NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics109–130Denver Nuggets

Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets

Date: Tuesday 27 December 1988
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 31st meetingof 104 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kevin McHale	—	9–14	0–0	5–8	5	4	9	2	2	1	2	1	23
Danny Ainge	—	10–20	2–5	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	22
Brian Shaw	—	10–17	0–0	1–1	1	3	4	3	3	1	1	3	21
Robert Parish	—	4–13	0–0	3–6	4	7	11	1	0	1	3	1	11
Ron Grandison	—	3–5	0–0	4–6	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	10
Reggie Lewis	—	3–6	0–0	0–2	2	5	7	4	2	2	6	4	6
Jim Paxson	—	2–7	0–1	1–3	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	5
Dennis Johnson	—	1–3	0–0	2–2	0	4	4	5	1	0	4	1	4
Kevin Gamble	—	1–5	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3
Mark Acres	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	4	2
Ramón Rivas	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Brad Lohaus	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	0
Team totals	—	45–99	2–6	17–30	17	30	47	18	10	5	24	26	109

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Calvin Natt	19:00	4–5	0–0	4–5	1	6	7	1	1	0	1	2	12
Jay Vincent	7:00	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0
Alex English	—	15–32	0–0	7–10	4	1	5	6	1	0	1	1	37
Michael Adams	—	9–20	3–8	1–2	2	5	7	12	3	0	0	1	22
Danny Schayes	—	5–7	0–0	9–9	1	11	12	1	1	1	2	3	19
Walter Davis	—	9–11	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	2	0	2	3	18
Blair Rasmussen	—	4–9	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	1	1	0	0	4	8
Jerome Lane	—	4–9	0–0	0–4	2	1	3	7	0	0	5	2	8
Wayne Cooper	—	2–5	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	1	0	2	0	3	4
Bill Hanzlik	—	1–1	0–0	0–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
Elston Turner	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	2	2	0	1	1	0
Team totals	26:00	53–104	3–8	21–32	14	38	52	34	11	4	15	23	130

This season

Denver Nuggets 1, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1988-89.

27 Dec 1988109–130 this game
12 Mar 1989Denver Nuggets 115–121 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 12–12
Denver Nuggets: 15–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Denver Nuggets 42, Boston Celtics 62.

17 Feb 1988Boston Celtics 125–138 Denver Nuggets
12 Mar 1989Denver Nuggets 115–121 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.