The Detroit Pistons beat the Boston Celtics, 98 to 94, in Game 3 of the 1988 Eastern Conference Finals on May 28, 1988.

1987-88 Detroit Pistons

Final

BOS

Celtics

1-2

94

DET

Pistons

2-1

98

Team

1

29

29

2

21

29

3

21

26

4

23

14

Total

94

98

Team Stats

Player Stats

Celtics

Pistons

FG Made - Attempted

35-82

37-74

Field Goal %

42.7

50.0

3PT Made - Attempted

5-12

1-5

3PT %

41.7

20.0

FT Made - Attempted

19-23

23-28

Free Throw %

82.6

82.1

Rebounds

41

38

Offensive Rebounds

12

5

Defensive Rebounds

29

33

Assists

20

18

Steals

6

7

Blocks

1

4

Turnovers

11

11

Personal Fouls

23

21

Celtics

Pistons

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Larry Bird	45	18	11	8	3	0	6-17	0-1	6-6	1	3		2	9	35.3	0.0	100.0
Kevin McHale	40	32	4	1	1	1	11-17	0-0	10-13	1	2		2	2	64.7		76.9
Dennis Johnson	39	11	3	5	1	0	5-10	1-2	0-0	2	4		0	3	50.0	50.0
Danny Ainge	38	15	3	5	0	0	6-16	3-8	0-0	2	5		1	2	37.5	37.5
Robert Parish	27	6	6	0	0	0	2-7	0-0	2-2	3	3		0	6	28.6		100.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Jim Paxson	16	2	1	0	0	0	1-8	0-0	0-0	1	2		0	1	12.5
Mark Acres	13	2	6	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	3		2	4	100.0
Fred Roberts	12	3	5	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	1-2	1	0		4	1	33.3		50.0
Artis Gilmore	5	2	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1		1	1	50.0
Dirk Minniefield	3	3	0	1	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0		0	0	100.0	100.0
Reggie Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0		0	0
Brad Lohaus	1	0	0	0	0	0	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%
Isiah Thomas	41	23	4	6	1	0	7-14	0-1	9-9	6	2		1	3	50.0	0.0	100.0
Joe Dumars	38	29	1	3	2	0	12-21	1-2	4-4	0	1		0	1	57.1	50.0	100.0
Adrian Dantley	35	15	7	4	2	0	5-10	0-0	5-8	1	2		1	6	50.0		62.5
Bill Laimbeer	28	2	8	3	0	0	0-3	0-1	2-2	1	4		0	8	0.0	0.0	100.0
Rick Mahorn	20	4	3	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	3		1	2	50.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
John Salley	30	3	9	0	1	2	1-2	0-0	1-2	0	2		1	8	50.0		50.0
James Edwards	18	11	4	0	0	1	5-9	0-1	1-1	0	2		1	3	55.6	0.0	100.0
Vinnie Johnson	17	11	1	1	1	0	5-11	0-0	1-2	2	1		0	1	45.5		50.0
Dennis Rodman	13	0	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	4		0	1

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More Pistons Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

22.7

Cunningham

Cade Cunningham

RPG

11.6

Duren

Jalen Duren

APG

7.5

Cunningham

Cade Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

109.7

27th

DRTG

118.8

26th

NETRTG

-9.1

28th

3P%

34.8

26th

2023-24 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Nets	32	50	.390	32.0
12	Raptors	25	57	.305	39.0
13	Hornets	21	61	.256	43.0
14	Wizards	15	67	.183	49.0
15	Pistons	14	68	.171	50.0

Last Game

SAS

22-60

123

Final

95

DET

14-68

Sun 14 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

35.0

Embiid

Joel Embiid

33.0

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

32.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Playoff RPG Leaders

15.8

Davis

Anthony Davis

15.3

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

13.8

Allen

Jarrett Allen

Playoff APG Leaders

10.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

10.0

Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

9.0

Brunson

Jalen Brunson

Playoff SPG Leaders

2.3

Caldwell-Pope

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

2.0

James

LeBron James

2.0

Edwards

Anthony Edwards

Playoff BPG Leaders

3.7

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

2.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

2.0

Porzingis

Kristaps Porzingis

Playoff 3PM Leaders

5.3

Lillard

Damian Lillard

4.3

Harden

James Harden

4.3

Turner

Myles Turner

Playoff TS% Leaders

73.1

Harden

James Harden

72.1

Nembhard

Andrew Nembhard

71.6

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

Timberwolves

126.4

Pacers

120.2

Celtics

120.1

Knicks

117.3

76ers

116.2

Thunder

115.8

Playoff DRtg Rankings

Thunder

96.2

Magic

97.3

Cavaliers

107.2

Celtics

108.8

Timberwolves

110.4

Clippers

111.2

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

Thunder

19.7

Timberwolves

16.0

Celtics

11.3

Magic

9.9

Pacers

4.6

Nuggets

2.4

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

Pelicans

0-3

Suns

0-4

Bucks

1-3

76ers

1-3

Lakers

1-3

Heat

1-2

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

Magic

53-33

Mavericks

50-36

76ers

50-37

Thunder

48-36-1

Rockets

45-35-2

Celtics

44-37-4

Worst Record ATS

Hawks

29-54

34-48

Suns

36-49-1

Bucks

37-49

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

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

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	57	25	.695
2	Nuggets	57	25	.695
3	Timberwolves	56	26	.683	1.0
4	Clippers	51	31	.622	6.0
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0
6	Suns	49	33	.598	8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 4/27	NYK	@	PHI	97-92
Sat 4/27	MIN	@	PHX	122-116
Sat 4/27	MIL	@	IND	113-126
Sat 4/27	LAC	@	DAL	116-111
Fri 4/26	OKC	@	NOP	106-85

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 4/29	BOS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Mon 4/29	OKC	@	NOP	8:30 PM
Mon 4/29	LAL	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Tue 4/30	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 4/30	ORL	@	CLE	8:00 PM