NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics120–128New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday 31 March 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 380th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	12–22	1–3	14–14	0	8	8	9	3	0	0	4	39
Robert Parish	—	9–17	0–0	4–5	3	4	7	3	0	2	1	4	22
Danny Ainge	—	8–17	3–6	2–2	1	4	5	13	1	0	2	2	21
Fred Roberts	—	6–6	0–0	3–3	0	2	2	0	0	1	4	2	15
Darren Daye	—	4–6	0–0	3–3	2	1	3	2	1	0	2	3	11
Jerry Sichting	—	4–12	1–2	0–0	0	4	4	3	1	0	2	2	9
Greg Kite	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	2
Conner Henry	—	0–2	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	1
Team totals	—	44–83	5–11	27–29	6	24	30	33	6	4	12	23	120

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gerald Henderson	31:00	6–10	0–0	4–4	0	1	1	11	1	0	1	3	16
Gerald Wilkins	—	12–19	0–0	4–5	1	1	2	2	1	0	3	3	28
Louis Orr	—	11–19	0–0	6–7	5	3	8	3	1	0	2	3	28
Trent Tucker	—	8–13	1–3	1–4	0	4	4	5	2	0	1	3	18
Kenny Walker	—	4–6	0–0	4–5	1	12	13	0	0	0	0	2	12
Eddie Lee Wilkins	—	5–13	0–0	1–1	2	4	6	0	0	0	3	5	11
Chris McNealy	—	3–4	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	2	0	1	0	4	8
Brad Wright	—	1–5	0–0	2–2	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	4
Bill Martin	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Rory Sparrow	—	0–2	0–0	1–1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	1
Team totals	31:00	51–92	1–3	25–31	13	31	44	26	7	1	11	26	128

This season

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

26 Nov 1986New York Knicks 90–101 Boston Celtics
16 Dec 1986Boston Celtics 107–96 New York Knicks
19 Jan 1987Boston Celtics 109–111 New York Knicks
15 Mar 1987New York Knicks 104–113 Boston Celtics
31 Mar 1987120–128 this game
12 Apr 1987New York Knicks 107–119 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 53–19
New York Knicks: 21–50

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

15 Mar 1987New York Knicks 104–113 Boston Celtics
12 Apr 1987New York Knicks 107–119 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.