1987-88 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Nov 6, 1987	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		125	108	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Nov 7, 1987	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W	2OT	140	139	2	0	W 2
3	Mon, Nov 9, 1987	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		96	87	3	0	W 3
4	Wed, Nov 11, 1987	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		120	106	4	0	W 4
5	Fri, Nov 13, 1987	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		128	114	5	0	W 5
6	Sun, Nov 15, 1987	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		103	98	6	0	W 6
7	Tue, Nov 17, 1987	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		88	109	6	1	L 1
8	Wed, Nov 18, 1987	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	2OT	111	109	7	1	W 1
9	Fri, Nov 20, 1987	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	L		85	116	7	2	L 1
10	Sat, Nov 21, 1987	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		107	97	8	2	W 1
11	Mon, Nov 23, 1987	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	L		102	107	8	3	L 1	at Hartford, CT
12	Wed, Nov 25, 1987	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		117	102	9	3	W 1
13	Fri, Nov 27, 1987	Box Score		Seattle SuperSonics	W		117	112	10	3	W 2
14	Sat, Nov 28, 1987	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		97	112	10	4	L 1
15	Tue, Dec 1, 1987	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		106	120	10	5	L 2
16	Wed, Dec 2, 1987	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		130	99	11	5	W 1
17	Fri, Dec 4, 1987	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		105	128	11	6	L 1
18	Wed, Dec 9, 1987	Box Score		Denver Nuggets	L		119	124	11	7	L 2
19	Fri, Dec 11, 1987	Box Score		Los Angeles Lakers	L		114	115	11	8	L 3
20	Tue, Dec 15, 1987	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	W		122	102	12	8	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 16, 1987	Box Score		Utah Jazz	W		121	111	13	8	W 2
22	Sun, Dec 20, 1987	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		124	87	14	8	W 3
23	Tue, Dec 22, 1987	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		118	115	15	8	W 4
24	Sat, Dec 26, 1987	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Clippers	W		106	97	16	8	W 5
25	Sun, Dec 27, 1987	Box Score	@	Sacramento Kings	W		114	102	17	8	W 6
26	Wed, Dec 30, 1987	Box Score	@	Seattle SuperSonics	L		105	111	17	9	L 1
27	Sat, Jan 2, 1988	Box Score	@	Golden State Warriors	W		115	110	18	9	W 1
28	Mon, Jan 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Utah Jazz	W		107	99	19	9	W 2
29	Wed, Jan 6, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		117	108	20	9	W 3
30	Fri, Jan 8, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		125	109	21	9	W 4
31	Sat, Jan 9, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		98	106	21	10	L 1
32	Tue, Jan 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	W		104	97	22	10	W 1
33	Wed, Jan 13, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		143	105	23	10	W 2
34	Fri, Jan 15, 1988	Box Score		Sacramento Kings	W		122	86	24	10	W 3
35	Sat, Jan 16, 1988	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		103	96	25	10	W 4
36	Mon, Jan 18, 1988	Box Score		Golden State Warriors	W		121	101	26	10	W 5
37	Wed, Jan 20, 1988	Box Score		Phoenix Suns	W		131	115	27	10	W 6
38	Fri, Jan 22, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		124	106	28	10	W 7
39	Sat, Jan 23, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		100	119	28	11	L 1
40	Tue, Jan 26, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		102	97	29	11	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 27, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		106	100	30	11	W 2
42	Fri, Jan 29, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		108	125	30	12	L 1
43	Sun, Jan 31, 1988	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	W		100	85	31	12	W 1
44	Wed, Feb 3, 1988	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		118	103	32	12	W 2
45	Thu, Feb 4, 1988	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		101	111	32	13	L 1
46	Tue, Feb 9, 1988	Box Score	@	Houston Rockets	L		120	129	32	14	L 2
47	Wed, Feb 10, 1988	Box Score	@	San Antonio Spurs	W		136	120	33	14	W 1
48	Fri, Feb 12, 1988	Box Score	@	Dallas Mavericks	W		105	104	34	14	W 2
49	Sun, Feb 14, 1988	Box Score	@	Los Angeles Lakers	L		106	115	34	15	L 1
