NBA 1961-62Regular season

Final

New York Knicks111–122Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date: Saturday 23 December 1961
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1961-62Regular season
Meeting: 169th meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Willie Naulls	13–27	2–2	14	4	4	28
Richie Guerin	12–30	3–5	10	11	4	27
Phil Jordon	10–22	1–2	10	1	3	21
Johnny Green	8–13	0–3	18	4	0	16
Al Butler	4–7	6–7	4	3	4	14
Dave Budd	2–4	0–0	2	1	1	4
Donnie Butcher	0–3	1–1	2	2	3	1
Cleveland Buckner	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0
Darrall Imhoff	0–1	0–0	2	0	0	0
Team totals	49–107	13–20	62	28	21	111

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bill Russell	12–17	7–10	24	9	2	31
Sam Jones	12–22	2–3	5	1	2	26
Tom Heinsohn	9–18	3–3	9	1	5	21
Bob Cousy	5–16	4–5	2	14	2	14
Frank Ramsey	6–13	0–0	4	4	3	12
Gary Phillips	2–3	2–2	0	1	0	6
K.C. Jones	3–7	0–0	3	3	1	6
Tom Sanders	2–7	0–2	2	0	0	4
Jim Loscutoff	1–6	0–1	8	1	0	2
Team totals	52–109	18–26	57	34	15	122

This season

Boston Celtics 8, New York Knicks 4 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 1961Boston Celtics 117–109 New York Knicks
21 Dec 1961New York Knicks 103–122 Boston Celtics
23 Dec 1961111–122 this game
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

New York Knicks: 9–23
Boston Celtics: 24–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

21 Dec 1961New York Knicks 103–122 Boston Celtics
29 Dec 1961Boston Celtics 100–110 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.