NBA 1961-62Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics117–109New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Sunday 17 December 1961
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1961-62Regular season
Meeting: 167th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Sam Jones	12–18	6–6	—	—	1	30
Tom Heinsohn	9–?	3–4	—	—	3	21
Frank Ramsey	9–?	1–1	—	—	2	19
Bill Russell	6–?	1–4	24	5	1	13
Bob Cousy	6–?	0–0	—	—	0	12
K.C. Jones	5–?	2–5	—	—	2	12
Tom Sanders	3–?	0–0	—	—	3	6
Jim Loscutoff	2–?	0–0	—	—	0	4
Team totals	52–18	13–20	24	5	12	117

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Richie Guerin	12–?	2–2	—	—	4	26
Johnny Green	9–?	3–5	21	—	1	21
Al Butler	9–?	0–0	—	—	0	18
Phil Jordon	6–?	1–2	—	—	3	13
Willie Naulls	6–?	0–0	—	—	4	12
Cleveland Buckner	3–?	2–3	—	—	0	8
Dave Budd	1–?	3–3	—	—	0	5
Darrall Imhoff	1–?	0–0	—	—	1	2
Donnie Butcher	1–?	0–0	—	—	2	2
George Blaney	1–?	0–0	—	—	0	2
Whitey Martin	0–?	0–0	—	—	1	0
Team totals	49–?	11–15	21	—	16	109

This season

New York Knicks 4, Boston Celtics 8 in NBA 1961-62.

28 Oct 1961New York Knicks 102–132 Boston Celtics
17 Nov 1961Boston Celtics 104–100 New York Knicks
25 Nov 1961New York Knicks 96–116 Boston Celtics
17 Dec 1961117–109 this game
21 Dec 1961New York Knicks 103–122 Boston Celtics
23 Dec 1961New York Knicks 111–122 Boston Celtics
29 Dec 1961Boston Celtics 100–110 New York Knicks
26 Jan 1962Boston Celtics 121–129 New York Knicks
4 Feb 1962New York Knicks 114–130 Boston Celtics
14 Feb 1962Boston Celtics 112–125 New York Knicks
16 Feb 1962New York Knicks 104–127 Boston Celtics
6 Mar 1962Boston Celtics 106–113 New York Knicks

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 22–3
New York Knicks: 8–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

25 Nov 1961New York Knicks 96–116 Boston Celtics
21 Dec 1961New York Knicks 103–122 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.