NBA 1953-54Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics85–87New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 16 February 1954
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1953-54Regular season
Meeting: 71st meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Ed Macauley	4–?	8–9	—	—	2	16
Bob Cousy	6–?	2–4	—	—	4	14
Bill Sharman	4–?	4–6	—	—	5	12
Bob Brannum	4–?	2–2	—	—	6	10
Bob Donham	3–?	4–7	—	—	4	10
Bob Harris	4–?	1–2	—	—	4	9
Jack Nichols	3–?	1–4	—	—	3	7
Don Barksdale	2–?	1–3	—	—	3	5
Ernie Barrett	1–?	0–0	—	—	2	2
Chuck Cooper	0–?	0–2	—	—	0	0
Team totals	31–?	23–39	—	—	33	85

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dick McGuire	7–?	7–8	8	8	2	21
Carl Braun	4–?	11–12	—	—	4	19
Harry Gallatin	2–?	11–13	—	—	3	15
Nat Clifton	6–?	0–2	—	—	3	12
Fred Schaus	4–?	3–4	—	—	4	11
Al McGuire	1–?	2–3	—	—	4	4
Connie Simmons	1–?	1–3	—	—	4	3
Jim Baechtold	0–?	2–2	—	—	1	2
Vince Boryla	0–?	0–2	—	—	2	0
Team totals	25–?	37–49	8	8	27	87

This season

New York Knicks 5, Boston Celtics 7 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 1954New York Knicks 87–78 Boston Celtics
11 Feb 1954New York Knicks 81–84 Boston Celtics
14 Feb 1954New York Knicks 89–103 Boston Celtics
16 Feb 195485–87 this game
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

Boston Celtics: 30–26
New York Knicks: 35–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

14 Feb 1954New York Knicks 89–103 Boston Celtics
1 Mar 1954Boston Celtics 71–86 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.