NBA 1987-88Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics118–106New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Saturday 26 March 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1987-88Regular season
Meeting: 387th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Larry Bird	11–19	4–7	5–5	0	8	8	8	2	1	3	2	31
Kevin McHale	10–14	0–0	5–6	1	6	7	3	1	0	4	4	25
Artis Gilmore	5–9	0–0	5–5	3	4	7	0	1	1	0	5	15
Danny Ainge	4–11	0–2	2–2	2	2	4	7	1	0	2	1	10
Dennis Johnson	3–11	0–1	4–5	0	3	3	6	1	0	1	1	10
Fred Roberts	4–6	0–0	2–3	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	10
Jim Paxson	2–4	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	8
Mark Acres	1–2	0–0	2–2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	5	4
Brad Lohaus	0–1	0–0	3–4	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	4	3
Dirk Minniefield	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	1	2
Team totals	41–78	4–10	32–36	10	27	37	32	8	4	14	26	118

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Patrick Ewing	10–13	0–0	5–7	2	5	7	1	1	1	2	4	25
Bill Cartwright	3–5	0–0	9–10	0	6	6	1	2	0	2	3	15
Kenny Walker	7–12	0–1	1–1	4	4	8	0	0	2	1	4	15
Mark Jackson	5–12	0–1	4–5	0	2	2	14	2	0	2	2	14
Gerald Wilkins	5–16	0–0	1–1	3	3	6	8	1	1	3	4	11
Johnny Newman	4–18	0–4	3–6	3	1	4	1	0	0	2	3	11
Sidney Green	2–3	0–0	3–6	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	4	7
Trent Tucker	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	4
Pat Cummings	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Sedric Toney	0–1	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	39–84	0–6	28–38	13	24	37	26	8	5	12	28	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 1988Boston Celtics 98–106 New York Knicks
22 Feb 1988New York Knicks 93–95 Boston Celtics
26 Mar 1988118–106 this game
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: 47–21
New York Knicks: 29–38

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

22 Feb 1988New York Knicks 93–95 Boston Celtics
29 Apr 1988New York Knicks 92–112 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.