NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics110–122New York Knicks

Boston Celtics at New York Knicks

Date: Sunday 26 February 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 395th meetingof 569 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Reggie Lewis	10–25	0–1	2–2	3	1	4	4	3	0	2	4	22
Robert Parish	7–12	0–0	4–5	2	12	14	5	1	2	2	1	18
Kevin McHale	7–15	0–0	2–2	2	7	9	0	0	2	6	0	16
Brian Shaw	3–11	0–0	6–6	2	4	6	13	1	0	3	5	12
Ed Pinckney	3–4	0–0	5–6	5	3	8	2	3	2	1	2	11
Joe Kleine	3–5	0–0	3–4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	9
Dennis Johnson	4–12	0–1	0–0	2	1	3	9	2	0	4	3	8
Ron Grandison	4–9	0–0	0–0	3	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	8
Jim Paxson	3–6	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Kevin Gamble	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	44–99	0–3	22–25	20	32	52	34	11	6	23	23	110

New York Knicks

New York Knicks box score
Player	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mark Jackson	11–19	1–4	5–8	3	2	5	11	3	0	2	1	28
Patrick Ewing	11–21	0–0	4–5	2	11	13	2	2	7	1	4	26
Johnny Newman	8–15	1–3	2–4	1	5	6	1	3	0	1	3	19
Gerald Wilkins	7–14	0–0	4–5	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	3	18
Charles Oakley	5–8	0–0	0–0	1	7	8	3	1	1	5	3	10
Trent Tucker	4–9	2–6	0–0	1	1	2	3	2	0	2	0	10
Sidney Green	1–3	0–0	2–6	2	4	6	2	1	0	1	4	4
Eddie Lee Wilkins	1–2	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	3
Kenny Walker	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2
Rod Strickland	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2
Team totals	50–96	4–13	18–30	11	32	43	24	17	9	16	24	122

This season

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

4 Nov 1988New York Knicks 115–122 Boston Celtics
18 Dec 1988New York Knicks 104–117 Boston Celtics
3 Jan 1989Boston Celtics 107–109 New York Knicks
26 Feb 1989110–122 this game
24 Mar 1989New York Knicks 111–115 Boston Celtics
20 Apr 1989Boston Celtics 117–137 New York Knicks

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 25–28
New York Knicks: 36–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

3 Jan 1989Boston Celtics 107–109 New York Knicks
24 Mar 1989New York Knicks 111–115 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.