NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

New York Knicks104–117Boston Celtics

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 18 December 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 393rd meetingof 569 played

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Patrick Ewing	14–19	0–0	2–4	2	4	6	0	3	2	3	4	30
Johnny Newman	8–13	3–6	4–4	1	0	1	2	0	1	4	3	23
Gerald Wilkins	6–18	0–3	0–0	2	2	4	5	1	0	2	0	12
Rod Strickland	3–6	0–1	6–6	0	2	2	5	1	0	0	1	12
Mark Jackson	3–8	1–4	1–2	1	2	3	6	0	0	3	4	8
Charles Oakley	3–8	0–0	0–0	4	4	8	0	1	0	1	4	6
Trent Tucker	2–7	1–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	5
Kenny Walker	2–5	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	4	4
Greg Butler	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Sidney Green	1–3	0–0	0–0	2	1	3	1	0	0	3	1	2
Team totals	42–87	5–19	15–18	12	17	29	21	12	3	17	22	104

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Robert Parish	14–16	0–0	6–7	5	10	15	4	3	3	3	3	34
Kevin McHale	8–13	0–0	10–10	1	4	5	2	0	0	2	1	26
Danny Ainge	7–12	2–2	4–5	1	4	5	5	1	0	4	0	20
Reggie Lewis	6–15	0–1	5–6	2	4	6	2	1	0	3	3	17
Brian Shaw	6–7	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	8	0	0	2	3	12
Jim Paxson	3–7	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	3	6
Dennis Johnson	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	9	1	0	4	2	2
Brad Lohaus	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
Mark Acres	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0
Ron Grandison	0–1	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	45–78	2–3	25–28	11	29	40	35	6	3	21	17	117

This season

Boston Celtics 3, New York Knicks 3 in NBA 1988-89.

4 Nov 1988New York Knicks 115–122 Boston Celtics
18 Dec 1988104–117 this game
3 Jan 1989Boston Celtics 107–109 New York Knicks
26 Feb 1989Boston Celtics 110–122 New York Knicks
24 Mar 1989New York Knicks 111–115 Boston Celtics
20 Apr 1989Boston Celtics 117–137 New York Knicks

Records going in

New York Knicks: 16–6
Boston Celtics: 11–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

4 Nov 1988New York Knicks 115–122 Boston Celtics
3 Jan 1989Boston Celtics 107–109 New York Knicks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.