NBA 1989-90Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics96–101Indiana Pacers

Boston Celtics at Indiana Pacers

Date: Tuesday 27 March 1990
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1989-90Regular season
Meeting: 70th meetingof 234 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Michael Smith	5:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kevin McHale	—	12–22	0–1	8–14	3	8	11	2	0	2	2	4	32
Larry Bird	—	10–24	0–1	1–2	0	7	7	4	3	0	1	1	21
Dennis Johnson	—	4–8	1–1	5–6	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	5	14
Robert Parish	—	5–10	0–0	0–0	5	7	12	2	0	0	2	2	10
Jim Paxson	—	3–8	0–1	1–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	5	7
Joe Kleine	—	1–2	0–0	4–4	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	6
Kevin Gamble	—	2–7	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	4
Ed Pinckney	—	1–4	0–0	0–0	3	1	4	1	3	0	1	0	2
John Bagley	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	2	1	0	3	0	0
Michael Smith	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team totals	5:00	38–89	1–5	19–28	14	33	47	16	7	3	15	22	96

Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Reggie Miller	—	6–18	0–4	10–10	1	5	6	4	1	0	3	0	22
Detlef Schrempf	—	9–13	0–1	3–3	2	9	11	3	0	0	2	4	21
Vern Fleming	—	6–11	0–1	5–8	1	2	3	7	1	0	2	1	17
Chuck Person	—	7–21	2–5	0–0	1	3	4	6	0	2	1	4	16
Rik Smits	—	4–8	0–0	3–4	2	4	6	1	0	1	2	6	11
LaSalle Thompson	—	4–7	0–0	2–2	3	7	10	2	0	0	3	6	10
Mike Sanders	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	4
Greg Dreiling	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Rickey Green	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	2	3	0	2	0	0
Team totals	—	38–82	2–11	23–27	11	34	45	25	5	3	17	25	101

This season

Indiana Pacers 3, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1989-90.

21 Nov 1989Boston Celtics 111–119 Indiana Pacers
24 Nov 1989Indiana Pacers 118–111 Boston Celtics
19 Jan 1990Indiana Pacers 104–109 Boston Celtics
27 Mar 199096–101 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 41–26
Indiana Pacers: 34–34

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Indiana Pacers 100, Boston Celtics 134.

19 Jan 1990Indiana Pacers 104–109 Boston Celtics
26 Dec 1990Indiana Pacers 132–152 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.