Detroit 91, New York 87

December 25, 1987

Regular Season

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: 14,549

Officials: N/A

Team Rebounds: Detroit (0) New York (0)

Technicals: Detroit (0) New York (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DET (16-5) 26 12 25 28 91
NYK (8-17) 25 19 24 19 87

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DET 97 94.0 89.9
NYK 97 89.9 94.0

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DET .443 0.186 0.383 0.161
NYK .458 0.217 0.293 0.119

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Joe Dumars Starter SG 44:00 9-17 0-1 1-4 9.2 2 4 6 3 1 0 0 3 19
40 Bill Laimbeer Starter C 43:00 7-18 0-0 5-5 20.9 5 11 16 4 4 2 2 2 19
10 Dennis Rodman Starter SF 28:00 2-8 0-0 0-6 1.0 5 3 8 1 4 2 0 3 4
22 John Salley Starter PF 43:00 8-13 0-0 5-9 15.9 5 4 9 2 4 0 2 2 21
11 Isiah Thomas Starter PG 37:00 9-23 1-2 2-2 9.8 0 3 3 8 3 2 0 4 21
00 William Bedford Bench C 05:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Vinnie Johnson Bench PG 33:00 3-7 0-0 1-4 8.2 1 4 5 7 2 1 0 3 7
35 Ralph Lewis Bench SG 07:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Team                                
        240 38-87 1-3 14-30 90.8 18 29 47 25 19 7 4 18 91
          43.7% 33.3% 46.7%                    

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Patrick Ewing Starter C 37:00 11-20 0-0 6-8 17.5 3 6 9 3 4 3 1 5 28
44 Sidney Green Starter PF 21:00 1-4 0-0 2-2 4.2 2 6 8 0 5 0 0 0 4
31 Mark Jackson Starter PG 41:00 6-11 0-0 1-2 13.8 0 3 3 12 3 1 0 4 13
4 Johnny Newman Starter SF 13:00 3-3 0-0 0-0 7.2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 6
21 Gerald Wilkins Starter SG 31:00 7-14 1-2 0-0 5.5 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 5 15
25 Bill Cartwright Bench C 11:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 5.2 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 6
42 Pat Cummings Bench PF 22:00 4-10 0-0 0-0 4.8 0 5 5 2 3 1 0 1 8
1 Billy Donovan Bench PG 07:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2
55 Louis Orr Bench PF 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3.0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0
6 Trent Tucker Bench SG 24:00 0-3 0-1 1-3 -0.6 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1
7 Kenny Walker Bench PF 30:00 2-11 0-0 0-0 -3.5 1 3 4 0 3 1 0 2 4
  Team                                
        240 38-84 1-3 10-15 92.1 12 29 41 25 28 9 1 21 87
          45.2% 33.3% 66.7%                    

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Isiah Thomas
19p, 3.9r, 8a		 Joe Dumars
14.4p, 2.8r, 5a		 Dennis Rodman
10.7p, 6.9r, 1.4a		 John Salley
10.1p, 5.5r, 1.6a		 Bill Laimbeer
17.2p, 10.4r, 2a
Rotation Vinnie Johnson
14.1p, 3.4r, 4.2a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Ralph Lewis
0.8p, 0.7r, 0.5a		  
 		  
 		 William Bedford
1.5p, 0.9r, 0.1a

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mark Jackson
11.5p, 4.3r, 9.4a		 Gerald Wilkins
15.5p, 3.2r, 3.4a		 Johnny Newman
5.4p, 1.3r, 0.6a		 Sidney Green
6.5p, 6.4r, 1.1a		 Patrick Ewing
20.8p, 8r, 1.9a
Rotation  
 		 Trent Tucker
6.8p, 1.8r, 1.5a		  
 		 Kenny Walker
10.2p, 5.5r, 1.2a		 Bill Cartwright
11p, 4.5r, 1.2a
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Pat Cummings
6.7p, 3.8r, 0.8a		  
 
Lim PT Billy Donovan
3.6p, 0.9r, 3.4a		  
 		  
 		 Louis Orr
2.4p, 2.2r, 0.6a		  
 

Today's Games

New York Knicks 87
Detroit Pistons 91
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