The Boston Celtics couldn't pull it off against the Milwaukee Bucks, 129 to 124, in Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Semifinals on May 13, 1987.

1986-87 Boston Celtics

Final

MIL

Bucks

2-3

129

BOS

Celtics

3-2

124

Team

MIL

BOS

1

38

32

2

27

34

3

32

36

4

32

22

Total

129

124

Bucks

Celtics

FG Made - Attempted

47-91

48-87

Field Goal %

51.6

55.2

3PT Made - Attempted

1-4

1-7

3PT %

25.0

14.3

FT Made - Attempted

34-42

27-36

Free Throw %

81.0

75.0

Rebounds

41

46

Offensive Rebounds

12

11

Defensive Rebounds

29

35

Assists

27

28

Steals

8

3

Blocks

5

7

Turnovers

9

14

Personal Fouls

28

29

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Sidney Moncrief 38 33 5 4 0 1 13-18 1-1 6-6 0 2 1 4 72.2 100.0 100.0
Jack Sikma 35 21 9 3 2 1 8-11 0-0 5-5 1 5 1 8 72.7 100.0
Terry Cummings 31 23 9 2 1 1 7-21 0-0 9-12 1 5 5 4 33.3 75.0
Paul Pressey 30 14 2 10 2 1 7-8 0-0 0-0 3 6 1 1 87.5
John Lucas 24 14 2 4 1 0 2-7 0-1 10-12 1 1 0 2 28.6 0.0 83.3

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Craig Hodges 26 8 2 2 1 0 4-8 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 1 50.0 0.0
Ricky Pierce 20 7 4 1 0 0 3-12 0-0 1-2 2 3 2 2 25.0 50.0
Randy Breuer 19 4 5 0 1 1 1-3 0-0 2-3 0 2 1 4 33.3 66.7
Paul Mokeski 12 5 3 1 0 0 2-2 0-0 1-2 0 2 0 3 100.0 50.0
Dudley Bradley 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Larry Bird 46 26 8 12 1 0 8-22 0-4 10-11 4 4 2 6 36.4 0.0 90.9
Robert Parish 42 30 16 2 2 4 14-22 0-0 2-4 6 5 8 8 63.6 50.0
Kevin McHale 42 27 11 2 0 2 12-18 0-0 3-5 1 4 1 10 66.7 60.0
Dennis Johnson 42 19 5 2 0 0 5-10 0-0 9-10 0 5 0 5 50.0 90.0
Danny Ainge 38 14 1 7 0 0 5-8 1-3 3-4 2 5 0 1 62.5 33.3 75.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Jerry Sichting 15 4 1 2 0 0 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 1 50.0
Greg Kite 6 0 4 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 4
Darren Daye 5 4 0 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 100.0
Fred Roberts 3 0 0 1 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0.0
Conner Henry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0.0

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Team Leaders

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PPG

26.9

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

RPG

9.0

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

APG

6.5

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)
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
7:30 PM
Fri
5/3
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
5/5
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
1:00 PM

Last Game

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BOS Celtics

1-1

101

Final

111

MIA Heat

1-1

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NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

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37.7

Embiid

Joel Embiid

32.3

Davis

Anthony Davis

32.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Playoff RPG Leaders

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15.7

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

15.3

Allen

Jarrett Allen

13.5

Valanciunas

Jonas Valanciunas

Playoff APG Leaders

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12.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

9.7

James

LeBron James

9.0

Herro

Tyler Herro

Playoff SPG Leaders

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2.3

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

2.3

Irving

Kyrie Irving

2.3

Jr.

Kelly Oubre Jr.

Playoff BPG Leaders

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3.5

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

2.0

III

Trey Murphy III

Playoff 3PM Leaders

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5.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

4.5

Herro

Tyler Herro

4.3

Harden

James Harden

Playoff TS% Leaders

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92.6

Wright

Delon Wright

81.8

Hauser

Sam Hauser

81.7

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

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Timberwolves

123.9

76ers

121.6

Knicks

121.2

Thunder

118.8

Celtics

118.5

Pacers

117.1

Playoff DRtg Rankings

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Magic

98.2

Thunder

100.3

Cavaliers

103.2

Timberwolves

104.8

Mavericks

107.6

Clippers

108.4

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

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Timberwolves

19.1

Thunder

18.5

Nuggets

7.1

Celtics

5.5

Magic

5.0

Pacers

1.7

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

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Pelicans

0-2

Suns

0-3

Lakers

0-3

Magic

1-2

Clippers

1-2

Bucks

1-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Magic

52-33

Mavericks

50-35

76ers

50-36

Thunder

47-36-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Pelicans

46-39-1

Worst Record ATS

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Hawks

29-54

Hornets

34-48

Suns

36-48-1

Bucks

37-48

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

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
Thu
4/25
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
126-109
Thu
4/25
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
90-101
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
118-121
Wed
4/24
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
114-125
Wed
4/24
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
112-105

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
1:00 PM
Sat
4/27
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
3:30 PM
Sat
4/27
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
6:00 PM
Sat
4/27
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
8:30 PM
Sun
4/28
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM