NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

New York Knicks108–117Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 6 January 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 384th meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Johnny Newman	11–11	1–1	1–2	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	5	24
Gerald Wilkins	7–16	1–2	0–0	1	4	5	3	1	0	2	1	15
Mark Jackson	6–14	0–0	3–4	0	3	3	9	1	1	3	3	15
Patrick Ewing	6–11	0–0	2–2	1	5	6	3	1	2	4	5	14
Bill Cartwright	4–7	0–0	4–7	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	3	12
Kenny Walker	5–8	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	10
Sidney Green	4–6	0–1	0–0	4	5	9	1	0	0	2	6	8
Pat Cummings	1–6	0–0	3–3	1	6	7	1	2	0	2	1	5
Louis Orr	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Trent Tucker	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Rick Carlisle	0–4	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1
Billy Donovan	0–3	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals	45–87	2–5	16–22	10	29	39	28	10	3	18	31	108

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	17–30	3–3	4–4	1	5	6	5	3	0	5	2	41
Kevin McHale	9–18	0–0	12–13	3	3	6	2	1	4	1	3	30
Danny Ainge	4–11	2–5	5–6	1	3	4	9	1	0	3	2	15
Dennis Johnson	4–9	0–0	5–6	0	2	2	11	2	0	3	1	13
Robert Parish	4–8	0–0	3–5	1	10	11	3	1	1	1	6	11
Dirk Minniefield	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	4
Brad Lohaus	1–2	0–0	1–1	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	3	3
Fred Roberts	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	41–80	5–8	30–35	6	27	33	31	10	6	16	19	117

This season

Boston Celtics 8, New York Knicks 2 in NBA 1987-88.

9 Nov 1987Boston Celtics 96–87 New York Knicks
18 Nov 1987New York Knicks 109–111 Boston Celtics
6 Jan 1988108–117 this game
9 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 98–106 New York Knicks
22 Feb 1988New York Knicks 93–95 Boston Celtics
26 Mar 1988Boston Celtics 118–106 New York Knicks
29 Apr 1988New York Knicks 92–112 Boston Celtics
1 May 1988New York Knicks 102–128 Boston Celtics
4 May 1988Boston Celtics 100–109 New York Knicks
6 May 1988Boston Celtics 102–94 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 10–19
Boston Celtics: 19–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

18 Nov 1987New York Knicks 109–111 Boston Celtics
9 Jan 1988Boston Celtics 98–106 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.