NBA 1951-52Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics86–87New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Monday 31 December 1951
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1951-52Regular season
Meeting: 41st meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	PF	PTS
Ed Macauley	7–?	13–15	—	1	27
Bob Cousy	7–?	4–5	—	6	18
Chuck Cooper	4–?	4–5	—	4	12
Bob Harris	2–?	5–7	—	2	9
Bones McKinney	4–?	1–2	—	5	9
Bob Donham	2–?	3–7	—	5	7
Bob Brannum	2–?	0–2	—	4	4
Bill Sharman	0–?	0–0	—	2	0
Team totals	28–?	30–43	—	29	86

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	PF	PTS
Max Zaslofsky	10–?	10–11	—	6	30
Vince Boryla	6–?	4–5	—	5	16
Harry Gallatin	5–?	5–5	21	4	15
Ernie Vandeweghe	2–?	4–4	—	5	8
Connie Simmons	2–?	2–2	—	5	6
Nat Clifton	1–?	3–3	—	6	5
George Kaftan	2–?	0–0	—	1	4
Al McGuire	0–?	3–4	—	3	3
Dick McGuire	0–?	0–1	—	1	0
Team totals	28–?	31–35	21	36	87

This season

New York Knicks 7, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1951-52.

18 Nov 1951New York Knicks 93–92 Boston Celtics
24 Nov 1951Boston Celtics 70–68 New York Knicks
9 Dec 1951New York Knicks 94–103 Boston Celtics
30 Dec 1951New York Knicks 90–100 Boston Celtics
31 Dec 195186–87 this game
2 Feb 1952Boston Celtics 83–91 New York Knicks
3 Feb 1952New York Knicks 95–100 Boston Celtics
1 Mar 1952Boston Celtics 86–105 New York Knicks
2 Mar 1952New York Knicks 89–87 Boston Celtics
19 Mar 1952New York Knicks 94–105 Boston Celtics
23 Mar 1952Boston Celtics 97–101 New York Knicks
26 Mar 1952New York Knicks 88–87 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 17–9
New York Knicks: 13–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: New York Knicks 226, Boston Celtics 343.

30 Dec 1951New York Knicks 90–100 Boston Celtics
2 Feb 1952Boston Celtics 83–91 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.