NBA 1989-90Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics105–111Chicago Bulls

Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls

Date: Tuesday 17 April 1990
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1989-90Regular season
Meeting: 130th meetingof 273 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Charles Smith	3:00	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Smith	3:00	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin McHale	—	13–24	0–1	2–2	3	8	11	2	1	2	5	3	28
Reggie Lewis	—	11–13	0–0	2–4	2	1	3	2	2	0	2	4	24
Larry Bird	—	9–23	2–3	3–4	1	4	5	8	2	1	3	3	23
Robert Parish	—	8–13	0–0	1–2	6	12	18	0	0	0	1	2	17
Jim Paxson	—	3–7	0–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	6
John Bagley	—	1–2	0–0	3–6	2	1	3	14	2	0	2	2	5
Dennis Johnson	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
Charles Smith	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Kleine	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0
Michael Smith	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	6:00	46–88	2–6	11–18	16	29	45	29	7	3	13	23	105

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Michael Jordan	—	13–24	2–3	7–8	1	10	11	6	2	1	6	3	35
Bill Cartwright	—	6–11	0–0	4–4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	16
Stacey King	—	5–7	0–0	6–8	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	16
Horace Grant	—	6–10	0–0	0–2	5	7	12	0	2	1	2	3	12
Scottie Pippen	—	5–12	0–0	2–2	0	3	3	10	2	0	3	4	12
B.J. Armstrong	—	2–3	0–0	4–4	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	8
John Paxson	—	2–5	0–1	2–2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	6
Will Perdue	—	2–4	0–1	0–0	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	3	4
Charles Davis	—	1–5	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	2
Team totals	—	42–81	2–6	25–30	10	28	38	25	9	2	11	21	111

This season

Chicago Bulls 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 1989-90.

4 Nov 1989Boston Celtics 102–100 Chicago Bulls
4 Mar 1990Chicago Bulls 118–114 Boston Celtics
17 Apr 1990105–111 this game
20 Apr 1990Chicago Bulls 116–120 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 49–29
Chicago Bulls: 53–25

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Chicago Bulls 116, Boston Celtics 157.

4 Mar 1990Chicago Bulls 118–114 Boston Celtics
20 Apr 1990Chicago Bulls 116–120 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.