NBA 1959-60Regular season

Final

New York Knicks126–137Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date: Thursday 17 December 1959
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1959-60Regular season
Meeting: 142nd meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Richie Guerin	15–28	12–16	—	5	3	42
Mike Farmer	11–19	0–0	—	1	2	22
Bob Anderegg	6–14	2–2	—	8	4	14
Kenny Sears	2–7	8–9	11	2	2	12
Charlie Tyra	5–18	0–0	—	2	3	10
Jim Palmer	4–5	1–1	—	5	1	9
Johnny Green	3–14	0–2	18	1	2	6
Willie Naulls	3–10	0–0	—	2	0	6
Jack George	1–7	1–1	—	6	2	3
Carl Braun	1–3	0–0	—	0	1	2
Team totals	51–125	24–31	29	32	20	126

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Tom Heinsohn	15–22	2–3	12	3	4	32
Bob Cousy	13–23	5–5	—	12	3	31
Bill Sharman	7–23	7–8	—	1	2	21
Bill Russell	7–18	3–4	27	5	1	17
Frank Ramsey	4–17	4–5	—	1	1	12
Sam Jones	5–8	0–0	—	3	2	10
Jim Loscutoff	2–8	2–2	—	0	1	6
John Richter	2–3	0–0	—	0	4	4
K.C. Jones	1–4	1–1	—	2	3	3
Gene Conley	0–1	1–2	—	0	3	1
Team totals	56–127	25–30	39	27	24	137

This season

Boston Celtics 12, New York Knicks 1 in NBA 1959-60.

31 Oct 1959Boston Celtics 123–109 New York Knicks
21 Nov 1959Boston Celtics 128–127 New York Knicks
4 Dec 1959New York Knicks 107–122 Boston Celtics
8 Dec 1959Boston Celtics 121–105 New York Knicks
17 Dec 1959126–137 this game
19 Dec 1959New York Knicks 116–119 Boston Celtics
25 Dec 1959Boston Celtics 123–119 New York Knicks
20 Jan 1960New York Knicks 126–144 Boston Celtics
6 Feb 1960Boston Celtics 143–117 New York Knicks
7 Feb 1960New York Knicks 142–135 Boston Celtics
18 Feb 1960New York Knicks 104–109 Boston Celtics
28 Feb 1960Boston Celtics 129–125 New York Knicks
9 Mar 1960New York Knicks 128–148 Boston Celtics

Records going in

New York Knicks: 8–18
Boston Celtics: 22–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

8 Dec 1959Boston Celtics 121–105 New York Knicks
19 Dec 1959New York Knicks 116–119 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.