Boston 108, New York 135

May 4, 1990

Opening Round - New York wins 3-2

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: Eddie Rush, Hue Hollins, Wally Rooney

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

Technicals: Boston (0) New York (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (52-30) 30 27 28 23 108
NYK (45-37) 36 29 32 38 135

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 104 103.9 129.9
NYK 104 129.9 103.9

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .500 0.250 0.324 0.440
NYK .606 0.125 0.278 0.289

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 39:00 6-15 1-2 8-8 11.2 0 8 8 5 1 1 0 7 21
3 Dennis Johnson Starter PG 27:00 2-9 0-0 0-0 2.8 1 4 5 6 3 0 0 3 4
35 Reggie Lewis Starter SG 40:00 8-12 0-0 7-10 9.5 3 1 4 2 3 0 0 5 23
32 Kevin McHale Starter PF 39:00 8-13 0-0 8-9 14.1 1 3 4 1 2 0 2 2 24
00 Robert Parish Starter C 31:00 4-8 0-0 2-2 2.8 1 4 5 1 3 0 0 4 10
5 John Bagley Bench PG 17:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 8.2 2 1 3 6 1 3 0 2 2
53 Joe Kleine Bench C 17:00 4-5 0-0 3-4 5.5 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 11
4 Jim Paxson Bench SF 12:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
54 Ed Pinckney Bench PF 06:00 0-1 0-0 1-2 -1.2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
34 Kevin Gamble Bench SF 02:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 2.2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
13 Charles Edward Smith Bench PG 04:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Michael Smith Bench PF 06:00 1-2 0-1 4-4 3.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6
  Team                                
        240 37-75 1-3 33-39 105.4 11 23 34 21 20 6 3 26 108
          49.3% 33.3% 84.6%                    

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
1 Mo Cheeks Starter PG 41:00 6-10 0-0 3-4 20.0 2 2 4 12 3 2 0 2 15
33 Patrick Ewing Starter C 40:00 18-24 0-0 8-9 42.4 2 11 13 5 3 7 2 3 44
34 Charles Oakley Starter PF 29:00 3-7 0-0 0-0 8.2 0 6 6 5 4 2 0 2 6
55 Kiki Vandeweghe Starter SF 21:00 3-6 1-1 0-0 3.5 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 7
21 Gerald Wilkins Starter SG 27:00 9-14 1-2 1-1 16.4 1 1 2 7 1 2 0 3 20
31 Mark Jackson Bench PG 07:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 2.5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Johnny Newman Bench SF 24:00 8-13 0-0 8-11 12.6 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 24
6 Trent Tucker Bench SG 21:00 2-7 1-4 0-0 9.2 0 0 0 7 1 3 0 0 5
7 Kenny Walker Bench PF 17:00 2-2 0-0 4-4 9.0 1 4 5 2 4 0 0 0 8
45 Eddie Lee Wilkins Bench C 07:00 2-3 0-0 2-2 2.8 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 6
23 Brian Quinnett Bench PF 03:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
40 Stuart Gray Bench C 03:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
  Team                                
        240 53-90 3-7 26-31 143.4 10 26 36 43 26 18 3 13 135
          58.9% 42.9% 83.9%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Dennis Johnson
7.1p, 2.7r, 6.5a		 Reggie Lewis
17p, 4.4r, 2.8a		 Larry Bird
24.3p, 9.5r, 7.5a		 Kevin McHale
20.9p, 8.3r, 2.1a		 Robert Parish
15.7p, 10.1r, 1.3a
Rotation John Bagley
4.3p, 1.6r, 5.5a		  
 		 Jim Paxson
6.4p, 1.1r, 1.9a		  
 		 Joe Kleine
5.4p, 4.4r, 0.6a
Lim PT Charles Edward Smith
2.9p, 1.2r, 1.7a		  
 		 Kevin Gamble
5.1p, 1.6r, 1.7a		 Ed Pinckney
4.7p, 2.9r, 0.9a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Michael Smith
5p, 1.5r, 1.2a		  
 

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mo Cheeks
9.7p, 3r, 5.6a		 Gerald Wilkins
14.5p, 4.5r, 4a		 Kiki Vandeweghe
11.7p, 2.4r, 1.9a		 Charles Oakley
14.6p, 11.9r, 2.4a		 Patrick Ewing
28.6p, 10.9r, 2.2a
Rotation  
 		 Trent Tucker
8.2p, 2.1r, 2.1a		 Johnny Newman
12.9p, 2.4r, 2.3a		 Kenny Walker
7.9p, 5r, 0.7a		  
 
Lim PT Mark Jackson
9.9p, 3.9r, 7.4a		  
 		  
 		 Brian Quinnett
1.3p, 0.9r, 0.4a		 Eddie Lee Wilkins
4.7p, 3.4r, 0.2a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Stuart Gray
2p, 2.5r, 0.3a

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