NBA 1953-54Regular season

Final

New York Knicks87–78Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 7 February 1954
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1953-54Regular season
Meeting: 68th meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	AST	PF	PTS
Harry Gallatin	48:00	6–10	7–10	1	2	19
Jim Baechtold	39:00	2–8	2–3	5	5	6
Nat Clifton	34:00	3–11	4–6	1	3	10
Dick McGuire	31:00	6–9	5–7	4	4	17
Fred Schaus	28:00	3–8	4–4	2	2	10
Carl Braun	24:00	5–10	8–9	3	4	18
Connie Simmons	14:00	1–2	1–2	1	2	3
Al McGuire	—	1–1	2–4	4	3	4
Team totals	218:00	27–59	33–45	21	25	87

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	AST	PF	PTS
Ed Macauley	40:00	7–15	6–7	5	3	20
Bob Cousy	37:00	6–16	6–6	6	5	18
Bill Sharman	30:00	5–7	6–7	3	2	16
Bob Brannum	26:00	0–4	0–1	1	5	0
Don Barksdale	23:00	3–7	3–4	0	5	9
Jack Nichols	23:00	1–6	1–1	4	3	3
Bob Donham	22:00	2–5	2–3	5	4	6
Bob Harris	17:00	0–3	0–0	1	5	0
Chuck Cooper	15:00	2–6	0–2	0	3	4
Ernie Barrett	7:00	1–2	0–0	0	3	2
Team totals	240:00	27–71	24–31	25	38	78

This season

Boston Celtics 7, New York Knicks 5 in NBA 1953-54.

24 Nov 1953New York Knicks 103–92 Boston Celtics
25 Nov 1953New York Knicks 84–96 Boston Celtics
10 Dec 1953Boston Celtics 113–108 New York Knicks
31 Dec 1953Boston Celtics 95–74 New York Knicks
17 Jan 1954New York Knicks 87–84 Boston Celtics
7 Feb 195487–78 this game
11 Feb 1954New York Knicks 81–84 Boston Celtics
14 Feb 1954New York Knicks 89–103 Boston Celtics
16 Feb 1954Boston Celtics 85–87 New York Knicks
1 Mar 1954Boston Celtics 71–86 New York Knicks
16 Mar 1954Boston Celtics 93–71 New York Knicks
20 Mar 1954New York Knicks 78–79 Boston Celtics

Records going in

New York Knicks: 33–17
Boston Celtics: 26–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Jan 1954New York Knicks 87–84 Boston Celtics
11 Feb 1954New York Knicks 81–84 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.