1987-88 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 57-25
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 9-8 Lost conference finals
Conference First Round - Defeated New York Knicks 3-1
Conference Semifinals - Defeated Atlanta Hawks 4-3
Conference Finals - Lost to Detroit Pistons 4-2
Coach: K.C. Jones (57-25)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 611,222, Avg. 14,908 in 41 home dates

1987-88 Boston Celtics Roster
1987-88 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-8.

The Celtics tossed in 9,315 points and conceded 8,828. Larry Bird scored a team-best 2,275 points for Boston, and Kevin McHale averaged 18 or more per game, too. Larry Bird contributed 703 boards. Dennis Johnson dished out 598 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Larry Bird added 125 steals.

K.C. Jones coached the team. The 1987-88 Boston Celtics lost in the conference finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	76	75	2965	1672	881	237	98	453	415	108	595	703	467	125	57	213	157	2275
Kevin McHale	F-C	64	63	2390	911	550	0	0	434	346	159	377	536	171	27	92	141	179	1446
Danny Ainge	G-F	81	81	3018	982	482	357	148	180	158	59	190	249	503	115	17	153	203	1270
Robert Parish	C	74	73	2312	750	442	1	0	241	177	173	455	628	115	55	84	154	198	1061
Dennis Johnson	G	77	74	2670	803	352	46	12	298	255	62	178	240	598	93	29	195	204	971
Fred Roberts	F-C	74	14	1032	330	161	6	0	165	128	60	102	162	81	16	15	68	118	450
Brad Lohaus	C-F	70	4	718	246	122	13	3	62	50	46	92	138	49	20	41	59	123	297
Mark Acres	F-C	79	5	1151	203	108	0	0	111	71	105	165	270	42	29	27	54	198	287
Darren Daye	F-G	47	8	655	217	112	1	0	87	59	30	46	76	71	29	4	44	68	283
Jim Paxson	G-F	28	2	538	191	94	13	2	61	54	7	20	27	49	23	4	28	44	244
Reggie Lewis	G-F	49	0	405	193	90	4	0	57	40	28	35	63	26	16	15	30	54	220
Dirk Minniefield	G	61	6	868	173	83	11	3	32	27	22	53	75	190	44	3	77	107	196
Artis Gilmore	C	47	4	521	101	58	0	0	91	48	54	94	148	12	10	18	39	94	164
Jerry Sichting	G	24	1	370	82	44	8	2	12	8	5	16	21	60	14	0	14	30	98
Conner Henry	G	10	0	81	28	11	8	3	10	9	2	8	10	12	1	1	9	11	34
Greg Kite	C	13	0	86	23	9	0	0	6	1	10	14	24	2	3	8	9	16	19
Totals		874	410	19780	6905	3599	705	271	2300	1846	930	2440	3370	2448	620	415	1287	1804	9315

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Larry Bird	F-G	76	75	39.0	52.7	41.4	91.6	1.4	7.8	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	2.8	2.1	29.9
Kevin McHale	F-C	64	63	37.3	60.4		79.7	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	22.6
Danny Ainge	G-F	81	81	37.3	49.1	41.5	87.8	0.7	2.3	3.1	6.2	1.4	0.2	1.9	2.5	15.7
Robert Parish	C	74	73	31.2	58.9	0.0	73.4	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.6	0.7	1.1	2.1	2.7	14.3
Dennis Johnson	G	77	74	34.7	43.8	26.1	85.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.8	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.6	12.6
Fred Roberts	F-C	74	14	13.9	48.8	0.0	77.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.6	6.1
Brad Lohaus	C-F	70	4	10.3	49.6	23.1	80.6	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.8	4.2
Mark Acres	F-C	79	5	14.6	53.2		64.0	1.3	2.1	3.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.5	3.6
Darren Daye	F-G	47	8	13.9	51.6	0.0	67.8	0.6	1.0	1.6	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.4	6.0
Jim Paxson	G-F	28	2	19.2	49.2	15.4	88.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.8	0.8	0.1	1.0	1.6	8.7
Reggie Lewis	G-F	49	0	8.3	46.6	0.0	70.2	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.1	4.5
Dirk Minniefield	G	61	6	14.2	48.0	27.3	84.4	0.4	0.9	1.2	3.1	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.8	3.2
Artis Gilmore	C	47	4	11.1	57.4		52.7	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.0	3.5
Jerry Sichting	G	24	1	15.4	53.7	25.0	66.7	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.5	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.3	4.1
Conner Henry	G	10	0	8.1	39.3	37.5	90.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.9	1.1	3.4
Greg Kite	C	13	0	6.6	39.1		16.7	0.8	1.1	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.2	1.5
Averages		874	410	22.6	52.1	38.4	80.3	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.8	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.1	10.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kevin McHale	F-C	17	716	262	158	1	1	137	115	55	81	136	40	7	30	39	65	432
Larry Bird	F-G	17	763	338	152	32	12	113	101	29	121	150	115	36	14	49	45	417
Dennis Johnson	G	17	702	210	91	16	6	103	82	15	62	77	139	24	8	45	51	270
Robert Parish	C	17	626	188	100	0	0	61	50	51	117	168	21	11	19	38	42	250
Danny Ainge	G-F	17	670	184	71	57	19	42	37	15	38	53	109	9	1	41	64	198
Jim Paxson	G-F	15	188	59	17	2	0	20	16	1	8	9	11	6	2	12	18	50
Mark Acres	F-C	17	158	26	14	1	0	18	9	14	22	36	2	1	1	6	33	37
Reggie Lewis	G-F	12	70	34	13	1	0	5	3	9	7	16	4	3	2	0	13	29
Fred Roberts	F-C	15	100	21	11	0	0	11	7	8	8	16	3	3	0	6	20	29
Brad Lohaus	C-F	9	26	11	8	2	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	4	16
Dirk Minniefield	G	11	50	14	6	4	2	2	2	1	1	2	11	2	0	10	13	16
Artis Gilmore	C	14	86	8	4	0	0	14	7	4	16	20	1	0	4	4	14	15
Totals		178	4155	1355	645	116	40	526	429	203	484	687	456	102	82	251	382	1759

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Kevin McHale	F-C	17	42.1	60.3	100.0	83.9	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	25.4
Larry Bird	F-G	17	44.9	45.0	37.5	89.4	1.7	7.1	8.8	6.8	2.1	0.8	2.9	2.6	24.5
Dennis Johnson	G	17	41.3	43.3	37.5	79.6	0.9	3.6	4.5	8.2	1.4	0.5	2.6	3.0	15.9
Robert Parish	C	17	36.8	53.2		82.0	3.0	6.9	9.9	1.2	0.6	1.1	2.2	2.5	14.7
Danny Ainge	G-F	17	39.4	38.6	33.3	88.1	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.4	0.5	0.1	2.4	3.8	11.6
Jim Paxson	G-F	15	12.5	28.8	0.0	80.0	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.2	3.3
Mark Acres	F-C	17	9.3	53.8	0.0	50.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.9	2.2
Reggie Lewis	G-F	12	5.8	38.2	0.0	60.0	0.8	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.1	2.4
Fred Roberts	F-C	15	6.7	52.4		63.6	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3	1.9
Brad Lohaus	C-F	9	2.9	72.7	0.0		0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.8
Dirk Minniefield	G	11	4.5	42.9	50.0	100.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.9	1.2	1.5
Artis Gilmore	C	14	6.1	50.0		50.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.1
Averages		874	23.3	47.6	34.5	81.6	1.1	2.7	3.9	2.6	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.1	9.9