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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Knicks | 19 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 99 |
 Celtics | 21 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 101 |
NYKTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 35-8441.7% | 16-3348.5% | 13-1681.3% | 39 | 22 | 14 |
| BOS | 36-8641.9% | 15-4037.5% | 14-2070.0% | 53 | 22 | 17 |
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 Celtics101| 42 | 25 | 10-21 | 3-9 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −3.4 | |||||
| 36 | 17 | 4-11 | 3-6 | 6-6 | +7 | +4.1 | ||||||||
| 36 | 32 | 12-26 | 5-13 | 3-7 | +7 | +7.5 | ||||||||
| 25 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −21 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 25 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −1.4 | |||||
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| 25 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | −7.2 | |||||||
| 22 | 7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-5 | +24 | +1.6 | |||||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.4 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +0.6 | ||
| Team | 101 | 36-8641.9% | 15-4037.5% | 53 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 14-2070.0% | 16 | 6 | 7 | |||
Bench 15 points on 5 for 16 shooting
Did not play: Moritz Wagner, Tremont Waters, Aaron Nesmith, Luke Kornet, Tacko Fall and Carsen Edwards (coach’s decision).
New York Knicks99| 37 | 22 | 9-23 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 36 | 29 | 10-14 | 6-6, Career high (his best before, 5) | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +6.4 | ||||||
| 27 | 7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −18 | −2.8 | ||||||
| 26 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −5.5 | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −4.7 | ||||||
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| 27 | 11 | 4-10 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −2.1 | ||
| 23 | 8 | 2-9 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.8 | |||||
| 20 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +15 | −2.9 | ||||||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +0.6 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.9 | ||||
| Team | 99 | 35-8441.7% | 16-3348.5% | 39 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 13-1681.3% | 5 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 27 points on 9 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Norvel Pelle, Theo Pinson, Frank Ntilikina, Kevin Knox II and Jared Harper (coach’s decision).
Celtics101Knicks99ClickTap 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.
Jaylen Brown had 32 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 101-99.
Marcus Smart’s 3-pointer put the Celtics ahead for good with 36 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
RJ Barrett’s 3-pointer made it 101-99 with 1 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Knicks 17-11. Smart scored 10 of the Celtics’ 17 on 3 for 4 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Jayson Tatum had 25 points (7 during a 10-0 run in the third quarter) and 10 rebounds. Smart scored 14 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter. Smart assisted on 6 of Brown’s 12 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Knicks, Barrett scored 29 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) on 10 for 14 shooting, and Julius Randle added 22 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals.
The Knicks gave up 16 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Celtics missed. The Celtics outscored the Knicks 34-19 in 12 minutes with Thompson, Smart, Brown, Tatum and Williams on the floor together.
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).
87 points from the field on 86 shots: 5.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-20 | 70.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 7-20 | 35.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 0-6 | 0.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-11 | 18.2% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-29 | 44.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Barrett | 35 | 14 | 6-13 | +1 |
| Julius Randle | 17 | 6 | 3-6 | 0 |
| Derrick Rose | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Alec Burks | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 10 | 3-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Bullock Jr. | 35 | 7 | 3-7 | −6 |
| Alec Burks | 21 | 5 | 2-3 | −3 |
| Julius Randle | 7 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Elfrid Payton | 6 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 8 | 4-8 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 32 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elfrid Payton | 25 | 0 | 0-3 | −5 |
| Derrick Rose | 14 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| RJ Barrett | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Julius Randle | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 5 | 1-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 10 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NYK
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Smart 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Tatum 5 AST)
Q4 0:36
36.2%
55→91
Barrett 27' 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Randle 6 AST)
Q4 0:55
29.7%
85→55
Brown 3' Running Layup (31 PTS) (Smart 9 AST)
Q4 1:02
22.4%
62→85
Randle 4' Running Dunk (22 PTS) (Bullock 1 AST)
Q4 1:39
18.1%
82→64
Smart Putback Layup (12 PTS)
Q4 2:54
15.5%
66→82
