1987–88 Boston Celtics season
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The 1987–88 Boston Celtics season was the 42nd season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Coming from an NBA Finals defeat to their rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers in six games, the Celtics finished first place in the Eastern Conference with 57 wins and 25 losses, with Larry Bird being selected to the All-NBA First Team. Bird, Kevin McHale and Danny Ainge were all selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game. In the first round of the playoffs, they defeated the New York Knicks in four games. In the semi-finals, the Celtics trailed 3–2 to Dominique Wilkins and the Atlanta Hawks, but won the final two games. They advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the fifth consecutive time, becoming the first team to do so since the 1968–69 Boston Celtics (which reached the previous thirteen). However, they would lose to Isiah Thomas and the 2nd-seeded Detroit Pistons in six games.
1987–88 Boston Celtics season | |||
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Division champions | |||
Head coach | K. C. Jones | ||
General manager | Jan Volk | ||
Owners | Don Gaston Alan N. Cohen Paul Dupee | ||
Arena | Boston Garden Hartford Civic Center | ||
Results | |||
Record | 57–25 (.695) | ||
Place | Division: 1st (Atlantic) Conference: 1st (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | Eastern Conference finals (lost to Pistons 2–4) | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Local media | |||
Television | SportsChannel New England (Mike Gorman, Tom Heinsohn) WLVI, WTXX, WTIC-TV (Gil Santos, Bob Cousy) | ||
Radio | WEEI, WTIC Radio (Johnny Most, Glenn Ordway) | ||
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