Boston 92, New York 124

December 9, 1989

Regular Season

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: 18,212

Officials: Steve Javie, Luis Grillo, Wally Rooney

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

Technicals: Boston (0) New York (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (11-9) 22 17 29 24 92
NYK (12-7) 32 16 34 42 124

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 94 97.9 131.9
NYK 94 131.9 97.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .427 0.192 0.389 0.180
NYK .522 0.096 0.426 0.348

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Larry Bird Starter SF 36:00 11-26 0-1 3-3 14.9 3 10 13 3 2 1 0 3 25
3 Dennis Johnson Starter PG 28:00 0-1 0-0 2-2 5.2 0 1 1 7 4 1 0 2 2
00 Robert Parish Starter C 16:00 2-6 0-0 1-1 -2.4 2 0 2 1 5 0 0 3 5
4 Jim Paxson Starter SG 25:00 4-10 0-0 0-0 4.8 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 8
54 Ed Pinckney Starter PF 26:00 3-5 0-0 2-2 7.2 1 3 4 1 3 0 2 1 8
34 Kevin Gamble Bench SF 23:00 3-6 0-0 2-2 10.0 2 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 8
53 Joe Kleine Bench C 32:00 4-7 0-0 1-2 6.2 5 1 6 2 5 0 0 2 9
32 Kevin McHale Bench PF 28:00 7-14 0-0 3-3 3.9 1 4 5 2 5 0 0 5 17
11 Michael Smith Bench PF 06:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
13 Charles Edward Smith Bench PG 08:00 1-5 0-0 2-2 -0.2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4
7 Kelvin Upshaw Bench PG 12:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2
  Team                                
        240 38-89 0-1 16-17 81.9 14 22 36 28 31 4 2 18 92
          42.7% 0.0% 94.1%                    

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 36:00 8-14 0-0 10-12 22.2 1 7 8 2 2 2 3 1 26
31 Mark Jackson Starter PG 22:00 3-6 0-1 0-0 4.5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 6
4 Johnny Newman Starter SF 26:00 4-10 0-0 5-7 5.1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 13
34 Charles Oakley Starter PF 34:00 8-14 0-0 5-7 27.4 5 12 17 5 3 3 0 1 21
21 Gerald Wilkins Starter SG 29:00 7-12 0-1 4-6 18.0 4 5 9 2 1 2 0 0 18
8 Pete Myers Bench SF 04:00 0-2 0-0 0-2 1.2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
23 Brian Quinnett Bench PF 04:00 0-2 0-1 0-0 -2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Rod Strickland Bench PG 22:00 2-6 0-1 3-4 14.0 2 2 4 9 1 3 0 2 7
6 Trent Tucker Bench SG 21:00 2-4 2-4 0-0 6.8 0 1 1 5 4 0 0 0 6
7 Kenny Walker Bench PF 20:00 7-12 1-1 4-5 14.1 6 0 6 0 2 0 2 1 19
45 Eddie Lee Wilkins Bench PF 22:00 4-7 0-0 0-0 7.0 2 3 5 0 2 0 1 0 8
  Team                                
        240 45-89 3-9 31-43 122.4 23 31 54 31 18 11 7 9 124
          50.6% 33.3% 72.1%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Dennis Johnson
5.8p, 1.8r, 5.6a
Jim Paxson
5.8p, 0.9r, 1.7a
Larry Bird
22.6p, 9.8r, 7a
Ed Pinckney
6.6p, 4.3r, 1.2a
Robert Parish
17.3p, 10.5r, 1.3a
Rotation Kelvin Upshaw
1.9p, 1r, 2.2a
 
 
Kevin Gamble
5.9p, 1.8r, 2.3a
Kevin McHale
17.4p, 6.5r, 1.6a
Joe Kleine
6p, 5.2r, 0.7a
Lim PT Charles Edward Smith
3.9p, 1.1r, 1.6a
 
 
 
 
Michael Smith
1.5p, 0.4r, 0.1a
 
 

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mark Jackson
10.6p, 3.9r, 7.6a
Gerald Wilkins
13.5p, 4.5r, 4.1a
Johnny Newman
14.3p, 2.8r, 2.9a
Charles Oakley
15.4p, 12.2r, 2a
Patrick Ewing
29.3p, 9.8r, 2.2a
Rotation Rod Strickland
8.8p, 2.4r, 4.7a
Trent Tucker
8.1p, 2.5r, 2.5a
 
 
Eddie Lee Wilkins
5.3p, 3.1r, 0a
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Kenny Walker
7.8p, 4.1r, 0.5a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
Pete Myers
0.6p, 0.6r, 0.7a
Brian Quinnett
0.6p, 0.1r, 0a
 
 

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