Detroit 85, New York 88

December 22, 1988

Regular Season

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: 19,591

Officials: Ron Olesiak, Jake O'Donnell, Tommy Nunez

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

Technicals: Detroit (0) New York (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DET (18-7) 24 27 17 17 85
NYK (18-7) 28 21 21 18 88

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DET 99 85.7 88.8
NYK 99 88.8 85.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DET .423 0.272 0.367 0.167
NYK .422 0.242 0.293 0.299

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
45 Adrian Dantley Starter SF 31:00 3-8 0-0 2-3 3.1 1 3 4 3 4 2 0 4 8
4 Joe Dumars Starter SG 31:00 3-9 0-0 3-3 10.1 1 4 5 6 0 2 0 3 9
40 Bill Laimbeer Starter C 37:00 4-12 1-2 0-0 9.2 2 9 11 5 5 0 2 4 9
44 Rick Mahorn Starter PF 34:00 7-9 0-1 0-1 15.9 6 8 14 1 4 1 1 4 14
11 Isiah Thomas Starter PG 38:00 5-18 0-2 3-4 0.0 0 4 4 7 4 0 0 6 13
53 James Edwards Bench C 05:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
15 Vinnie Johnson Bench SG 26:00 8-16 0-0 3-4 8.2 2 1 3 1 2 2 0 2 19
10 Dennis Rodman Bench PF 22:00 4-6 0-0 0-0 8.5 2 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 8
22 John Salley Bench C 16:00 0-4 0-0 3-6 0.8 4 0 4 1 2 1 1 3 3
  Team                                
        240 35-84 1-5 14-21 97.9 18 31 49 25 23 8 6 27 85
          41.7% 20.0% 66.7%                    

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 32:00 4-9 0-0 1-2 8.8 2 5 7 2 5 3 1 2 9
31 Mark Jackson Starter PG 33:00 6-23 1-4 2-4 -0.2 2 2 4 3 4 2 0 3 15
4 Johnny Newman Starter SF 25:00 1-3 1-1 2-3 0.9 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 5
34 Charles Oakley Starter PF 37:00 5-11 0-0 3-4 11.8 3 8 11 2 3 2 0 3 13
21 Gerald Wilkins Starter SG 30:00 3-9 0-0 2-2 6.5 1 2 3 5 1 2 0 3 8
44 Sidney Green Bench PF 16:00 2-3 0-0 8-8 4.8 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 4 12
11 Rod Strickland Bench PG 16:00 4-10 2-5 1-2 7.2 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 11
6 Trent Tucker Bench SG 18:00 2-4 1-3 1-2 8.5 0 5 5 3 1 2 0 2 6
7 Kenny Walker Bench PF 23:00 1-2 0-0 2-2 5.2 1 2 3 0 2 2 1 1 4
45 Eddie Lee Wilkins Bench PF 10:00 2-3 0-0 1-1 1.9 1 2 3 0 4 1 0 2 5
  Team                                
        240 30-77 5-13 23-30 95.2 12 29 41 19 27 17 4 24 88
          39.0% 38.5% 76.7%                    

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Isiah Thomas
18.1p, 3.5r, 8.8a
Joe Dumars
16.2p, 2.3r, 4.8a
Adrian Dantley
18.3p, 3.6r, 1.9a
Rick Mahorn
7.8p, 7.6r, 1.2a
Bill Laimbeer
11.9p, 9r, 2.6a
Rotation  
 
Vinnie Johnson
10.4p, 2.8r, 2.8a
 
 
Dennis Rodman
8.3p, 7.3r, 1a
John Salley
7.1p, 4.6r, 1.1a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Edwards
7.1p, 2.7r, 0.5a

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mark Jackson
17.3p, 4.5r, 8.3a
Gerald Wilkins
15.7p, 2.8r, 3.6a
Johnny Newman
18.3p, 2.7r, 2a
Charles Oakley
11.1p, 10.3r, 2.1a
Patrick Ewing
22p, 9.3r, 2.4a
Rotation Rod Strickland
8.9p, 1.8r, 3.9a
Trent Tucker
8.6p, 2.2r, 1.5a
 
 
Kenny Walker
6.4p, 3.3r, 0.4a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Sidney Green
6.7p, 5r, 0.7a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Eddie Lee Wilkins
4.7p, 2r, 0.1a
 
 

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