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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 23 | 36 | 29 | 33 | 121 |
 Knicks | 24 | 32 | 25 | 31 | 112 |
BOSTeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 42-9345.2% | 13-3339.4% | 24-2885.7% | 45 | 21 | 11 |
| NYK | 45-9646.9% | 6-2722.2% | 16-2080.0% | 49 | 20 | 14 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Boston Celtics121| 35 | 31 | 11-22 | 6-12 | 3-4 | 0 | +22 | +12.4 | |||||||
| 33 | 13 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +13 | −0.6 | ||||||
| 29 | 24 | 10-18 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +3.7 | |||
| 26 | 11 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 5-5 | +21 | +3.5 | ||||||||
| 18 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | +9 | +1.2 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 5 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +2 | −5.0 | ||||||
| 28 | 11 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | −7 | +4.1 | |||||||
| 21 | 14 | 4-10 | 2-5 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +1.6 | |||||
| 11 | 6 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.2 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.9 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.9 | |
| Team | 121 | 42-9345.2% | 13-3339.4% | 45 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 24-2885.7% | 11 | 11 | 5 | |||
Bench 36 points on 11 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Abdel Nader (coach’s decision).
New York Knicks112| 33 | 17 | 7-16 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 29 | 15 | 5-14 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −19 | −0.2 | |||||
| 25 | 13 | 4-12 | 0-3 | 5-8 | 0 | −7 | −2.0 | |||||||
| 23 | 9 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | −10 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.5 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 26 | 10-19 | 2-6 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +9.6 | |||||
| 24 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −1.8 | |||||
| 24 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 20 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 12 | 14 | 6-9 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | +6.6 | |||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −1.4 | ||||
| Team | 112 | 45-9646.9% | 6-2722.2% | 49 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 16-2080.0% | 13 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 56 points on 24 for 41 shooting
Did not play: Isaiah Hicks and Jarrett Jack (coach’s decision).
Celtics121Knicks112ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Kyrie Irving scored 31 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 121-112.
Daniel Theis’ 20-foot jumper put the Celtics ahead for good with 10:05 left in the third quarter.
The Knicks got within 96-94 on Trey Burke’s 23-foot pull-up jumper with 7:43 to play, but Irving answered with a pull-up 3-pointer, and the Knicks got no closer than 99-96.
Jaylen Brown scored 24 points (16 in the paint).
For the Knicks, Burke had 26 points and 8 assists off the bench. All 14 of Troy Williams’ points came in the fourth quarter.
The Celtics went 24 for 28 at the line to the Knicks’ 16 for 20. The Knicks outscored the Celtics 56-36 off the bench.
Boston CelticsNew York KnicksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
97 points from the field on 93 shots: 1.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-31 | 51.6% | 63% |
| In the paint | 7-17 | 41.2% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-12 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-28 | 39.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Mudiay | 24 | 6 | 2-6 | −3 |
| Trey Burke | 19 | 5 | 2-5 | −2 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Frank Ntilikina | 7 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 16 | 6-10 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 20 | 3 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Courtney Lee | 17 | 0 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Troy Williams | 10 | 10 | 4-4 | +8 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 11 | 5-8 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Burke | 19 | 3 | 1-5 | −1 |
| Frank Ntilikina | 9 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 4 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 40 possessions. He usually scores about 8 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NYK win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
NYK
Highest Leverage Moments
Irving 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (31 PTS)
Q4 7:08
15.3%
40→24
Irving 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q3 8:23
13.8%
43→30
Beasley 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Hardaway Jr. 2 AST)
Q3 7:39
13.8%
29→43
Burke 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (20 PTS)
Q4 10:17
12.8%
15→27
Hardaway Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Mudiay 5 AST)
Q3 10:49
10.7%
47→58
