Boston Celtics Playoff Rosters

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1986-1987 Boston Celtics Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Danny Ainge SG 6-4 175 Mar 17, 1959 28 Brigham Young 5 1981 2nd Rnd, #31, Boston Celtics
Larry Bird PF 6-9 220 Dec 7, 1956 30 Indiana State 7 1978 1st Rnd, #6, Boston Celtics
Rick Carlisle SG 6-5 210 Oct 27, 1959 27 Virginia 2 1984 3rd Rnd, #70, Boston Celtics
Darren Daye FC 6-8 220 Nov 30, 1960 26 UCLA 3 1983 3rd Rnd, #57, Washington Wizards
Conner Henry GF 6-7 195 Jul 21, 1963 23 UC Santa Barbara 0 1986 4th Rnd, #89, Houston Rockets
Dennis Johnson SG 6-4 185 Sep 18, 1954 32 Pepperdine 10 1976 2nd Rnd, #41, Seattle SuperSonics
Greg Kite C 6-11 250 Aug 5, 1961 25 Brigham Young 3 1983 1st Rnd, #21, Boston Celtics
Kevin McHale PF 6-10 210 Dec 19, 1957 29 Minnesota 6 1980 1st Rnd, #3, Boston Celtics
Robert Parish C 7-0 230 Aug 30, 1953 33 Centenary 9 1976 1st Rnd, #16, Golden State Warriors
Fred Roberts FC 6-10 218 Aug 14, 1960 26 Brigham Young 4 1982 2nd Rnd, #27, Milwaukee Bucks
Jerry Sichting PG 6-1 168 Nov 29, 1956 30 Purdue 7 1979 4th Rnd, #82, Golden State Warriors
Sam Vincent PG 6-2 185 May 18, 1963 23 Michigan State 1 1985 1st Rnd, #20, Boston Celtics
Bill Walton C 6-11 235 Nov 5, 1952 34 UCLA 12 1974 1st Rnd, #1, Portland Trail Blazers
Scott Wedman GF 6-7 215 Jul 29, 1952 34 Colorado 12 1974 1st Rnd, #6, Kansas City Kings

1986-1987 Playoff Matchups

Eastern Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Boston Celtics #8 Chicago Bulls BOS in 3
First Round #2 Atlanta Hawks #7 Indiana Pacers ATL in 4
First Round #3 Detroit Pistons #6 Washington Bullets DET in 3
First Round #4 Milwaukee Bucks #5 Philadelphia Sixers MIL in 5
Second Round #1 Boston Celtics #4 Milwaukee Bucks BOS in 7
Second Round #2 Atlanta Hawks #3 Detroit Pistons DET in 5
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Detroit Pistons BOS in 7

Western Conference
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
First Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #8 Denver Nuggets LAL in 3
First Round #2 Dallas Mavericks #7 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 4
First Round #3 Portland Trail Blazers #6 Houston Rockets HOU in 4
First Round #4 Utah Jazz #5 Golden State Warriors GSW in 5
Second Round #1 Los Angeles Lakers #5 Golden State Warriors LAL in 5
Second Round #6 Houston Rockets #7 Seattle SuperSonics SEA in 6
Conference Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #7 Seattle SuperSonics LAL in 4

NBA Finals
DescriptionHomeAwayResult
NBA Finals #1 Los Angeles Lakers #1 Boston Celtics LAL in 6

1986-1987 Boston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Larry Bird 23 44.1 27.0 10.0 7.2 1.2 0.8 3.1
Kevin McHale 21 39.4 21.1 9.2 1.9 0.3 1.4 2.6
Dennis Johnson 23 41.9 18.9 4.0 8.9 0.7 0.3 1.9
Robert Parish 21 35.0 18.0 9.4 1.3 0.9 1.7 1.8
Danny Ainge 20 38.0 14.8 2.6 4.6 1.2 0.2 2.0
Darren Daye 23 10.4 5.0 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.8
Fred Roberts 20 13.3 4.5 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.6
Jerry Sichting 23 14.7 3.4 0.9 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.4
Sam Vincent 17 8.3 4.4 0.7 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.6
Bill Walton 12 8.5 2.4 2.6 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.7
Conner Henry 11 3.2 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
Greg Kite 20 8.6 0.8 2.3 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.3

1986-1987 Boston Celtics Opening Round Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Chicago Leaders
Apr 23, 1987
v.
Chicago		 W, 108-104 Boston Garden
Opening Round 		1-0 PTS: 21. Kevin McHale
REB: 11. R. Parish
AST: 13. Larry Bird 		PTS: 35. M. Jordan
REB: 12. C. Oakley
AST: 7. M. Jordan
Apr 26, 1987
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Chicago		 W, 105-96 Boston Garden
Opening Round 		2-0 PTS: 29. Larry Bird
REB: 10. R. Parish
AST: 8. Larry Bird 		PTS: 42. M. Jordan
REB: 15. C. Oakley
AST: 4. M. Jordan
Apr 28, 1987
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Chicago		 W, 94-105 Chicago Stadium
Opening Round 		3-0 PTS: 32. Larry Bird
REB: 14. Larry Bird
AST: 10. D. Johnson 		PTS: 30. M. Jordan
REB: 19. C. Oakley
AST: 7. M. Jordan

