NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final/2OT

Boston Celtics104–113New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Wednesday 25 December 1985
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 372nd meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	7–21	0–0	15–19	4	10	14	2	1	3	3	5	29
Robert Parish	8–15	0–0	8–10	4	14	18	1	0	1	4	4	24
Larry Bird	8–27	1–2	6–6	1	9	10	4	1	0	4	2	23
Dennis Johnson	2–9	0–0	4–6	0	6	6	4	2	0	2	2	8
Bill Walton	2–3	0–0	0–2	1	6	7	1	1	0	1	2	4
Danny Ainge	1–7	0–2	2–2	0	2	2	8	0	0	6	5	4
Jerry Sichting	2–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	4
Rick Carlisle	2–4	0–1	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	4
Greg Kite	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Scott Wedman	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	1	2
Sam Vincent	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	33–96	1–5	37–47	12	51	63	24	6	4	26	26	104

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Patrick Ewing	13–24	0–0	6–8	2	9	11	3	2	1	4	4	32
Rory Sparrow	9–15	0–0	4–6	0	4	4	8	2	1	3	4	22
Gerald Wilkins	6–13	0–0	2–4	1	2	3	4	1	0	1	1	14
Louis Orr	4–9	0–0	2–3	4	5	9	3	1	2	2	6	10
James Bailey	3–4	0–0	2–3	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	8
Ken Bannister	4–9	0–0	0–0	1	13	14	1	0	0	3	3	8
Trent Tucker	3–9	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	3	7
Ernie Grunfeld	3–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	6
Pat Cummings	2–12	0–0	2–2	1	10	11	0	1	0	1	6	6
Darrell Walker	0–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	0
Team totals	47–104	1–2	18–26	10	45	55	27	10	6	17	35	113

This season

New York Knicks 1, Boston Celtics 5 in NBA 1985-86.

23 Nov 1985Boston Celtics 113–104 New York Knicks
29 Nov 1985New York Knicks 88–94 Boston Celtics
25 Dec 1985104–113 this game
25 Feb 1986Boston Celtics 91–74 New York Knicks
7 Mar 1986New York Knicks 108–115 Boston Celtics
4 Apr 1986New York Knicks 98–119 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 21–6
New York Knicks: 9–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

29 Nov 1985New York Knicks 88–94 Boston Celtics
25 Feb 1986Boston Celtics 91–74 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.