NBA 1989-90Regular season

Final

Philadelphia 76ers89–88Boston Celtics

Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 22 December 1989
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1989-90Regular season
Meeting: 397th meetingof 579 played

Philadelphia 76ers

Philadelphia 76ers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Charles Barkley	39:00	9–20	0–3	5–10	5	7	12	3	4	1	3	3	23
Mike Gminski	36:00	4–14	0–0	3–3	3	11	14	1	0	1	0	2	11
Johnny Dawkins	34:00	3–9	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	5	3	1	2	1	6
Hersey Hawkins	33:00	5–11	0–0	7–7	1	5	6	1	0	1	3	1	17
Rick Mahorn	32:00	0–7	0–0	2–2	3	2	5	0	0	1	1	2	2
Ron Anderson	31:00	3–11	0–0	4–6	1	5	6	5	0	0	2	2	10
Derek Smith	15:00	6–8	0–0	1–3	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	13
Scott Brooks	14:00	2–5	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	4	5
Bob Thornton	6:00	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	240:00	33–86	1–5	22–31	15	36	51	19	8	5	12	15	89

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Charles Smith	4:00	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Kelvin Upshaw	3:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Robert Parish	—	9–20	0–0	1–1	4	6	10	0	0	0	1	4	19
Kevin McHale	—	6–14	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	1	1	2	1	4	14
Dennis Johnson	—	6–15	0–0	0–0	3	6	9	9	3	1	3	5	12
Larry Bird	—	5–14	0–1	1–1	2	10	12	9	2	0	3	2	11
Reggie Lewis	—	4–10	0–0	1–2	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	9
Ed Pinckney	—	3–6	0–0	1–1	2	2	4	1	0	2	0	3	7
Jim Paxson	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	6
Joe Kleine	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	2	4
Kevin Gamble	—	1–3	1–2	1–2	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	4
Team totals	7:00	40–94	1–3	7–9	14	37	51	30	9	7	11	23	88

This season

Boston Celtics 3, Philadelphia 76ers 2 in NBA 1989-90.

14 Nov 1989Philadelphia 76ers 94–96 Boston Celtics
22 Dec 198989–88 this game
11 Mar 1990Philadelphia 76ers 105–107 Boston Celtics
28 Mar 1990Boston Celtics 104–122 Philadelphia 76ers
22 Apr 1990Boston Celtics 118–98 Philadelphia 76ers

Records going in

Philadelphia 76ers: 12–10
Boston Celtics: 14–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 332, Philadelphia 76ers 247.

14 Nov 1989Philadelphia 76ers 94–96 Boston Celtics
11 Mar 1990Philadelphia 76ers 105–107 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.