1987-88 Boston Celtics Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 57-25, Finished 1st in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: K.C. Jones (57-25)

Executive: Jan Volk

PTS/G: 113.6 (3rd of 23) Opp PTS/G: 107.7 (14th of 23)

SRS: 6.15 (1st of 23) Pace: 97.9 (17th of 23)

Off Rtg: 115.4 (1st of 23) Def Rtg: 109.4 (17th of 23) Net Rtg: +6.0 (1st of 23)

Expected W-L: 56-26 (1st of 23)

Preseason Odds: Championship +350

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 611,231 (6th of 23)

NBA 1988 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-1) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Atlanta Hawks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-4) versus Detroit Pistons (Series Stats)

Atlantic Div Champs

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Regular Season

Turnovers may not include team turnovers in seasons before 1993-94

Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1987-11-06		MIL	W	125	108	121.4	104.9	102.9	.229	.105	.541	64.8	73.1	5.8	7.7	.510	12.2	48.9	.171	.447	10.6	82.9	.376
2	2	1987-11-07	@	WSB	W	140	139	114.9	114.1	100.8	.333	.071	.617	48.4	78.6	5.7	4.8	.581	18.6	34.1	.253	.505	15.2	60.0	.314
3	3	1987-11-09	@	NYK	W	96	87	101.4	91.9	94.7	.471	.100	.568	52.6	69.7	5.3	6.5	.486	20.7	26.5	.400	.457	17.6	73.8	.160
4	4	1987-11-11		IND	W	120	106	122.5	108.2	98.0	.318	.114	.598	58.8	65.2	9.2	5.7	.545	14.5	42.9	.273	.500	11.4	71.1	.128
5	5	1987-11-13		CLE	W	128	114	132.5	118.0	96.6	.295	.091	.644	57.1	76.5	8.3	4.6	.597	13.9	46.9	.261	.506	11.3	65.8	.256
6	6	1987-11-15	@	IND	W	103	98	112.7	107.3	91.4	.123	.123	.603	40.7	60.0	7.7	3.7	.586	14.1	17.1	.099	.430	13.1	56.9	.279
7	7	1987-11-17	@	CLE	L	88	109	85.8	106.2	102.6	.281	.045	.440	49.0	45.5	6.8	7.2	.382	16.0	30.8	.225	.465	15.6	70.5	.337
8	8	1987-11-18		NYK	W	111	109	104.3	102.5	88.0	.551	.101	.502	48.2	52.8	7.5	7.9	.438	11.2	32.6	.371	.495	18.8	65.0	.183
9	9	1987-11-20	@	PHI	L	85	116	86.9	118.6	97.8	.373	.048	.440	40.2	78.1	7.2	2.4	.386	15.0	24.5	.253	.549	13.4	64.7	.317
10	10	1987-11-21	@	NJN	W	107	97	110.2	99.9	97.1	.436	.026	.576	46.6	36.6	8.2	6.2	.526	15.5	27.5	.321	.460	16.3	62.5	.182
11	11	1987-11-23		CHI	L	102	107	105.5	110.7	96.7	.417	.097	.599	50.6	60.5	6.2	4.9	.549	20.5	24.2	.319	.500	10.7	68.8	.289
12	12	1987-11-25		ATL	W	117	102	123.0	107.2	95.1	.425	.075	.616	46.3	67.4	8.4	2.2	.575	7.8	17.6	.313	.467	11.5	67.4	.200
13	13	1987-11-27		SEA	W	117	112	118.6	113.5	98.7	.450	.113	.610	43.2	74.4	6.1	2.8	.563	11.1	17.9	.338	.574	16.3	71.4	.235
14	14	1987-11-28	@	MIL	L	97	112	97.0	112.0	100.0	.208	.094	.463	48.4	79.5	6.0	2.5	.422	13.2	30.8	.167	.500	10.5	69.8	.287
15	15	1987-12-01	@	ATL	L	106	120	110.0	124.5	96.4	.317	.049	.567	49.5	63.6	5.2	4.3	.537	16.2	33.3	.220	.526	7.0	63.3	.198
16	16	1987-12-02		NJN	W	130	99	131.4	100.1	98.9	.308	.077	.629	56.3	84.6	10.1	9.9	.593	10.4	36.4	.242	.512	16.2	73.7	.155
17	17	1987-12-04	@	DET	L	105	128	99.2	121.0	105.8	.414	.023	.511	45.4	52.6	5.7	10.2	.437	15.6	29.2	.333	.510	11.0	61.2	.286
18	18	1987-12-09		DEN	L	119	124	109.5	114.1	108.6	.388	.118	.598	49.5	57.8	8.3	5.8	.541	16.0	22.9	.318	.472	9.0	65.0	.204
19	19	1987-12-11		LAL	L	114	115	115.2	116.2	99.0	.253	.044	.564	48.0	72.3	12.1	7.5	.533	9.8	26.7	.187	.591	16.7	80.0	.312
20	20	1987-12-15	@	WSB	W	122	102	123.4	103.2	98.9	.344	.111	.589	62.7	66.7	11.1	9.5	.528	17.5	55.3	.300	.514	20.4	70.3	.351
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1987-12-16		UTA	W	121	111	115.5	105.9	104.8	.375	.125	.649	51.2	60.9	7.6	4.2	.588	18.4	24.2	.338	.461	12.0	67.9	.167
22	22	1987-12-20		PHI	W	124	87	118.7	83.3	104.5	.217	.033	.615	62.7	70.4	8.6	10.5	.592	13.7	32.4	.163	.400	16.3	83.7	.224
23	23	1987-12-22	@	PHI	W	118	115	126.0	122.8	93.6	.359	.115	.653	41.4	79.5	5.3	10.5	.603	12.6	16.7	.308	.548	11.0	60.0	.289
24	24	1987-12-26	@	LAC	W	106	97	110.4	101.0	96.0	.383	.099	.560	52.3	71.1	7.3	4.9	.500	18.9	46.2	.309	.365	8.3	55.7	.144
25	25	1987-12-27	@	SAC	W	114	102	113.9	101.9	100.1	.275	.100	.636	48.9	68.1	7.0	5.3	.613	16.7	18.9	.200	.455	8.5	70.6	.121
26	26	1987-12-30	@	SEA	L	105	111	104.5	110.5	100.5	.447	.171	.577	41.4	61.5	6.0	6.3	.546	17.3	19.4	.289	.455	10.3	56.9	.200
27	27	1988-01-02	@	GSW	W	115	110	108.3	103.6	106.2	.519	.165	.593	51.3	63.4	7.5	2.2	.544	15.6	23.8	.367	.462	10.9	83.3	.258
28	28	1988-01-04	@	UTA	W	107	99	112.0	103.6	95.6	.309	.160	.582	48.0	68.4	10.5	6.8	.525	17.1	27.0	.272	.513	16.8	68.4	.244
29	29	1988-01-06		NYK	W	117	108	114.4	105.6	102.3	.438	.100	.613	45.8	75.6	9.8	7.3	.544	14.4	17.1	.375	.529	15.7	73.0	.184
30	30	1988-01-08		WSB	W	125	109	125.4	109.4	99.7	.531	.049	.626	50.0	68.2	13.0	9.5	.549	11.5	30.2	.444	.478	12.1	70.7	.256
31	31	1988-01-09	@	NYK	L	98	106	100.0	108.2	98.0	.473	.095	.548	57.7	80.6	12.2	5.1	.493	22.5	38.9	.338	.530	13.6	73.8	.202
32	32	1988-01-12	@	CHI	W	104	97	116.6	108.8	89.2	.267	.070	.541	53.5	76.7	2.2	7.0	.506	9.4	33.3	.198	.473	6.7	70.2	.097
33	33	1988-01-13		DET	W	143	105	129.9	95.4	110.0	.293	.111	.640	60.9	72.7	10.9	4.7	.586	14.5	45.2	.273	.461	16.7	75.6	.244
34	34	1988-01-15		SAC	W	122	86	127.7	90.0	95.5	.096	.120	.705	43.2	76.4	11.5	6.7	.699	13.9	10.7	.072	.393	18.2	63.0	.238
35	35	1988-01-16	@	NJN	W	103	96	110.0	102.5	93.6	.169	.084	.578	52.4	62.2	1.1	5.9	.554	13.6	21.6	.133	.466	8.5	77.8	.159
36	36	1988-01-18		GSW	W	121	101	119.1	99.4	101.6	.329	.076	.669	58.1	64.6	8.9	10.0	.614	21.0	37.5	.304	.428	9.7	68.0	.115
37	37	1988-01-20		PHO	W	131	115	129.0	113.2	101.6	.281	.124	.655	48.6	71.2	9.8	9.5	.629	12.3	29.4	.213	.489	12.4	65.0	.300
38	38	1988-01-22		ATL	W	124	106	134.9	115.3	91.9	.388	.141	.623	51.1	78.7	5.4	6.8	.576	10.8	39.5	.306	.478	8.1	59.3	.222
39	39	1988-01-23	@	CLE	L	100	119	103.2	122.8	96.9	.262	.131	.534	52.4	48.7	5.2	7.5	.482	17.6	31.8	.226	.575	8.4	76.3	.218
40	40	1988-01-26	@	ATL	W	102	97	104.4	99.2	97.7	.354	.098	.538	43.6	61.5	5.1	3.4	.488	12.1	21.4	.268	.410	13.8	61.5	.213
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1988-01-27		WSB	W	106	100	103.5	97.6	102.4	.236	.067	.539	50.6	84.4	13.7	9.8	.506	15.5	27.5	.180	.452	17.1	73.2	.286
42	42	1988-01-29	@	DET	L	108	125	107.5	124.4	100.5	.405	.071	.546	44.2	72.5	7.0	2.4	.482	13.9	23.1	.321	.593	11.6	65.8	.267
43	43	1988-01-31		PHI	W	100	85	107.7	91.6	92.8	.337	.096	.525	49.5	67.6	10.8	9.8	.464	10.3	23.3	.277	.385	10.9	71.2	.165
44	44	1988-02-03		IND	W	118	103	119.2	104.0	99.0	.233	.056	.595	47.7	79.2	11.1	7.3	.544	12.4	27.0	.222	.460	10.8	63.3	.110
45	45	1988-02-04	@	MIL	L	101	111	106.9	117.5	94.5	.418	.051	.540	42.9	69.4	3.2	2.2	.462	11.4	17.5	.354	.478	6.2	62.7	.264
46	46	1988-02-09	@	HOU	L	120	129	113.3	121.8	105.9	.303	.135	.595	44.3	58.7	8.5	4.9	.539	14.4	24.3	.270	.490	10.7	58.8	.284
47	47	1988-02-10	@	SAS	W	136	120	121.7	107.4	111.7	.366	.183	.630	58.0	75.5	5.4	13.0	.575	15.0	33.3	.312	.443	8.5	75.9	.257
48	48	1988-02-12	@	DAL	W	105	104	112.0	110.9	93.8	.239	.174	.516	49.0	70.7	6.4	8.4	.478	9.0	31.3	.185	.446	8.7	65.4	.226
49	49	1988-02-14	@	LAL	L	106	115	113.1	122.7	93.7	.227	.068	.548	54.4	62.8	2.1	8.8	.506	14.9	38.5	.193	.523	6.5	70.0	.276
50	50	1988-02-15	@	PHO	W	107	106	110.8	109.7	96.6	.373	.093	.613	50.7	65.9	6.2	5.3	.567	18.6	24.3	.293	.519	14.1	77.8	.272
51	51	1988-02-17	@	DEN	L	125	138	123.8	136.7	100.9	.457	.064	.553	54.5	43.2	4.0	1.4	.473	10.3	42.0	.383	.695	13.0	77.8	.293
52	52	1988-02-19	@	POR	W	124	104	129.6	108.7	95.6	.381	.071	.632	58.6	58.0	5.2	4.7	.607	11.7	38.5	.262	.409	6.3	75.0	.364
53	53	1988-02-22		NYK	W	95	93	105.2	103.0	90.3	.222	.111	.534	46.7	75.7	7.8	8.4	.488	16.0	27.8	.198	.402	8.7	59.3	.155
54	54	1988-02-24		POR	W	113	112	109.9	108.9	102.8	.220	.099	.566	48.0	61.7	9.7	1.1	.533	12.3	18.4	.176	.551	12.6	78.4	.157
55	55	1988-02-26		MIL	W	132	96	131.7	95.8	100.3	.532	.104	.694	54.4	75.0	12.0	6.8	.643	14.4	29.0	.429	.367	11.5	67.8	.287
56	56	1988-02-28	@	DET	L	101	106	110.2	115.6	91.7	.317	.085	.540	44.0	72.5	6.5	2.5	.494	13.0	27.5	.244	.532	14.3	62.9	.278
57	57	1988-03-01	@	MIL	L	116	117	118.7	119.7	97.7	.461	.118	.635	45.7	74.4	2.0	4.7	.592	18.0	25.0	.342	.517	9.8	63.2	.281
58	58	1988-03-02		NJN	L	107	117	108.5	118.6	98.6	.436	.115	.576	51.4	59.0	11.2	6.2	.519	16.2	30.0	.333	.635	18.6	80.0	.311
59	59	1988-03-04		LAC	W	121	90	131.2	97.6	92.3	.202	.090	.624	55.9	72.0	5.4	11.8	.579	10.2	35.3	.202	.366	9.8	67.8	.314
60	60	1988-03-06		CLE	W	127	98	134.4	103.7	94.5	.275	.077	.623	55.9	49.0	16.9	2.6	.582	11.3	47.2	.231	.524	18.1	65.6	.146
