Boston 100, New York 109

May 4, 1988

Opening Round - Boston wins 3-1

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: N/A

Team Rebounds: Boston (0) New York (0)

Technicals: Boston (0) New York (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (57-25) 21 24 25 30 100
NYK (38-44) 22 23 28 36 109

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 95 105.4 114.8
NYK 95 114.8 105.4

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .487 0.200 0.378 0.291
NYK .477 0.179 0.390 0.284

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
44 Danny Ainge Starter SG 44:00 6-15 1-4 4-4 9.8 2 2 4 5 2 0 0 2 17
33 Larry Bird Starter SF 46:00 8-22 1-5 3-3 21.6 3 5 8 12 3 5 0 3 20
3 Dennis Johnson Starter PG 38:00 5-10 1-2 7-8 13.0 0 2 2 7 4 2 1 4 18
32 Kevin McHale Starter PF 42:00 11-15 0-0 2-5 17.1 3 5 8 2 5 3 1 4 24
00 Robert Parish Starter C 33:00 4-11 0-0 1-2 10.0 5 6 11 1 5 2 1 1 9
42 Mark Acres Bench C 11:00 1-1 0-0 2-2 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4
53 Artis Gilmore Bench C 07:00 0-0 0-0 1-2 -0.2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 1
11 Dirk Minniefield Bench SG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 Jim Paxson Bench SF 12:00 2-5 0-0 3-3 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
31 Fred Roberts Bench C 05:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.8 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
  Team                                
        240 37-79 3-11 23-29 109.1 14 23 37 30 24 14 3 19 100
          46.8% 27.3% 79.3%                    

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Patrick Ewing Starter C 39:00 10-16 0-0 11-12 20.0 4 6 10 0 4 0 4 5 31
44 Sidney Green Starter PF 14:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.5 1 2 3 3 4 0 0 2 0
31 Mark Jackson Starter PG 46:00 4-14 1-2 0-0 18.2 2 5 7 14 4 5 0 3 9
4 Johnny Newman Starter SF 42:00 14-25 0-4 6-7 21.6 4 2 6 3 5 2 1 0 34
21 Gerald Wilkins Starter SG 38:00 5-15 0-0 4-5 4.6 0 3 3 5 3 2 0 4 14
25 Bill Cartwright Bench C 18:00 3-6 0-0 1-2 6.2 4 2 6 0 2 0 1 1 7
42 Pat Cummings Bench PF 13:00 1-3 0-0 3-4 3.0 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 5
6 Trent Tucker Bench SG 12:00 2-3 1-2 0-0 3.8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
7 Kenny Walker Bench PF 18:00 2-6 0-0 0-0 3.0 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 4
  Team                                
        240 41-88 2-8 25-30 102.0 16 25 41 30 27 9 7 17 109
          46.6% 25.0% 83.3%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Dennis Johnson
12.6p, 3.1r, 7.8a		 Danny Ainge
15.7p, 3.1r, 6.2a		 Larry Bird
29.9p, 9.3r, 6.1a		 Kevin McHale
22.6p, 8.4r, 2.7a		 Robert Parish
14.3p, 8.5r, 1.6a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Jim Paxson
7.7p, 1r, 1.7a		  
 		 Mark Acres
3.6p, 3.4r, 0.5a
Lim PT  
 		 Dirk Minniefield
3.6p, 1.3r, 3.2a		  
 		  
 		 Artis Gilmore
3.7p, 3r, 0.3a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Fred Roberts
6.1p, 2.2r, 1.1a

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mark Jackson
13.6p, 4.8r, 10.6a		 Gerald Wilkins
17.4p, 3.3r, 4a		 Johnny Newman
10p, 2.1r, 0.8a		 Sidney Green
7.8p, 7.8r, 1.1a		 Patrick Ewing
20.2p, 8.2r, 1.5a
Rotation  
 		 Trent Tucker
7.1p, 1.7r, 1.6a		  
 		 Kenny Walker
10.1p, 4.7r, 1a		 Bill Cartwright
11.1p, 4.7r, 1a
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Pat Cummings
5.5p, 3.8r, 0.6a		  
 

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