NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers115–114Boston Celtics

Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 21 December 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 106th meetingof 284 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hot Rod Williams	30:00	8–8	0–0	1–1	0	6	6	2	0	3	2	5	17
Ron Harper	—	8–16	1–3	9–11	2	5	7	5	3	0	3	3	26
Larry Nance	—	9–17	0–1	7–8	3	4	7	1	0	5	1	4	25
Brad Daugherty	—	10–14	0–0	2–4	1	7	8	3	0	1	2	5	22
Mike Sanders	—	5–8	0–0	0–1	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	10
Craig Ehlo	—	3–5	0–0	2–2	0	4	4	9	2	0	4	1	8
Chris Dudley	—	2–2	0–0	0–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	4
Darnell Valentine	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	1	3
Team totals	30:00	46–71	1–4	22–30	6	29	35	27	5	9	20	21	115

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Danny Ainge	—	10–17	3–4	6–6	0	2	2	6	2	0	4	2	29
Kevin McHale	—	7–18	0–0	11–12	8	1	9	2	0	1	1	3	25
Robert Parish	—	10–20	0–0	2–2	8	7	15	2	2	2	1	3	22
Brad Lohaus	—	6–8	0–0	0–1	1	5	6	3	0	2	0	5	12
Reggie Lewis	—	4–12	0–0	4–4	4	2	6	2	1	1	1	4	12
Brian Shaw	—	3–12	0–0	0–0	3	0	3	4	2	0	1	1	6
Jim Paxson	—	2–7	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
Dennis Johnson	—	1–6	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	6	2
Mark Acres	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	2
Team totals	—	44–101	3–4	23–25	25	18	43	30	9	6	9	25	114

This season

Boston Celtics 1, Cleveland Cavaliers 4 in NBA 1988-89.

22 Nov 1988Cleveland Cavaliers 114–102 Boston Celtics
2 Dec 1988Boston Celtics 84–112 Cleveland Cavaliers
21 Dec 1988115–114 this game
2 Apr 1989Boston Celtics 100–117 Cleveland Cavaliers
14 Apr 1989Cleveland Cavaliers 104–113 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 16–5
Boston Celtics: 12–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 170, Cleveland Cavaliers 114.

2 Dec 1988Boston Celtics 84–112 Cleveland Cavaliers
2 Apr 1989Boston Celtics 100–117 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.