1986-1987 Boston Celtics Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Milwaukee Leaders
May 5, 1987
v.
Milwaukee		 W, 111-98 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		1-0 PTS: 40. Larry Bird
REB: 12. R. Parish
AST: 7. Larry Bird 		PTS: 28. T. Cummings
REB: 12. T. Cummings
AST: 8. Paul Pressey
May 6, 1987
v.
Milwaukee		 W, 126-124 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		2-0 PTS: 30. Danny Ainge
REB: 10. Larry Bird
AST: 10. D. Johnson 		PTS: 28. T. Cummings
REB: 14. Jack Sikma
AST: 6. Paul Pressey
May 8, 1987
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Milwaukee		 L, 126-121 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		2-1 PTS: 32. D. Johnson
REB: 16. R. Parish
AST: 14. D. Johnson 		PTS: 30. John Lucas
REB: 12. T. Cummings
AST: 7. Paul Pressey
May 10, 1987
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Milwaukee		 W, 137-138 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		3-1 PTS: 42. Larry Bird
REB: 11. Kevin McHale
AST: 12. D. Johnson 		PTS: 31. T. Cummings
REB: 11. T. Cummings
AST: 11. Paul Pressey
May 13, 1987
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Milwaukee		 L, 124-129 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		3-2 PTS: 30. R. Parish
REB: 16. R. Parish
AST: 12. Larry Bird 		PTS: 33. S. Moncrief
REB: 9. Jack Sikma
AST: 10. Paul Pressey
May 15, 1987
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Milwaukee		 L, 121-111 UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
Conference Semi Finals 		3-3 PTS: 25. D. Johnson
REB: 16. Kevin McHale
AST: 14. D. Johnson 		PTS: 34. S. Moncrief
REB: 11. T. Cummings
AST: 11. Paul Pressey
May 17, 1987
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Milwaukee		 W, 119-113 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		4-3 PTS: 31. Larry Bird
REB: 19. R. Parish
AST: 10. D. Johnson 		PTS: 28. Paul Pressey
REB: 10. Jack Sikma
AST: 8. Paul Pressey

1986-1987 Boston Celtics Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Detroit Leaders
May 19, 1987
v.
Detroit		 W, 104-91 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		1-0 PTS: 31. R. Parish
REB: 16. Larry Bird
AST: 11. Larry Bird 		PTS: 18. Isiah Thomas
REB: 11. Rick Mahorn
AST: 10. Isiah Thomas
May 21, 1987
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Detroit		 W, 110-101 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		2-0 PTS: 31. Larry Bird
REB: 9. Larry Bird
AST: 12. Larry Bird 		PTS: 36. Isiah Thomas
REB: 17. B. Laimbeer
AST: 10. Isiah Thomas
May 23, 1987
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Detroit		 L, 122-104 Silverdome
Conference Finals 		2-1 PTS: 18. Sam Vincent
REB: 11. Larry Bird
AST: 8. D. Johnson 		PTS: 25. A. Dantley
REB: 12. Rick Mahorn
AST: 8. V. Johnson
May 24, 1987
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Detroit		 L, 145-119 Silverdome
Conference Finals 		2-2 PTS: 18. Sam Vincent
REB: 9. Kevin McHale
AST: 7. Sam Vincent 		PTS: 32. A. Dantley
REB: 13. B. Laimbeer
AST: 8. Isiah Thomas
May 26, 1987
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Detroit		 W, 108-107 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		3-2 PTS: 36. Larry Bird
REB: 12. Larry Bird
AST: 9. Larry Bird 		PTS: 25. A. Dantley
REB: 14. B. Laimbeer
AST: 11. Isiah Thomas
May 28, 1987
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Detroit		 L, 113-105 Silverdome
Conference Finals 		3-3 PTS: 35. Larry Bird
REB: 12. Kevin McHale
AST: 11. D. Johnson 		PTS: 24. V. Johnson
REB: 18. Rick Mahorn
AST: 9. Isiah Thomas
May 30, 1987
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Detroit		 W, 117-114 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		4-3 PTS: 37. Larry Bird
REB: 11. R. Parish
AST: 11. D. Johnson 		PTS: 35. Joe Dumars
REB: 13. B. Laimbeer
AST: 9. Isiah Thomas

1986-1987 Boston Celtics NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Jun 2, 1987
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 126-113 The Forum
NBA Finals 		0-1 PTS: 32. Larry Bird
REB: 7. Larry Bird
AST: 13. D. Johnson 		PTS: 33. James Worthy
REB: 10. K. Abdul-Jabbar
AST: 13. M. Johnson
Jun 4, 1987
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 141-122 The Forum
NBA Finals 		0-2 PTS: 23. Larry Bird
REB: 14. R. Parish
AST: 9. D. Johnson 		PTS: 24. Byron Scott
REB: 5. M. Johnson
AST: 20. M. Johnson
Jun 7, 1987
v.
L.A. Lakers		 W, 109-103 Boston Garden
NBA Finals 		1-2 PTS: 30. Larry Bird
REB: 12. Larry Bird
AST: 5. Kevin McHale 		PTS: 32. M. Johnson
REB: 11. M. Johnson
AST: 9. M. Johnson
Jun 9, 1987
v.
L.A. Lakers		 L, 106-107 Boston Garden
NBA Finals 		1-3 PTS: 25. Kevin McHale
REB: 13. Kevin McHale
AST: 14. D. Johnson 		PTS: 29. M. Johnson
REB: 11. K. Abdul-Jabbar
AST: 5. M. Johnson
Jun 11, 1987
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L.A. Lakers		 W, 123-108 Boston Garden
NBA Finals 		2-3 PTS: 25. D. Johnson
REB: 14. Kevin McHale
AST: 11. D. Johnson 		PTS: 29. M. Johnson
REB: 8. M. Johnson
AST: 12. M. Johnson
Jun 14, 1987
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 106-93 The Forum
NBA Finals 		2-4 PTS: 33. D. Johnson
REB: 10. D. Johnson
AST: 6. Danny Ainge 		PTS: 32. K. Abdul-Jabbar
REB: 9. M. Thompson
AST: 19. M. Johnson