The Boston Celtics were defeated by the New York Knicks, 121 to 114, in Game 5 of the 1990 First Round on May 6, 1990.
Final
Knicks
Celtics
FG Made - Attempted
46-78
46-94
Field Goal %
59.0
48.9
3PT Made - Attempted
4-5
3-12
3PT %
80.0
25.0
FT Made - Attempted
25-29
19-25
Free Throw %
86.2
76.0
Rebounds
39
38
Offensive Rebounds
9
17
Defensive Rebounds
30
21
Assists
31
32
Steals
5
8
Blocks
6
7
Turnovers
15
12
Personal Fouls
23
21
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Cheeks | 48 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8-10 | 80.0 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 83.3 | 83.1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
P. Ewing | 47 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14-26 | 53.8 | 1-1 | 100.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 57.7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
C. Oakley | 44 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8-11 | 72.7 | 0-0 | 10-12 | 83.3 | 79.9 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | ||
G. Wilkins | 27 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6-10 | 60.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
K. VanDeWeghe | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 50.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bench
Starters
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Bird | 46 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11-25 | 44.0 | 1-4 | 25.0 | 8-9 | 88.9 | 53.5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
K. McHale | 45 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7-14 | 50.0 | 1-2 | 50.0 | 2-3 | 66.7 | 55.5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
R. Parish | 41 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10-15 | 66.7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 69.3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
R. Lewis | 41 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8-13 | 61.5 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 3-7 | 42.9 | 59.1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
D. Johnson | 39 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10-20 | 50.0 | 1-3 | 33.3 | 0-0 | 52.5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
Bench
| NAME | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Bagley | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 53.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
J. Kleine | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-3 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 2-2 | 100.0 | 25.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
J. Paxson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
E. Pinckney | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
M. Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-1 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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ORTG
120.4
3rd
DRTG
110.3
9th
NETRTG
10.1
3rd
3P%
36.6
15th
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