1987 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals
Bucks vs. Celtics

League Champion: Los Angeles Lakers

Finals MVP: Magic Johnson (26.2 / 8.0 / 13.0)

1987 Playoff Leaders:

PTS: Larry Bird (622)

TRB: Larry Bird (231)

AST: Magic Johnson (219)

WS: Magic Johnson (3.7)

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#4 Milwaukee Bucks (3-4) vs. #1 Boston Celtics (4-3)

Game 1, May 5
Milwaukee Bucks	98	Final
Boston Celtics	111

PTS	L. Bird-BOS	40
TRB	2 tied	12

Game 2, May 6
Milwaukee Bucks	124	Final
Boston Celtics	126

PTS	2 tied	30
TRB	J. Sikma-MIL	14

Game 3, May 8
Boston Celtics	121	Final
Milwaukee Bucks	126

PTS	D. Johnson-BOS	32
TRB	R. Parish-BOS	16

Game 4, May 10
Boston Celtics	138	Final
Milwaukee Bucks	137

PTS	L. Bird-BOS	42
TRB	2 tied	11

Game 5, May 13
Milwaukee Bucks	129	Final
Boston Celtics	124

PTS	S. Moncrief-MIL	33
TRB	R. Parish-BOS	16

Game 6, May 15
Boston Celtics	111	Final
Milwaukee Bucks	121

PTS	S. Moncrief-MIL	34
TRB	K. McHale-BOS	16

Game 7, May 17
Milwaukee Bucks	113	Final
Boston Celtics	119

PTS	L. Bird-BOS	31
TRB	R. Parish-BOS	19

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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	30	7	7	330	69	146	5	16	66	74	13	55	68	52	12	6	24	20	209	.473	.313	.892	47.1	29.9	9.7	7.4	1.7	0.9
2	Dennis Johnson	32	7	7	318	57	111	2	9	39	45	3	30	33	69	4	2	18	27	155	.514	.222	.867	45.4	22.1	4.7	9.9	0.6	0.3
3	Kevin McHale	29	6	4	247	58	102	0	0	29	39	23	41	64	6	2	11	12	28	145	.569		.744	41.2	24.2	10.7	1.0	0.3	1.8
4	Robert Parish	33	6	6	232	55	100	0	0	24	28	28	49	77	11	5	15	13	25	134	.550		.857	38.7	22.3	12.8	1.8	0.8	2.5
5	Danny Ainge	27	7	7	275	41	84	14	26	15	19	7	12	19	33	10	0	16	24	111	.488	.538	.789	39.3	15.9	2.7	4.7	1.4	0.0
6	Fred Roberts	26	7	3	129	16	36	0	0	10	14	9	7	16	6	2	2	5	24	42	.444		.714	18.4	6.0	2.3	0.9	0.3	0.3
7	Darren Daye	26	7	0	49	6	12	0	0	13	14	3	3	6	2	2	1	8	4	25	.500		.929	7.0	3.6	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.1
8	Jerry Sichting	30	7	0	80	7	15	0	0	4	4	1	5	6	11	2	0	5	13	18	.467		1.000	11.4	2.6	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.0
9	Bill Walton	34	3	0	32	2	6	0	0	0	4	3	6	9	7	3	1	1	6	4	.333		.000	10.7	1.3	3.0	2.3	1.0	0.3
10	Greg Kite	25	6	1	44	1	3	0	0	1	2	2	11	13	2	0	3	1	10	3	.333		.500	7.3	0.5	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.5
11	Sam Vincent	23	5	0	15	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	3	.333		.500	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
12	Conner Henry	23	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			.250	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	29.5	7		1755	313	618	21	51	203	249	92	220	312	201	42	41	105	184	850	.506	.412	.815	250.7	121.4	44.6	28.7	6.0	5.9

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Milwaukee Bucks 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	Terry Cummings	25	7	7	261	61	124	0	0	38	51	16	48	64	15	7	5	8	32	160	.492		.745	37.3	22.9	9.1	2.1	1.0	0.7
2	Sidney Moncrief	29	7	7	270	49	107	3	8	45	53	10	21	31	25	8	3	16	25	146	.458	.375	.849	38.6	20.9	4.4	3.6	1.1	0.4
3	Jack Sikma	31	7	7	268	44	93	0	1	35	35	17	50	67	18	9	6	12	31	123	.473	.000	1.000	38.3	17.6	9.6	2.6	1.3	0.9
4	John Lucas	33	7	7	206	43	89	11	24	21	28	3	12	15	30	6	0	9	14	118	.483	.458	.750	29.4	16.9	2.1	4.3	0.9	0.0
5	Ricky Pierce	27	7	0	187	41	86	0	0	34	37	7	11	18	8	6	3	9	25	116	.477		.919	26.7	16.6	2.6	1.1	0.9	0.4
6	Paul Pressey	28	7	7	269	41	87	1	5	17	25	18	15	33	61	16	4	21	31	100	.471	.200	.680	38.4	14.3	4.7	8.7	2.3	0.6
7	Craig Hodges	26	7	0	132	20	40	2	10	6	7	3	9	12	16	7	2	2	9	48	.500	.200	.857	18.9	6.9	1.7	2.3	1.0	0.3
8	Paul Mokeski	30	7	0	62	5	9	0	0	8	11	6	10	16	1	2	2	0	14	18	.556		.727	8.9	2.6	2.3	0.1	0.3	0.3
9	Randy Breuer	26	7	0	73	5	13	0	0	5	8	2	10	12	4	1	5	2	21	15	.385		.625	10.4	2.1	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.7
10	Dudley Bradley	29	7	0	23	2	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	4	.333	.000		3.3	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
11	Jerome Henderson	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0				1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
12	Jerry Reynolds	24	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0				1.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.0
	Team Totals	27.9	7		1755	311	654	17	52	209	255	83	186	269	181	65	30	80	208	848	.476	.327	.820	250.7	121.1	38.4	25.9	9.3	4.3

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