The Boston Celtics came up just a bit short against the Cleveland Cavaliers, 115 to 114, on December 21, 1988.

1988-89 Boston Celtics

Final

CLE

115

BOS

Celtics

12-12

114

1

41

38

2

24

24

3

26

26

4

24

26

Total

115

114

Cavaliers

Celtics

FG Made - Attempted

46-71

44-101

Field Goal %

64.8

43.6

3PT Made - Attempted

1-4

3-4

3PT %

25.0

75.0

FT Made - Attempted

22-30

23-25

Free Throw %

73.3

92.0

Rebounds

35

43

Offensive Rebounds

6

25

Defensive Rebounds

29

18

Assists

27

30

Steals

5

9

Blocks

9

6

Turnovers

20

9

Personal Fouls

21

25

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Craig Ehlo 44 8 4 9 2 0 3-5 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 4 60.0 100.0
Brad Daugherty 39 22 8 3 0 1 10-14 0-0 2-4 2 5 1 7 71.4 50.0
Ron Harper 38 26 7 5 3 0 8-16 1-3 9-11 3 3 2 5 50.0 33.3 81.8
Larry Nance 37 25 7 1 0 5 9-17 0-1 7-8 1 4 3 4 52.9 0.0 87.5
Mike Sanders 24 10 1 2 0 0 5-8 0-0 0-1 3 2 0 1 62.5 0.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Hot Rod Williams 30 17 6 2 0 3 8-8 0-0 1-1 2 5 0 6 100.0 100.0
Darnell Valentine 17 3 0 5 0 0 1-1 0-0 1-1 4 1 0 0 100.0 100.0
Chris Dudley 11 4 2 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 0-2 1 0 0 2 100.0 0.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Kevin McHale 40 25 9 2 0 1 7-18 0-0 11-12 1 3 8 1 38.9 91.7
Robert Parish 40 22 15 2 2 2 10-20 0-0 2-2 1 3 8 7 50.0 100.0
Danny Ainge 35 29 2 6 2 0 10-17 3-4 6-6 4 2 0 2 58.8 75.0 100.0
Dennis Johnson 23 2 0 7 1 0 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 0 16.7
Brad Lohaus 20 12 6 3 0 2 6-8 0-0 0-1 0 5 1 5 75.0 0.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Reggie Lewis 33 12 6 2 1 1 4-12 0-0 4-4 1 4 4 2 33.3 100.0
Brian Shaw 24 6 3 4 2 0 3-12 0-0 0-0 1 1 3 0 25.0
Jim Paxson 13 4 0 4 0 0 2-7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 28.6
Mark Acres 12 2 2 0 1 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 100.0

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More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

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PPG

26.9

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

RPG

10.0

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

APG

10.0

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

Team Rankings

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ORTG

123.2

1st

DRTG

111.6

3rd

NETRTG

11.6

1st

3P%

38.8

2nd

2023-24 Conference Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Sat
4/27
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
6:00 PM
Mon
4/29
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Wed
5/1
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
1:00 PM
Fri
5/3
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM

Last Game

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114

Final

94

MIA Heat

0-1

Sun 21 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

NBA 2023-24 Betting

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0
6
Pacers Pacers
47 35 .573 17.0
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0
6
Suns Suns
49 33 .598 8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
4/22
PHX PHX
@
MIN MIN
93-105
Sun
4/21
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
101-104
Sun
4/21
LAL LAL
@
DEN DEN
99-101
Sun
4/21
ORL ORL
@
CLE CLE
86-96
Sat
4/20
NOP NOP
@
OKC OKC
92-94

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/23
IND IND
@
MIL MIL
8:30 PM
Tue
4/23
DAL DAL
@
LAC LAC
10:00 PM
Wed
4/24
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Wed
4/24
NOP NOP
@
OKC OKC
9:30 PM
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
7:00 PM