1985 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals
Pistons vs. Celtics

League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers

Finals MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (25.7 / 9.0 / 5.2)

1985 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Larry Bird (520)

TRB: Robert Parish (219)

AST: Magic Johnson (289)

WS: Magic Johnson (3.0)

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#4 Detroit Pistons (2-4) vs. #1 Boston Celtics (4-2)

Game 1, Apr 28
Detroit Pistons	99	Final
Boston Celtics	133

PTS	R. Parish-BOS	27
TRB	R. Parish-BOS	16

Game 2, Apr 30
Detroit Pistons	114	Final
Boston Celtics	121

PTS	L. Bird-BOS	42
TRB	2 tied	10

Game 3, May 2
Boston Celtics	117	Final
Detroit Pistons	125

PTS	2 tied	27
TRB	2 tied	13

Game 4, May 5
Boston Celtics	99	Final
Detroit Pistons	102

PTS	V. Johnson-DET	34
TRB	B. Laimbeer-DET	12

Game 5, May 8
Detroit Pistons	123	Final
Boston Celtics	130

PTS	L. Bird-BOS	43
TRB	2 tied	13

Game 6, May 10
Boston Celtics	123	Final
Detroit Pistons	113

PTS	I. Thomas-DET	37
TRB	2 tied	13

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Boston Celtics Basic Stats

Boston Celtics Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Larry Bird	28	6	6	240	65	145	1	7	38	40	18	43	61	38	6	6	17	16	169	.448	.143	.950	40.0	28.2	10.2	6.3	1.0	1.0
2	Kevin McHale	27	6	6	232	49	89	0	0	28	34	21	31	52	8	2	8	20	27	126	.551		.824	38.7	21.0	8.7	1.3	0.3	1.3
3	Robert Parish	31	6	6	221	38	71	0	0	30	32	20	47	67	8	7	8	11	18	106	.535		.938	36.8	17.7	11.2	1.3	1.2	1.3
4	Dennis Johnson	30	6	6	230	39	68	0	2	24	29	11	15	26	35	10	2	21	16	102	.574	.000	.828	38.3	17.0	4.3	5.8	1.7	0.3
5	Danny Ainge	25	6	6	207	33	60	3	4	14	19	4	11	15	38	8	0	8	23	83	.550	.750	.737	34.5	13.8	2.5	6.3	1.3	0.0
6	Scott Wedman	32	6	0	98	21	33	2	3	10	14	5	10	15	9	3	0	2	8	54	.636	.667	.714	16.3	9.0	2.5	1.5	0.5	0.0
7	Cedric Maxwell	29	6	0	79	11	17	0	0	12	16	10	10	20	4	4	0	7	12	34	.647		.750	13.2	5.7	3.3	0.7	0.7	0.0
8	Ray Williams	30	6	0	90	13	42	2	9	4	4	4	11	15	19	4	0	10	17	32	.310	.222	1.000	15.0	5.3	2.5	3.2	0.7	0.0
9	Quinn Buckner	30	3	0	19	3	5	0	0	3	4	0	1	1	2	4	0	1	7	9	.600		.750	6.3	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	0.0
10	Carlos Clark	24	1	0	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.667			4.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	M.L. Carr	34	3	0	11	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	.200			3.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
12	Greg Kite	23	1	0	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	.500			9.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	28.7	6		1440	276	540	8	25	163	192	95	184	279	162	48	24	98	148	723	.511	.320	.849	240.0	120.5	46.5	27.0	8.0	4.0

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Detroit Pistons Basic Stats Table
			Totals																		Shooting			Per Game
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK
1	Isiah Thomas	23	6	6	246	57	118	4	12	35	47	9	27	36	65	14	3	17	26	153	.483	.333	.745	41.0	25.5	6.0	10.8	2.3	0.5
2	Vinnie Johnson	28	6	0	153	43	80	0	3	12	15	13	7	20	19	2	0	10	18	98	.538	.000	.800	25.5	16.3	3.3	3.2	0.3	0.0
3	Kelly Tripucka	25	6	6	189	33	76	0	1	23	26	7	9	16	18	4	3	14	14	89	.434	.000	.885	31.5	14.8	2.7	3.0	0.7	0.5
4	Bill Laimbeer	27	6	6	212	28	66	0	2	19	28	27	36	63	11	4	5	10	24	75	.424	.000	.679	35.3	12.5	10.5	1.8	0.7	0.8
5	Terry Tyler	28	6	0	112	31	63	0	1	5	8	8	13	21	3	4	2	7	12	67	.492	.000	.625	18.7	11.2	3.5	0.5	0.7	0.3
6	John Long	28	6	6	169	30	65	1	4	4	4	5	6	11	10	10	2	7	16	65	.462	.250	1.000	28.2	10.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	0.3
7	Dan Roundfield	31	6	5	156	25	53	0	0	6	7	16	24	40	7	3	3	10	14	56	.472		.857	26.0	9.3	6.7	1.2	0.5	0.5
8	Kent Benson	30	6	1	100	15	34	0	0	7	8	8	16	24	2	7	2	5	20	37	.441		.875	16.7	6.2	4.0	0.3	1.2	0.3
9	Earl Cureton	27	6	0	82	12	25	0	1	2	5	9	21	30	2	6	1	3	11	26	.480	.000	.400	13.7	4.3	5.0	0.3	1.0	0.2
10	Brook Steppe	25	3	0	10	2	3	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	6	.667	.000	.500	3.3	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
11	Tony Campbell	22	1	0	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	.333			7.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
12	Major Jones	31	1	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.000			4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	27.0	6		1440	278	587	5	25	115	152	102	161	263	140	54	21	84	156	676	.474	.200	.757	240.0	112.7	43.8	23.3	9.0	3.5

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