.250	33	39	.846	7	34	25	12	6	14	20
78	78	1988-04-17	@	WSB	L	92	98	36	74	.486	6	13	.462	14	21	.667	10	32	25	8	2	18	18	42	77	.545	0	1	.000	14	21	.667	14	41	19	11	3	18	22
79	79	1988-04-19		DET	W	121	110	47	74	.635	1	3	.333	26	30	.867	7	35	33	5	6	14	22	43	86	.500	1	4	.250	23	30	.767	15	34	23	5	2	12	24
80	80	1988-04-21		CHI	W	126	119	49	86	.570	1	5	.200	27	34	.794	7	36	33	6	2	11	15	52	97	.536	2	7	.286	13	16	.813	15	41	31	7	2	13	26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1988-04-22	@	ATL	L	106	133	42	76	.553	2	5	.400	20	28	.714	14	35	24	2	1	21	22	53	86	.616	4	7	.571	23	30	.767	12	34	31	10	6	6	24
82	82	1988-04-24	@	CHI	L	108	115	41	90	.456	2	7	.286	24	31	.774	14	38	27	11	3	9	23	41	76	.539	0	2	.000	33	37	.892	11	45	26	4	10	14	23

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