NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics98–106New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 9 January 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 385th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	8–15	0–0	10–12	3	6	9	2	0	1	0	4	26
Robert Parish	10–13	0–0	2–3	3	6	9	0	1	0	3	4	22
Larry Bird	6–14	0–2	8–10	2	7	9	9	3	0	9	2	20
Danny Ainge	6–13	1–3	3–4	0	4	4	7	1	1	3	3	16
Dennis Johnson	3–14	0–1	2–2	1	5	6	6	5	0	9	2	8
Artis Gilmore	1–1	0–0	0–4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	2
Brad Lohaus	1–1	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	2
Reggie Lewis	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Darren Daye	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dirk Minniefield	0–1	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	2	0
Mark Acres	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Team totals	36–74	1–7	25–35	14	31	45	29	12	4	26	25	98

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mark Jackson	10–20	1–3	1–1	2	2	4	14	1	0	4	5	22
Sidney Green	8–11	0–0	4–4	2	4	6	0	4	0	1	3	20
Gerald Wilkins	8–14	0–0	2–2	1	1	2	2	0	0	5	1	18
Patrick Ewing	7–10	0–0	3–7	3	9	12	1	1	2	1	4	17
Johnny Newman	3–8	0–1	5–8	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	5	11
Bill Cartwright	3–3	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	8
Pat Cummings	3–6	0–0	0–1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	6
Kenny Walker	1–6	0–0	0–0	2	3	5	3	2	0	1	2	2
Rick Carlisle	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	2
Billy Donovan	0–3	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals	44–84	1–6	17–25	11	22	33	27	11	3	15	26	106

This season

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

9 Nov 1987Boston Celtics 96–87 New York Knicks
18 Nov 1987New York Knicks 109–111 Boston Celtics
6 Jan 1988New York Knicks 108–117 Boston Celtics
9 Jan 198898–106 this game
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

Boston Celtics: 21–9
New York Knicks: 10–21

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

6 Jan 1988New York Knicks 108–117 Boston Celtics
22 Feb 1988New York Knicks 93–95 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.