Boston 102, New York 94

May 6, 1988

Opening Round - Boston wins 3-1

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: 19,591

Officials: Mike Mathis, Hugh Evans

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

Technicals: Boston (0) New York (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (57-25) 28 24 19 31 102
NYK (38-44) 21 25 24 24 94

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 91 111.8 103.0
NYK 91 103.0 111.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .549 0.153 0.200 0.338
NYK .429 0.132 0.319 0.163

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 40:00 5-9 1-3 0-0 9.0 0 1 1 6 4 2 0 2 11
33 Larry Bird Starter SF 46:00 10-20 2-2 6-6 19.5 1 5 6 6 2 2 0 3 28
3 Dennis Johnson Starter PG 42:00 6-12 1-1 6-8 27.5 2 8 10 12 1 1 0 0 19
32 Kevin McHale Starter PF 42:00 6-10 0-0 8-9 15.1 2 6 8 3 3 1 1 4 20
00 Robert Parish Starter C 40:00 8-16 0-0 2-3 17.1 3 9 12 1 3 2 4 3 18
42 Mark Acres Bench C 14:00 1-1 0-0 1-4 0.2 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 3
54 Brad Lohaus Bench C 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Jim Paxson Bench SF 15:00 1-3 0-0 1-2 -1.2 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 3
  Team                                
        240 37-71 4-6 24-32 105.2 8 32 40 30 21 8 5 14 102
          52.1% 66.7% 75.0%                    

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 38:00 3-12 0-1 4-4 14.8 5 15 20 3 4 0 1 3 10
44 Sidney Green Starter PF 31:00 3-8 0-0 0-0 6.8 5 7 12 0 3 0 1 3 6
31 Mark Jackson Starter PG 47:00 11-24 2-5 4-5 21.4 2 3 5 9 2 1 0 0 28
4 Johnny Newman Starter SF 39:00 11-24 0-0 3-3 8.9 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 25
21 Gerald Wilkins Starter SG 39:00 8-17 0-1 2-2 8.2 0 1 1 7 4 1 0 3 18
3 Rick Carlisle Bench SG 04:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 0.5 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
25 Bill Cartwright Bench PG 15:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 0.0 1 2 3 0 5 0 1 2 4
42 Pat Cummings Bench PF 11:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 2 2 2 5 0 0 0 0
11 Sedric Toney Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Trent Tucker Bench SG 06:00 1-3 1-3 0-0 2.0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
7 Kenny Walker Bench PF 09:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                                
        240 38-92 3-11 15-16 81.5 15 32 47 23 27 5 3 12 94
          41.3% 27.3% 93.8%                    

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  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Brad Lohaus
4.2p, 2r, 0.7a

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 Bill Cartwright
11.1p, 4.7r, 1a		  
 		  
 		 Pat Cummings
5.5p, 3.8r, 0.6a		  
 
Lim PT Sedric Toney
2.7p, 0.4r, 1.1a		 Trent Tucker
7.1p, 1.7r, 1.6a		  
 		 Kenny Walker
10.1p, 4.7r, 1a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 Rick Carlisle
2.8p, 0.5r, 1.2a		  
 		  
 		  
 

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