NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics107–96New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 16 December 1986
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 377th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	13–20	0–0	3–4	4	4	8	4	0	3	3	5	29
Larry Bird	11–18	3–5	4–4	1	9	10	9	3	1	4	4	29
Robert Parish	9–15	0–0	2–5	5	7	12	2	2	0	1	4	20
Danny Ainge	5–9	0–0	3–3	1	3	4	10	2	0	4	4	13
Jerry Sichting	2–2	0–0	4–4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	8
Dennis Johnson	3–11	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	1	2	3	6
Fred Roberts	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	3	2
David Thirdkill	0–0	0–0	0–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Kite	0–1	0–0	0–1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	0
Team totals	44–79	3–5	16–23	13	30	43	32	7	6	16	24	107

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gerald Wilkins	6–16	0–0	11–13	0	3	3	6	2	0	3	0	23
Bill Cartwright	5–9	0–0	12–14	2	4	6	1	1	0	2	2	22
Patrick Ewing	7–16	0–0	3–5	4	5	9	0	1	1	2	6	17
Trent Tucker	5–11	1–3	2–2	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	5	13
Louis Orr	4–11	0–0	3–4	2	2	4	3	1	0	1	3	11
Pat Cummings	2–7	0–0	2–2	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	6
Jawann Oldham	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	6	7	0	0	1	1	1	2
Rory Sparrow	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	2	3	0	4	3	2
Team totals	31–76	1–4	33–40	11	25	36	15	10	2	14	22	96

This season

New York Knicks 2, Boston Celtics 4 in NBA 1986-87.

26 Nov 1986New York Knicks 90–101 Boston Celtics
16 Dec 1986107–96 this game
19 Jan 1987Boston Celtics 109–111 New York Knicks
15 Mar 1987New York Knicks 104–113 Boston Celtics
31 Mar 1987Boston Celtics 120–128 New York Knicks
12 Apr 1987New York Knicks 107–119 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 14–7
New York Knicks: 5–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

26 Nov 1986New York Knicks 90–101 Boston Celtics
19 Jan 1987Boston Celtics 109–111 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.