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1987–88 Boston Celtics season

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Record
  
57–25 (.695)

Start date
  
1987

Arenas
  
Boston Garden, XL Center

Head coach
  
K. C. Jones

Radios
  
WEZE, WTIC

Owner(s)
  
Don Gaston, Alan N. Cohen, Paul Dupee

Place
  
Division: 1st (Atlantic) Conference: 1st (Eastern)

Playoff finish
  
East Conference Finals (eliminated 2-4)

Televisions
  
Comcast SportsNet New England, WLVI, WCCT-TV, WTIC-TV

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The 1987–88 Boston Celtics season was the 42nd season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the fifth consecutive time, becoming the first team to do so since the 1968–69 Boston Celtics (which reached the previous thirteen).

Contents

Depth chart

PG-3 Dennis Johnson SG-44 Danny Ainge SF-33 Larry Bird PF-32 Kevin McHale C-00 Robert Parish

East First Round

(1) Boston Celtics vs. (8) New York Knicks: Celtics win series 3-1

  • Game 1 @ Boston Garden, Boston (April 29): Boston 112, New York 92
  • Game 2 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 1): Boston 128, New York 102
  • Game 3 @ Madison Square Garden, New York City (May 4): New York 109, Boston 100
  • Game 4 @ Madison Square Garden, New York City (May 6): Boston 102, New York 94

    • Last Playoff Meeting: 1984 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Boston won 4-3)

    East Conference Semifinals

    (1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Atlanta Hawks: Celtics win series 4-3

  • Game 1 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 11): Boston 110, Atlanta 101
  • Game 2 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 13): Boston 108, Atlanta 97
  • Game 3 @ The Omni, Atlanta (May 15): Atlanta 110, Boston 92
  • Game 4 @ The Omni, Atlanta (May 16): Atlanta 118, Boston 109
  • Game 5 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 18): Atlanta 112, Boston 104
  • Game 6 @ The Omni, Atlanta (May 20): Boston 102, Atlanta 100
  • Game 7 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 22): Boston 118, Atlanta 116

    • Last Playoff Meeting: 1986 Eastern Conference Semifinals (Boston won 4-1)

    East Conference Finals

    (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Detroit Pistons: Pistons win series 4-2

  • Game 1 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 25): Detroit 104, Boston 96
  • Game 2 @ Boston Garden, Boston (May 26): Boston 119, Detroit 115
  • Game 3 @ Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac (May 28): Detroit 98, Boston 94
  • Game 4 @ Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac (May 30): Boston 79, Detroit 78
  • Game 5 @ Boston Garden, Boston (June 1): Detroit 102, Boston 96 (OT)
  • Game 6 @ Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac (June 3): Detroit 95, Boston 90

    • Last Playoff Meeting: 1987 Eastern Conference Finals (Boston won 4-3)

    Playoffs

    The Celtics would end up losing to the Detroit Pistons in the conference finals as an aging Celtics team was beginning to falter against a younger and fresher pistons team. This would be the first time in 5 years the the Celtics would not make it the finals and would not return to another finals until 2008.

    Awards and records

  • Larry Bird, All-NBA First Team
  • Kevin McHale, NBA All-Defensive First Team

    • References

    1987–88 Boston Celtics season Wikipedia
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