NBA 1986-87Regular season

Final

New York Knicks107–119Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 12 April 1987
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1986-87Regular season
Meeting: 381st meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gerald Henderson	27:00	4–6	0–0	7–8	0	2	2	8	0	1	6	2	15
Gerald Wilkins	—	9–16	1–1	2–2	1	0	1	4	1	0	3	1	21
Bernard King	—	9–15	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	3	1	0	2	4	20
Bill Cartwright	—	6–10	0–0	4–7	4	5	9	3	0	0	4	4	16
Trent Tucker	—	6–15	2–5	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	14
Chris McNealy	—	6–7	0–0	1–2	2	8	10	2	3	0	1	3	13
Rory Sparrow	—	3–9	0–2	0–0	2	2	4	5	1	0	1	2	6
Kenny Walker	—	1–5	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	2	1	5	2
Eddie Lee Wilkins	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	27:00	44–83	3–8	16–21	12	27	39	27	9	3	20	24	107

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	—	22–34	0–1	3–5	4	3	7	8	4	0	2	3	47
Robert Parish	—	11–17	0–0	1–2	2	15	17	3	0	1	2	3	23
Darren Daye	—	7–14	0–0	0–2	1	2	3	7	4	0	1	2	14
Jerry Sichting	—	5–6	0–1	2–2	0	3	3	4	3	0	2	1	12
Dennis Johnson	—	4–9	0–0	1–2	1	1	2	10	0	0	3	3	9
Danny Ainge	—	4–8	0–2	0–0	1	1	2	7	3	1	1	6	8
Fred Roberts	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4
Sam Vincent	—	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Greg Kite	—	0–1	0–0	0–2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	—	55–94	0–4	9–17	10	26	36	40	14	2	12	22	119

This season

Boston Celtics 4, New York Knicks 2 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 1987Boston Celtics 120–128 New York Knicks
12 Apr 1987107–119 this game

Records going in

New York Knicks: 24–53
Boston Celtics: 55–23

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

31 Mar 1987Boston Celtics 120–128 New York Knicks
9 Nov 1987Boston Celtics 96–87 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.