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1988-03-09		SAS	W	119	118	123.2	122.2	96.6	.323	.237	.560	51.3	69.6	8.3	3.6	.527	7.8	37.8	.226	.593	13.7	71.0	.186
62	62	1988-03-11		IND	W	122	112	124.0	113.9	98.4	.409	.057	.587	55.0	62.2	6.1	7.4	.523	10.4	37.2	.341	.528	12.6	75.7	.216
63	63	1988-03-13		ATL	W	117	100	116.7	99.8	100.2	.267	.122	.582	51.1	58.3	7.0	10.7	.550	13.7	30.0	.200	.417	11.9	68.0	.278
64	64	1988-03-15	@	IND	W	119	113	121.0	114.9	98.4	.476	.085	.600	48.8	61.0	8.1	3.4	.524	9.2	25.6	.402	.500	10.2	68.9	.165
65	65	1988-03-18	@	CHI	L	103	113	114.6	125.7	89.9	.213	.125	.589	46.9	81.4	4.5	7.4	.556	15.5	36.1	.175	.495	6.0	55.6	.163
66	66	1988-03-20		CHI	W	137	107	132.5	103.5	103.4	.303	.067	.679	51.9	74.1	6.8	5.4	.629	7.3	17.6	.281	.473	11.0	77.8	.204
67	67	1988-03-23		WSB	W	104	89	114.8	98.3	90.6	.247	.164	.643	58.8	86.0	4.4	4.7	.623	14.7	18.5	.178	.421	6.7	79.2	.157
68	68	1988-03-25		PHI	L	93	97	96.8	101.0	96.0	.214	.238	.506	47.4	63.9	10.4	7.9	.464	16.4	27.3	.179	.500	18.3	73.5	.228
69	69	1988-03-26	@	NYK	W	118	106	124.0	111.4	95.2	.462	.128	.629	50.0	78.0	8.4	5.1	.551	13.0	29.4	.410	.464	10.6	67.5	.333
70	70	1988-03-28	@	NJN	W	106	105	116.7	115.6	90.9	.370	.123	.563	53.9	42.1	5.5	6.3	.488	13.7	35.9	.333	.524	9.7	73.0	.217
71	71	1988-03-30		HOU	W	117	110	117.7	110.7	99.4	.255	.082	.537	51.8	67.4	11.1	1.3	.490	9.2	37.8	.214	.541	16.5	68.4	.212
72	72	1988-04-01		DET	W	121	110	127.2	115.7	95.1	.360	.116	.607	58.4	59.1	7.4	3.9	.541	9.9	33.3	.326	.512	9.3	77.3	.286
73	73	1988-04-03		DAL	W	110	101	119.7	109.9	91.9	.254	.225	.697	39.4	95.2	10.9	7.1	.662	18.6	17.2	.225	.488	16.5	54.8	.198
74	74	1988-04-08		NJN	W	127	90	120.9	85.7	105.0	.364	.114	.622	42.7	75.0	15.2	10.5	.574	12.8	22.0	.295	.407	21.8	63.4	.296
75	75	1988-04-10	@	PHI	W	117	108	135.1	124.7	86.6	.238	.113	.662	47.0	71.4	10.4	7.1	.619	12.0	35.7	.225	.500	12.4	55.3	.440
76	76	1988-04-13		MIL	W	123	104	126.5	106.9	97.3	.494	.143	.656	56.1	82.2	4.1	5.7	.597	13.0	28.1	.403	.429	6.1	74.0	.286
77	77	1988-04-15	@	CLE	L	109	120	108.7	119.7	100.3	.174	.140	.589	50.0	55.3	6.0	5.6	.564	17.8	22.9	.140	.572	13.1	78.8	.434
78	78	1988-04-17	@	WSB	L	92	98	103.2	110.0	89.1	.284	.176	.553	43.8	69.4	9.0	2.6	.527	17.8	27.0	.189	.545	17.3	61.1	.182
79	79	1988-04-19		DET	W	121	110	130.0	118.2	93.1	.405	.041	.694	50.7	70.2	5.4	7.3	.642	13.8	26.9	.351	.506	10.8	65.1	.267
80	80	1988-04-21		CHI	W	126	119	124.6	117.7	101.1	.395	.058	.624	46.8	67.3	5.9	2.2	.576	9.8	21.2	.314	.546	11.1	65.9	.134
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
81	81	1988-04-22	@	ATL	L	106	133	114.5	143.6	92.6	.368	.066	.600	50.7	57.1	2.2	1.3	.566	19.2	38.9	.263	.640	5.7	63.6	.267
82	82	1988-04-24	@	CHI	L	108	115	114.2	121.6	94.6	.344	.078	.521	45.8	65.9	11.6	4.1	.467	8.0	29.2	.267	.539	13.2	68.6	.434

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