NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics89–85Atlanta Hawks

Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks

Date: Friday 23 January 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 344th meetingof 471 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Antoine Walker	—	8–23	0–4	3–4	3	4	7	0	3	0	6	3	19	+4
Chauncey Billups	—	7–13	1–4	3–6	1	4	5	8	7	0	3	1	18	-4
Ron Mercer	—	6–15	0–0	2–2	1	2	3	2	0	0	2	4	14	+2
Dana Barros	—	4–4	2–2	3–3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	13	+8
Walter McCarty	—	4–8	1–4	0–0	1	1	2	4	2	0	4	3	9	+6
Andrew DeClercq	—	2–3	0–0	1–2	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	3	5	+7
John Thomas	—	2–3	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	4	+10
Travis Knight	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	3	-10
Bruce Bowen	—	0–3	0–1	2–2	0	4	4	2	1	1	1	4	2	+11
Greg Minor	—	1–5	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	-14
Team totals	—	35–78	4–17	15–21	9	23	32	18	14	3	16	27	89	—

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Smith	43:57	6–16	1–5	8–9	0	2	2	1	1	1	7	6	21	-3
Alan Henderson	—	6–10	0–0	3–4	4	7	11	1	0	1	2	3	15	+4
Christian Laettner	—	4–9	0–0	7–7	3	5	8	3	1	2	4	4	15	-4
Dikembe Mutombo	—	4–6	0–0	3–5	2	8	10	0	0	3	2	4	11	-5
Mookie Blaylock	—	4–16	0–6	3–4	4	3	7	2	6	0	3	1	11	+5
Tyrone Corbin	—	5–11	0–0	0–1	1	5	6	2	2	0	4	1	10	-3
Eldridge Recasner	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-10
Chucky Brown	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	-4
Team totals	43:57	30–71	1–11	24–30	14	31	45	9	10	7	24	20	85	—

This season

Atlanta Hawks 2, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1997-98.

23 Jan 199889–85 this game
11 Mar 1998Atlanta Hawks 110–105 Boston Celtics
15 Mar 1998Boston Celtics 77–93 Atlanta Hawks

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 17–22
Atlanta Hawks: 26–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Atlanta Hawks 180, Boston Celtics 291.

9 Mar 1997Atlanta Hawks 114–90 Boston Celtics
11 Mar 1998Atlanta Hawks 110–105 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.