Boston 109, Denver 130

December 27, 1988

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 17,022

Officials: Bruce Alexander, Joe Borgia, Earl Strom

Team Rebounds: Boston (0) Denver (0)

Technicals: Boston (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (12-13) 21 25 31 32 109
DEN (16-11) 21 36 40 33 130

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 116 94.1 112.3
DEN 116 112.3 94.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .465 0.207 0.362 0.172
DEN .524 0.130 0.269 0.202

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
44 Danny Ainge Starter SG 32:00 10-20 2-5 0-0 9.8 0 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 22
3 Dennis Johnson Starter PG 25:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 5.5 0 4 4 5 1 1 0 4 4
54 Brad Lohaus Starter PF 14:00 0-4 0-0 0-0 -6.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0
32 Kevin McHale Starter SF 34:00 9-14 0-0 5-8 20.0 5 4 9 2 1 2 1 2 23
00 Robert Parish Starter C 30:00 4-13 0-0 3-6 6.8 4 7 11 1 1 0 1 3 11
42 Mark Acres Bench C 13:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 -0.2 3 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 2
34 Kevin Gamble Bench SF 08:00 1-5 0-0 1-2 -3.5 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3
31 Ronnie Grandison Bench SF 11:00 3-5 0-0 4-6 5.2 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 10
35 Reggie Lewis Bench SF 28:00 3-6 0-0 0-2 6.5 2 5 7 4 4 2 2 6 6
4 Jim Paxson Bench SG 14:00 2-7 0-1 1-3 -1.4 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 5
45 Ramon Rivas Bench PF 08:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 0.8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
20 Brian Shaw Bench PG 23:00 10-17 0-0 1-1 15.6 1 3 4 3 3 3 1 1 21
  Team                                
        240 45-99 2-6 17-30 97.0 17 30 47 18 26 10 5 24 109
          45.5% 33.3% 56.7%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
14 Michael Adams Starter PG 32:00 9-20 3-8 1-2 26.5 2 5 7 12 1 3 0 0 22
42 Wayne Cooper Starter PF 22:00 2-5 0-0 0-0 6.8 2 4 6 1 3 0 2 0 4
2 Alex English Starter SF 36:00 15-32 0-0 7-10 19.5 4 1 5 6 1 1 0 1 37
34 Danny Schayes Starter C 27:00 5-7 0-0 9-9 19.1 1 11 12 1 3 1 1 2 19
21 Elston Turner Starter SG 20:00 0-3 0-0 0-0 2.5 0 3 3 2 1 2 0 1 0
6 Walter Davis Bench SF 20:00 9-11 0-0 0-0 12.0 0 1 1 3 3 2 0 2 18
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 08:00 1-1 0-0 0-2 -1.5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2
35 Jerome Lane Bench SF 18:00 4-9 0-0 0-4 3.5 2 1 3 7 2 0 0 5 8
33 Calvin Natt Bench SF 19:00 4-5 0-0 4-5 11.9 1 6 7 1 2 1 0 1 12
41 Blair Rasmussen Bench C 31:00 4-9 0-0 0-0 6.2 2 4 6 1 4 1 0 0 8
30 Jay Vincent Bench SF 07:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 -1.5 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0
  Team                                
        240 53-104 3-8 21-32 127.0 14 38 52 34 23 11 4 15 130
          51.0% 37.5% 65.6%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Dennis Johnson
8.4p, 2.1r, 7a		 Danny Ainge
18p, 3.5r, 5.3a		 Kevin McHale
22.6p, 7.9r, 2.4a		 Brad Lohaus
6.9p, 3.7r, 1.6a		 Robert Parish
18.4p, 12.2r, 2a
Rotation Brian Shaw
8.3p, 3.4r, 5.5a		 Jim Paxson
8.1p, 1.7r, 2a		 Reggie Lewis
11.7p, 3.8r, 1.6a		  
 		 Mark Acres
2.6p, 2.8r, 0.3a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Ronnie Grandison
2.4p, 1.2r, 0.2a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Kevin Gamble
1p, 0r, 0.3a		 Ramon Rivas
1.6p, 0.9r, 0.1a		  
 

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Adams
21.5p, 3.9r, 7a		 Elston Turner
5.8p, 4.1r, 2.4a		 Alex English
28.3p, 4.4r, 4.7a		 Wayne Cooper
6p, 7.8r, 1.1a		 Danny Schayes
12.5p, 7.1r, 1.8a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Walter Davis
18.2p, 2r, 2.6a		  
 		 Blair Rasmussen
8.4p, 3.9r, 0.7a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Calvin Natt
6p, 5r, 0.5a		  
 		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Jerome Lane
4.9p, 3.3r, 1.2a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Bill Hanzlik
2p, 0r, 0a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Jay Vincent
0p, 2r, 0a		  
 		  
 

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