NBA 1959-60Regular season

Final

New York Knicks116–119Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date: Saturday 19 December 1959
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1959-60Regular season
Meeting: 143rd meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Kenny Sears	11–17	3–5	12	1	3	25
Richie Guerin	9–18	6–10	7	8	3	24
Willie Naulls	9–19	5–6	11	3	1	23
Carl Braun	9–13	0–0	3	2	3	18
Jim Palmer	4–7	2–2	7	1	1	10
Charlie Tyra	3–9	0–2	7	1	3	6
Bob Anderegg	2–5	0–3	1	2	1	4
Johnny Green	2–5	0–0	7	1	3	4
Jack George	1–7	0–0	1	5	4	2
Mike Farmer	0–4	0–0	1	1	1	0
Team totals	50–104	16–28	57	25	23	116

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bill Sharman	9–20	7–7	4	3	3	25
Sam Jones	10–12	2–2	4	0	1	22
Bob Cousy	8–21	3–4	3	6	3	19
Frank Ramsey	7–18	3–3	8	3	1	17
Bill Russell	7–16	1–9	39	6	3	15
Tom Heinsohn	5–17	1–2	9	2	4	11
Gene Conley	1–2	2–2	3	0	3	4
Jim Loscutoff	1–4	0–0	1	1	5	2
John Richter	1–3	0–0	1	0	1	2
K.C. Jones	1–4	0–0	1	2	0	2
Team totals	50–117	19–29	73	23	24	119

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 1959New York Knicks 126–137 Boston Celtics
19 Dec 1959116–119 this game
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: 8–19
Boston Celtics: 23–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Dec 1959New York Knicks 126–137 Boston Celtics
25 Dec 1959Boston Celtics 123–119 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.