NBA 1988-89Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets115–121Boston Celtics

Denver Nuggets at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 12 March 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1988-89Regular season
Meeting: 32nd meetingof 104 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dave Greenwood	33:00	7–9	0–0	2–2	2	5	7	3	1	0	0	6	16
Alex English	—	12–27	0–0	3–4	3	0	3	6	0	0	4	3	27
Danny Schayes	—	10–14	1–1	1–1	2	10	12	4	0	1	3	3	22
Walter Davis	—	7–16	0–0	4–4	1	2	3	2	3	0	1	3	18
Michael Adams	—	4–11	1–4	4–5	1	5	6	17	4	0	1	1	13
Blair Rasmussen	—	6–11	0–0	0–0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	12
Jerome Lane	—	2–2	0–0	1–2	2	1	3	0	1	0	2	1	5
Elston Turner	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	4	2
Bill Hanzlik	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
Team totals	33:00	49–96	2–5	15–18	13	25	38	35	10	1	13	28	115

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Reggie Lewis	—	9–18	0–1	10–11	1	5	6	3	2	1	0	1	28
Kevin McHale	—	5–13	0–0	12–13	5	8	13	3	0	0	5	3	22
Robert Parish	—	8–12	0–0	6–9	4	4	8	2	0	0	2	2	22
Jim Paxson	—	7–15	0–0	3–4	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	17
Brian Shaw	—	6–14	0–0	1–2	1	5	6	5	3	0	3	1	13
Kelvin Upshaw	—	4–4	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	4	0	0	1	5	8
Ed Pinckney	—	2–3	0–0	1–2	3	1	4	0	1	1	1	2	5
Joe Kleine	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	4
Dennis Johnson	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	3	2
Ron Grandison	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	—	44–85	0–1	33–41	15	32	47	25	9	5	16	22	121

This season

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

27 Dec 1988Boston Celtics 109–130 Denver Nuggets
12 Mar 1989115–121 this game

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 32–29
Boston Celtics: 29–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

27 Dec 1988Boston Celtics 109–130 Denver Nuggets
8 Dec 1989Denver Nuggets 103–102 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.