Boston 117, New York 137

April 20, 1989

Regular Season

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: 19,591

Officials: Lee Jones, Dick Bavetta, Bernie Fryer

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

Technicals: Boston (0) New York (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (41-39) 31 30 25 31 117
NYK (51-30) 38 31 35 33 137

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 114 103.0 120.6
NYK 114 120.6 103.0

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .511 0.238 0.474 0.237
NYK .577 0.229 0.380 0.245

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
34 Kevin Gamble Starter SG 33:00 7-10 0-0 2-5 6.6 0 4 4 4 4 0 0 5 16
35 Reggie Lewis Starter SF 35:00 7-19 0-0 2-2 8.5 3 4 7 2 3 4 1 4 16
32 Kevin McHale Starter PF 30:00 9-15 0-0 5-8 14.8 3 2 5 2 1 2 1 3 23
00 Robert Parish Starter C 22:00 2-9 0-0 1-2 4.2 6 3 9 2 3 1 1 4 5
20 Brian Shaw Starter PG 25:00 3-8 0-0 0-0 11.0 1 4 5 9 0 0 0 2 6
42 Mark Acres Bench C 06:00 2-3 1-1 4-5 4.4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
12 Otis Birdsong Bench SG 06:00 0-2 0-1 0-0 -0.2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
31 Ronnie Grandison Bench SF 14:00 4-7 0-0 1-1 4.6 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 9
53 Joe Kleine Bench C 14:00 1-1 0-0 3-4 4.2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 5
54 Ed Pinckney Bench PF 25:00 8-10 0-0 2-3 11.9 2 0 2 0 5 2 2 1 18
7 Kelvin Upshaw Bench PG 30:00 4-9 0-1 2-2 5.2 1 1 2 7 4 1 0 5 10
  Team                                
        240 47-93 1-3 22-32 119.2 18 20 38 29 24 12 5 27 117
          50.5% 33.3% 68.8%                    

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
31 Mark Jackson Starter PG 35:00 12-18 5-6 0-0 25.2 1 3 4 9 3 3 0 4 29
4 Johnny Newman Starter SF 29:00 5-8 1-3 5-5 6.6 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 3 16
34 Charles Oakley Starter PF 29:00 7-12 1-2 2-2 14.5 3 7 10 1 4 3 0 3 17
45 Eddie Lee Wilkins Starter C 22:00 4-11 0-0 2-6 8.5 6 6 12 0 1 2 0 3 10
21 Gerald Wilkins Starter SG 34:00 6-15 2-3 2-4 7.0 1 1 2 5 2 1 0 3 16
44 Sidney Green Bench PF 22:00 5-10 0-0 1-2 6.8 3 6 9 1 5 3 1 6 11
8 Pete Myers Bench SF 07:00 1-2 0-0 2-2 1.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
11 Rod Strickland Bench PG 18:00 5-8 0-0 4-4 12.5 1 2 3 5 3 2 0 2 14
55 Kiki Vandeweghe Bench SF 17:00 2-6 0-0 2-2 4.5 1 3 4 2 1 0 0 1 6
7 Kenny Walker Bench SF 27:00 5-8 0-0 4-4 16.5 3 2 5 1 5 2 5 0 14
  Team                                
        240 52-98 9-14 24-31 141.1 19 31 50 26 28 16 7 26 137
          53.1% 64.3% 77.4%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Brian Shaw
8.5p, 4.7r, 5.7a
Kevin Gamble
3.1p, 0.8r, 0.6a
Reggie Lewis
18.6p, 4.7r, 2.7a
Kevin McHale
22.4p, 8.2r, 2.1a
Robert Parish
18.8p, 12.5r, 2.2a
Rotation Kelvin Upshaw
6.8p, 1.5r, 3.6a
 
 
Ronnie Grandison
2.5p, 1.3r, 0.6a
Ed Pinckney
11.6p, 5.7r, 1.5a
Joe Kleine
6.5p, 5.1r, 0.9a
Lim PT  
 
Otis Birdsong
2.3p, 1.1r, 0.7a
 
 
 
 
Mark Acres
2.2p, 2.4r, 0.3a

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mark Jackson
16.9p, 4.7r, 8.6a
Gerald Wilkins
14.4p, 3r, 3.4a
Johnny Newman
15.9p, 2.5r, 2a
Charles Oakley
13p, 10.5r, 2.3a
Eddie Lee Wilkins
4p, 2r, 0.1a
Rotation Rod Strickland
8.9p, 2r, 4a
 
 
Kenny Walker
5.3p, 2.9r, 0.4a
Sidney Green
6.2p, 4.7r, 0.9a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
Kiki Vandeweghe
11.1p, 1.6r, 1.5a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Pete Myers
3p, 1r, 1.5a
 
 
 
 

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