Boston 95, Detroit 102

April 30, 1989

Opening Round - Detroit wins 3-0

The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, Michigan)

Attendance: 21,454

Officials: Ron Garretson, Joe Crawford, Bill Oakes

Team Rebounds: Boston (0) Detroit (0)

Technicals: Boston (0) Detroit (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (42-40) 27 30 25 13 95
DET (63-19) 31 23 27 21 102

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 93 102.3 109.9
DET 93 109.9 102.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .469 0.162 0.244 0.235
DET .459 0.108 0.333 0.282

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
12 Otis Birdsong Starter SG 09:00 0-2 0-1 0-0 -3.2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
35 Reggie Lewis Starter SF 45:00 10-21 0-1 1-2 14.8 2 7 9 5 4 1 0 1 21
32 Kevin McHale Starter PF 40:00 4-13 0-0 5-8 10.0 4 7 11 3 5 1 0 1 13
00 Robert Parish Starter C 41:00 11-19 0-0 3-4 16.8 2 6 8 2 4 3 1 3 25
20 Brian Shaw Starter PG 42:00 8-14 0-1 4-4 12.8 1 5 6 4 4 0 0 2 20
3 Dennis Johnson Bench PG 22:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 3.5 1 1 2 5 5 1 0 0 2
53 Joe Kleine Bench C 26:00 3-4 0-0 6-7 6.6 1 5 6 1 5 0 1 4 12
54 Ed Pinckney Bench PF 09:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1.2 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 0
7 Kelvin Upshaw Bench PG 06:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2
  Team                                
        240 38-81 0-3 19-25 87.9 11 34 45 23 31 6 2 15 95
          46.9% 0.0% 76.0%                    

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
23 Mark Aguirre Starter SF 29:00 10-19 1-2 0-3 9.4 4 1 5 1 2 0 0 1 21
4 Joe Dumars Starter SG 33:00 5-14 0-0 3-3 7.9 0 2 2 5 0 1 0 1 13
40 Bill Laimbeer Starter PF 36:00 4-10 1-1 1-2 7.5 2 13 15 0 6 0 0 3 10
44 Rick Mahorn Starter C 29:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 3.8 3 5 8 0 4 1 0 1 2
11 Isiah Thomas Starter PG 39:00 9-20 0-2 8-9 19.1 2 2 4 8 2 2 2 3 26
53 James Edwards Bench C 09:00 2-3 0-0 2-2 5.0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 6
15 Vinnie Johnson Bench PG 24:00 5-10 0-0 8-10 9.0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 18
10 Dennis Rodman Bench PF 22:00 1-1 0-0 2-2 6.2 1 3 4 1 3 1 0 0 4
22 John Salley Bench C 19:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 2.2 1 3 4 0 4 0 2 0 2
  Team                                
        240 38-85 2-5 24-31 80.1 15 30 45 17 24 6 5 10 102
          44.7% 40.0% 77.4%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Brian Shaw
8.6p, 4.6r, 5.8a		 Otis Birdsong
2.8p, 1r, 0.7a		 Reggie Lewis
18.5p, 4.7r, 2.7a		 Kevin McHale
22.5p, 8.2r, 2.2a		 Robert Parish
18.6p, 12.5r, 2.2a
Rotation Dennis Johnson
10p, 2.6r, 6.6a		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Joe Kleine
6.5p, 5r, 0.9a
Lim PT Kelvin Upshaw
6.8p, 1.5r, 3.7a		  
 		  
 		 Ed Pinckney
11.5p, 5.6r, 1.5a		  
 

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Isiah Thomas
18.2p, 3.4r, 8.3a		 Joe Dumars
17.2p, 2.5r, 5.7a		 Mark Aguirre
18.9p, 4.8r, 3.5a		 Bill Laimbeer
13.7p, 9.6r, 2.2a		 Rick Mahorn
7.3p, 6.9r, 0.8a
Rotation Vinnie Johnson
13.8p, 3.1r, 3a		  
 		  
 		 Dennis Rodman
9p, 9.4r, 1.2a		 John Salley
7p, 5r, 1.1a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 James Edwards
7.3p, 3r, 0.6a

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