New York 128, Boston 157

April 28, 1990

Opening Round - New York wins 3-2

Boston Garden (Boston, Massachusetts)

Attendance: 14,890

Officials: Tommy Nunez Jr., Paul Mihalak, Earl Strom

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

Technicals: New York (0) Boston (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NYK (45-37) 38 21 35 35 128
BOS (52-30) 41 33 42 41 157

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NYK 105 121.6 149.2
BOS 105 149.2 121.6

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NYK .525 0.133 0.486 0.230
BOS .676 0.114 0.333 0.319

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 37:00 2-8 0-0 2-2 5.2 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 1 6
33 Patrick Ewing Starter C 40:00 11-18 0-0 6-6 18.5 3 5 8 3 5 0 1 2 28
55 Kiki Vandeweghe Starter SF 26:00 6-11 0-1 1-2 6.8 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 13
7 Kenny Walker Starter PF 14:00 0-1 0-0 2-2 1.8 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 2
21 Gerald Wilkins Starter SG 30:00 10-20 0-1 4-4 18.5 2 2 4 7 3 2 0 0 24
40 Stuart Gray Bench C 03:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
31 Mark Jackson Bench PG 11:00 5-8 0-1 1-1 8.1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 11
4 Johnny Newman Bench SF 27:00 8-16 1-3 4-6 6.8 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 2 21
34 Charles Oakley Bench PF 21:00 4-10 0-0 3-6 5.2 5 4 9 0 2 1 0 4 11
23 Brian Quinnett Bench PF 04:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
6 Trent Tucker Bench SG 20:00 3-6 2-5 0-0 4.5 2 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 8
45 Eddie Lee Wilkins Bench C 07:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                                
        240 51-100 3-11 23-29 106.1 17 18 35 25 27 9 1 14 128
          51.0% 27.3% 79.3%                    

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 37:00 5-15 0-4 5-6 21.2 0 3 3 16 1 1 2 1 15
3 Dennis Johnson Starter PG 26:00 5-7 1-1 1-1 7.9 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 12
35 Reggie Lewis Starter SG 31:00 9-13 0-0 3-3 17.1 2 4 6 4 4 1 0 1 21
32 Kevin McHale Starter PF 28:00 12-15 0-1 7-7 29.6 2 8 10 4 3 0 2 0 31
00 Robert Parish Starter C 28:00 6-11 0-0 6-6 24.5 8 8 16 3 4 0 2 0 18
5 John Bagley Bench PG 18:00 5-7 0-0 0-1 6.9 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 10
34 Kevin Gamble Bench SF 05:00 2-4 0-0 0-0 1.5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 4
53 Joe Kleine Bench C 23:00 4-4 0-0 0-0 6.2 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 2 8
4 Jim Paxson Bench SG 19:00 4-6 0-0 3-3 11.4 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 2 11
54 Ed Pinckney Bench PF 14:00 6-6 0-0 4-5 11.6 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 16
11 Michael Smith Bench C 07:00 4-5 0-0 1-1 3.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
13 Charles Edward Smith Bench PG 04:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 5.2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2
  Team                                
        240 63-94 1-6 30-33 157.1 14 28 42 46 20 7 7 12 157
          67.0% 16.7% 90.9%                    

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
Kenny Walker
7.9p, 5r, 0.7a
Patrick Ewing
28.6p, 10.9r, 2.2a
Rotation Mark Jackson
9.9p, 3.9r, 7.4a
Trent Tucker
8.2p, 2.1r, 2.1a
Johnny Newman
12.9p, 2.4r, 2.3a
Charles Oakley
14.6p, 11.9r, 2.4a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
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

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
 
 
Ed Pinckney
4.7p, 2.9r, 0.9a
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
 
 
Michael Smith
5p, 1.5r, 1.2a

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