New York 102, Boston 128

May 1, 1988

Opening Round - Boston wins 3-1

Boston Garden (Boston, Massachusetts)

Attendance: 14,890

Officials: Paul Mihalak, Earl Strom

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

Technicals: New York (0) Boston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NYK (38-44) 25 23 24 30 102
BOS (57-25) 29 34 28 37 128

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NYK 95 107.2 134.5
BOS 95 134.5 107.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NYK .482 0.168 0.375 0.265
BOS .535 0.168 0.413 0.435

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 41:00 8-14 0-0 2-2 26.8 4 6 10 5 5 6 3 0 18
44 Sidney Green Starter PF 18:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 6.2 0 7 7 3 4 0 0 1 4
31 Mark Jackson Starter PG 41:00 3-11 1-2 2-4 2.5 1 3 4 7 4 1 0 6 9
7 Kenny Walker Starter SF 24:00 2-6 0-0 2-2 2.8 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 6
21 Gerald Wilkins Starter SG 37:00 10-21 1-2 3-4 8.8 1 2 3 4 5 0 0 2 24
3 Rick Carlisle Bench SG 04:00 1-3 0-1 0-0 0.8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
25 Bill Cartwright Bench PG 21:00 3-4 0-0 5-6 6.0 3 1 4 3 3 0 0 5 11
4 Johnny Newman Bench SF 09:00 3-6 0-1 3-3 4.4 2 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 9
55 Louis Orr Bench PF 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sedric Toney Bench PG 03:00 0-1 0-1 2-2 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2
6 Trent Tucker Bench SG 40:00 5-13 4-8 3-4 7.5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 17
  Team                                
        240 37-83 6-15 22-27 88.6 12 20 32 25 32 12 5 16 102
          44.6% 40.0% 81.5%                    

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 32:00 3-11 2-5 2-2 7.8 1 1 2 6 2 0 0 0 10
33 Larry Bird Starter SF 42:00 12-19 1-2 11-11 24.6 0 4 4 6 2 3 0 4 36
3 Dennis Johnson Starter PG 36:00 6-10 0-0 6-6 20.8 1 4 5 9 1 2 0 2 18
32 Kevin McHale Starter PF 44:00 5-11 0-0 14-16 20.0 7 5 12 1 3 0 4 4 24
00 Robert Parish Starter C 31:00 6-13 0-0 1-2 12.5 4 6 10 1 1 1 2 2 13
42 Mark Acres Bench C 12:00 2-5 0-0 0-0 3.8 3 2 5 0 4 1 0 0 4
53 Artis Gilmore Bench C 06:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.5 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
35 Reggie Lewis Bench SF 03:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 4.2 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 4
54 Brad Lohaus Bench C 03:00 3-3 0-0 0-0 5.5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
11 Dirk Minniefield Bench SG 05:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
4 Jim Paxson Bench SF 20:00 3-6 0-0 3-3 4.4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 9
31 Fred Roberts Bench C 06:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
  Team                                
        240 44-85 3-7 37-40 126.0 19 27 46 28 17 8 6 16 128
          51.8% 42.9% 92.5%                    

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
Kenny Walker
10.1p, 4.7r, 1a
Sidney Green
7.8p, 7.8r, 1.1a
Patrick Ewing
20.2p, 8.2r, 1.5a
Rotation Bill Cartwright
11.1p, 4.7r, 1a
Trent Tucker
7.1p, 1.7r, 1.6a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lim PT Sedric Toney
2.7p, 0.4r, 1.1a
Rick Carlisle
2.8p, 0.5r, 1.2a
Johnny Newman
10p, 2.1r, 0.8a
Louis Orr
1.4p, 1.2r, 0.3a
 
 

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
Reggie Lewis
4.5p, 1.3r, 0.5a
 
 
Artis Gilmore
3.7p, 3r, 0.3a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fred Roberts
6.1p, 2.2r, 1.1a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brad Lohaus
4.2p, 2r, 0.7a

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