Boston Celtics Vs Denver Nuggets

Dec 9, 1987 119 - 124 Final
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Boston Celtics

PLAYER Pts Reb Ast MIN 2M-2A 3M-3A FG% 1M-1A 1% Or Dr Reb Ast To Stl Blk Fo Pts Eff
Larry Bird 40 13 1 40 16-20 0-5 64.0% 8-8 100.0% 1 12 13 1 3 2 1 2 40 45
Kevin McHale 23 8 1 41 7-15 0-0 46.7% 9-12 75.0% 4 4 8 1 3 1 2 4 23 21
Danny Ainge 17 5 5 43 6-8 1-4 58.3% 2-2 100.0% 1 4 5 5 3 2 0 5 17 21
Robert Parish 14 14 1 42 6-10 0-0 60.0% 2-3 66.7% 2 12 14 1 5 1 3 3 14 23
Dennis Johnson 12 5 15 29 3-9 0-0 33.3% 6-6 100.0% 0 5 5 15 4 2 0 4 12 24
Jerry Sichting 7 0 2 24 2-6 1-1 42.9% 0-0 - 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 7 5
Darren Daye 6 0 1 12 3-5 0-0 60.0% 0-0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 5
Frederick Roberts 0 1 0 3 0-0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brad Lohaus 0 0 0 3 0-1 0-0 0.0% 0-0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1
Mark Acres 0 1 0 3 0-1 0-0 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
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Boston Celtics
119 47 26 240 43-75 2-10 52.9% 27-33 81.8% 8 39 47 26 19 9 6 25 119 142
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Denver Nuggets

PLAYER Pts Reb Ast MIN 2M-2A 3M-3A FG% 1M-1A 1% Or Dr Reb Ast To Stl Blk Fo Pts Eff
Michael Adams 31 2 8 39 10-14 2-4 66.7% 5-7 71.4% 1 1 2 8 0 5 0 2 31 38
Alex English 27 6 4 35 12-26 0-0 46.2% 3-6 50.0% 2 4 6 4 4 1 1 4 27 18
Lafayette Lever 18 11 13 42 7-15 0-0 46.7% 4-5 80.0% 6 5 11 13 3 2 0 3 18 32
Jay Vincent 17 9 2 24 5-16 0-0 31.3% 7-8 87.5% 2 7 9 2 0 1 0 0 17 17
Danny Schayes 11 7 1 33 5-11 0-0 45.5% 1-1 100.0% 4 3 7 1 2 0 0 6 11 11
Blair Rasmussen 10 6 1 18 4-9 0-0 44.4% 2-2 100.0% 2 4 6 1 2 0 1 2 10 11
Wayne Cooper 4 4 1 18 2-5 0-0 40.0% 0-0 - 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 6 4 7
Calvin Natt 2 2 2 13 1-4 0-0 25.0% 0-0 - 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 4
T.R. Dunn 2 1 1 15 1-2 0-0 50.0% 0-0 - 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
Mike Evans 2 0 0 3 1-2 0-0 50.0% 0-0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
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Denver Nuggets
124 48 33 240 48-104 2-4 46.3% 22-29 75.9% 21 27 48 33 12 11 3 25 124 142

Boxscore glossary

Basketball stats abbreviations

  • MIN: Minutes played
  • 2M-2A: Two-points field goal made, attempted
  • 3M-3A: Three-points field goal made, attempted
  • FG%: Field goal percentage
  • 1M-1A: Free throws made, attempted
  • 1%: Free throw percentage
  • Or: Offensive rebounds
  • Dr: Defensive rebounds
  • Reb: Total rebounds
  • Ast: Assists
  • Stl: Steals
  • Blk: Blocks
  • Fo: Personal fouls
  • Pts: Points scored
  • Eff: Efficiency

If a player records double digits in a game in two of the PTS, REB, AST, STL or BLK statistics, he has a double-double. If he does it in three of this categories, he has a triple-double. If he does it in four categories he has a quadruple-double. Having a triple-double is considered as having a great game. Quadruple-doubles are extremely rare. Having one constitutes an historical performance. The last NBA player to record a quadruple double is David Robinson: it happened on February 17, 1994