50	Mon, Feb 15, 1988	Box Score	@	Phoenix Suns	W		107	106	35	15	W 1
51	Wed, Feb 17, 1988	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	L		125	138	35	16	L 1
52	Fri, Feb 19, 1988	Box Score	@	Portland Trail Blazers	W		124	104	36	16	W 1
53	Mon, Feb 22, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		95	93	37	16	W 2	at Hartford, CT
54	Wed, Feb 24, 1988	Box Score		Portland Trail Blazers	W		113	112	38	16	W 3
55	Fri, Feb 26, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		132	96	39	16	W 4
56	Sun, Feb 28, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		101	106	39	17	L 1
57	Tue, Mar 1, 1988	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Bucks	L		116	117	39	18	L 2
58	Wed, Mar 2, 1988	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	L		107	117	39	19	L 3
59	Fri, Mar 4, 1988	Box Score		Los Angeles Clippers	W		121	90	40	19	W 1
60	Sun, Mar 6, 1988	Box Score		Cleveland Cavaliers	W		127	98	41	19	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Wed, Mar 9, 1988	Box Score		San Antonio Spurs	W		119	118	42	19	W 3
62	Fri, Mar 11, 1988	Box Score		Indiana Pacers	W		122	112	43	19	W 4	at Hartford, CT
63	Sun, Mar 13, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		117	100	44	19	W 5
64	Tue, Mar 15, 1988	Box Score	@	Indiana Pacers	W		119	113	45	19	W 6
65	Fri, Mar 18, 1988	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		103	113	45	20	L 1
66	Sun, Mar 20, 1988	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		137	107	46	20	W 1
67	Wed, Mar 23, 1988	Box Score		Washington Bullets	W		104	89	47	20	W 2
68	Fri, Mar 25, 1988	Box Score		Philadelphia 76ers	L		93	97	47	21	L 1
69	Sat, Mar 26, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		118	106	48	21	W 1
70	Mon, Mar 28, 1988	Box Score	@	New Jersey Nets	W		106	105	49	21	W 2
71	Wed, Mar 30, 1988	Box Score		Houston Rockets	W		117	110	50	21	W 3
72	Fri, Apr 1, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		121	110	51	21	W 4
73	Sun, Apr 3, 1988	Box Score		Dallas Mavericks	W		110	101	52	21	W 5
74	Fri, Apr 8, 1988	Box Score		New Jersey Nets	W		127	90	53	21	W 6
75	Sun, Apr 10, 1988	Box Score	@	Philadelphia 76ers	W		117	108	54	21	W 7
76	Wed, Apr 13, 1988	Box Score		Milwaukee Bucks	W		123	104	55	21	W 8
77	Fri, Apr 15, 1988	Box Score	@	Cleveland Cavaliers	L		109	120	55	22	L 1
78	Sun, Apr 17, 1988	Box Score	@	Washington Bullets	L		92	98	55	23	L 2
79	Tue, Apr 19, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		121	110	56	23	W 1
80	Thu, Apr 21, 1988	Box Score		Chicago Bulls	W		126	119	57	23	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
81	Fri, Apr 22, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		106	133	57	24	L 1
82	Sun, Apr 24, 1988	Box Score	@	Chicago Bulls	L		108	115	57	25	L 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Apr 29, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	92	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, May 1, 1988	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		128	102	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, May 4, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		100	109	2	1	L 1
4	Fri, May 6, 1988	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		102	94	3	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
5	Wed, May 11, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		110	101	4	1	W 2
6	Fri, May 13, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		108	97	5	1	W 3
7	Sun, May 15, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		92	110	5	2	L 1
8	Mon, May 16, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	L		109	118	5	3	L 2
9	Wed, May 18, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	L		104	112	5	4	L 3
10	Fri, May 20, 1988	Box Score	@	Atlanta Hawks	W		102	100	6	4	W 1
11	Sun, May 22, 1988	Box Score		Atlanta Hawks	W		118	116	7	4	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
12	Wed, May 25, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L		96	104	7	5	L 1
13	Thu, May 26, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	2OT	119	115	8	5	W 1
14	Sat, May 28, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		94	98	8	6	L 1
15	Mon, May 30, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		79	78	9	6	W 1
16	Wed, Jun 1, 1988	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	L	OT	96	102	9	7	L 1
17	Fri, Jun 3, 1988	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		90	95	9	8	L 2

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