NBA 1989-90Regular season

Final

Chicago Bulls116–120Boston Celtics

Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 20 April 1990
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1989-90Regular season
Meeting: 131st meetingof 273 played

Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Michael Jordan	—	21–29	0–2	3–3	1	7	8	9	3	0	3	5	45
Stacey King	—	5–8	0–0	4–5	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	5	14
Scottie Pippen	—	5–12	1–1	2–2	2	3	5	5	3	0	2	2	13
B.J. Armstrong	—	4–7	0–0	1–2	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	9
Horace Grant	—	3–7	0–0	3–3	1	4	5	4	1	0	0	1	9
Will Perdue	—	3–7	0–1	3–3	3	3	6	2	0	2	1	2	9
Bill Cartwright	—	3–9	0–0	1–2	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	3	7
Craig Hodges	—	2–8	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	5
Charles Davis	—	1–6	1–2	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	3
John Paxson	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals	—	48–95	3–8	17–20	11	31	42	23	9	2	8	23	116

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Michael Smith	15:00	4–8	0–1	2–2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	10
Charles Smith	12:00	1–2	0–0	1–1	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	3
Reggie Lewis	—	9–17	0–0	10–11	1	6	7	4	1	1	2	2	28
Ed Pinckney	—	6–8	0–0	7–8	3	5	8	1	2	2	0	2	19
Kevin McHale	—	7–14	0–0	2–2	2	9	11	2	0	1	2	3	16
Robert Parish	—	6–9	0–0	3–5	0	5	5	0	0	0	2	1	15
Jim Paxson	—	5–8	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	2	11
John Bagley	—	2–7	0–1	4–4	1	5	6	11	1	1	2	1	8
Kevin Gamble	—	3–5	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	8
Joe Kleine	—	1–5	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	2
Team totals	27:00	44–83	0–2	32–37	7	37	44	31	6	5	12	16	120

This season

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

4 Nov 1989Boston Celtics 102–100 Chicago Bulls
4 Mar 1990Chicago Bulls 118–114 Boston Celtics
17 Apr 1990Boston Celtics 105–111 Chicago Bulls
20 Apr 1990116–120 this game

Records going in

Chicago Bulls: 55–25
Boston Celtics: 50–30

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Apr 1990Boston Celtics 105–111 Chicago Bulls
6 Nov 1990Boston Celtics 110–108 Chicago Bulls

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.