Celtics 98-97 Pistons (7 Apr, 1996) Box Score

Detroit Pistons

41-33, 15-22 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	19	28	19	31	97
BOS	23	21	26	28	98

Boston Celtics

30-45, 17-21 home

Detroit Pistons

starters
D. Reid F
G. Hill SF
O. Thorpe C
A. Houston SG
J. Dumars G
bench
T. Mills F
M. Curry SF
T. Ratliff C
L. Hunter SG
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	2-2	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	6
43	6-20	0-0	4-7	2	8	10	10	1	0	5	2	0	16
40	7-15	0-0	2-5	4	5	9	3	0	0	1	4	0	16
38	10-21	3-7	3-3	2	4	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	26
30	3-5	2-4	2-4	0	3	3	3	1	0	2	2	0	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	6
19	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	4
22	2-4	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	6
23	3-12	1-4	0-0	1	4	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	7
	37-85	8-18	15-23	12	32	44	18	5	2	11	23		97
	43.5%	44.4%	65.2%

Boston Celtics

starters
P. Ellison F
R. Fox SF
A. Lister C
D. Wesley SG
G. Minor G
bench
E. Williams PF
J. Burrough F
D. Barros PG
D. Brown G
T. Day G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
38	6-10	0-0	6-7	4	8	12	3	1	1	2	3	0	18
24	3-7	2-6	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	4	0	8
23	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	9	12	0	0	2	3	4	0	2
36	4-11	1-5	3-4	0	4	4	4	0	0	2	1	0	12
23	6-11	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	4-14	0-0	3-6	3	5	8	1	1	0	0	3	0	11
6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	2-4	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	4
27	4-10	2-3	5-6	2	3	5	4	0	0	0	2	0	15
26	6-12	2-2	2-4	0	3	3	1	1	2	1	3	0	16
	36-82	7-17	19-27	13	38	51	20	5	6	11	23		98
	43.9%	41.2%	70.4%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 2-0

Pistons
96
Celtics
100

Game 1

30/11

Pistons
97
Celtics
98

Game 2

7/4

Celtics
96
Pistons
105

Game 3

15/4

TD Garden

5:30 PM, 7 April 1996

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,624

Referees:
Dick Bavetta
Woody Mayfield
Greg Willard

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	.000	-	-
Cleveland	.000	-	-
Detroit	.000	-	-
Indiana	.000	-	-
Milwaukee	.000	-	-

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	.000	-	-
Brooklyn	.000	-	-
New York	.000	-	-
Philadelphia	.000	-	-
Toronto	.000	-	-

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BOS leads 2-0

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