NBA 1985-86Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics98–108New Jersey Nets

Boston Celtics at New Jersey Nets

Date: Wednesday 9 April 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1985-86Regular season
Meeting: 53rd meetingof 242 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	—	6–11	0–0	6–9	2	5	7	8	1	1	2	5	18
Larry Bird	—	6–15	1–4	3–4	1	9	10	7	1	1	2	2	16
Bill Walton	—	5–5	0–0	5–6	1	3	4	2	0	0	5	4	15
Dennis Johnson	—	4–10	0–0	2–4	1	3	4	3	0	0	4	5	10
Jerry Sichting	—	5–8	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	10
Robert Parish	—	5–12	0–0	0–2	0	6	6	0	0	1	1	2	10
Danny Ainge	—	3–7	0–0	3–3	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	9
Rick Carlisle	—	3–5	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	6
Sam Vincent	—	1–2	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
David Thirdkill	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Greg Kite	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	—	38–77	1–4	21–30	5	34	39	26	6	4	15	25	98

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mike Gminski	44:00	15–23	0–0	11–12	7	15	22	3	0	1	2	2	41
Otis Birdsong	42:00	10–21	0–0	2–5	2	5	7	1	1	0	2	5	22
Buck Williams	38:00	6–15	0–0	1–3	4	10	14	1	1	0	1	3	13
Darwin Cook	26:00	3–7	0–1	4–4	1	0	1	5	1	0	2	3	10
Mickey Johnson	24:00	1–8	0–0	4–4	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	1	6
Albert King	24:00	2–12	0–0	0–0	3	3	6	1	0	0	1	1	4
Kelvin Ransey	23:00	3–6	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	5	2	0	2	5	8
Jeff Turner	15:00	0–2	0–0	2–2	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	2	2
Mike O'Koren	4:00	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	41–95	0–1	26–32	19	38	57	20	9	1	10	22	108

This season

Brooklyn Nets 2, Boston Celtics 4 in NBA 1985-86.

25 Oct 1985Boston Celtics 109–113 New Jersey Nets
4 Dec 1985Boston Celtics 130–111 New Jersey Nets
3 Jan 1986New Jersey Nets 117–129 Boston Celtics
30 Mar 1986New Jersey Nets 117–122 Boston Celtics
9 Apr 198698–108 this game
13 Apr 1986New Jersey Nets 107–135 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 65–14
New Jersey Nets: 38–41

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Brooklyn Nets 87, Boston Celtics 155.

30 Mar 1986New Jersey Nets 117–122 Boston Celtics
13 Apr 1986New Jersey Nets 107–135 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.