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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | Final/2OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 35 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 134 |
 Knicks | 29 | 25 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 138 |
BOSTeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 48-11741.0% | 21-5736.8% | 17-2373.9% | 56 | 34 | 18 |
| NYK | 51-10548.6% | 17-4537.8% | 19-2770.4% | 55 | 27 | 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.
New York Knicks138| 47 | 19 | 6-11 | 3-7 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −0.1 | |||||
| 46 | 35 | 12-27 | 3-8 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +2.2 | ||||||
| 44 | 32 | 13-25 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 0 | +11 | +9.0 | |||||||
| 36 | 10 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 34 | 11 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | +3 | +7.0 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 14 | 6-9 | 0-3 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +4 | +1.4 | ||||||
| 22 | 9 | 3-11 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +7 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 16 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.2 | |||||
| 8 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.3 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 138 | 51-10548.6% | 17-4537.8% | 55 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 19-2770.4% | 7 | 9 | 10 | |||
Bench 31 points on 12 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Wayne Selden, Miles McBride and Kevin Knox II (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics134| 46 | 46, Career high (his best before, 42) | 16-30 | 8-14 | 6-8 | 0 | +16 | +12.9 | |||||||
| 46 | 15 | 5-14 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −3.9 | ||||||
| 45 | 16 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-8 | +11 | +11.9 | |||||||
| 45 | 20 | 7-30 | 2-15 | 4-5 | −3 | −10.1 | ||||||||
| 31 | 15 | 6-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +2.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 12 | 5-16 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | −16 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 23 | 10 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −14 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −4.7 | |||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −0.2 | ||||||
| Team | 134 | 48-11741.0% | 21-5736.8% | 56 | 34 | 18 | 24 | 17-2373.9% | 15 | 13 | 9 | |||
Bench 22 points on 9 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Juancho Hernangomez, Jabari Parker, Brodric Thomas, Bruno Fernando, Enes Freedom and Sam Hauser (coach’s decision).
Knicks138Celtics134ClickTap 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.
Evan Fournier scored 32 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics 138-134 in double overtime in the season opener for both teams at Madison Square Garden.
Marcus Smart made a 3-pointer on a pass from Dennis Schröder with 1.0 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 116 for the Celtics, but the Knicks outscored them 22-18 in the two overtimes.
Derrick Rose’s floater with 22.2 seconds left in the second overtime made it 138-134 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Knicks outscored the Celtics 29-28. Fournier scored 17 of the Knicks’ 29 on 6 for 11 shooting. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Jaylen Brown had 3 steals, 1 of them during an 8-0 Celtics run, and the Celtics scored 4 points off them. In that stretch, Julius Randle had 4 of his 9 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Fournier that tied the game and 2 on baskets by Fournier that put the Knicks ahead.
Randle had 35 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 blocks, and Kemba Walker added 10 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) and 8 rebounds. The Knicks had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Celtics, Brown had a career-high 46 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. Jayson Tatum had 20 points and 11 rebounds but shot 7 for 30. Robert Williams III had 16 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals and 5 blocks. The Celtics had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Knicks shot 48.6% from the field and 37.8% from 3 to the Celtics’ 41.0% and 36.8%. The Celtics made 21 3-pointers, 8 of them by Brown and 5 by Smart. The Knicks outscored the Celtics 60-42 in the paint. The Celtics’ starters outscored the Knicks 53-38 in 17 minutes together.
New York KnicksBoston CelticsPS, 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).
119 points from the field on 105 shots: 4.0 more 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 | 27-37 | 73.0% | 65% |
| In the paint | 3-7 | 42.9% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 4-16 | 25.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 1-9 | 11.1% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 16-36 | 44.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Williams | 24 | 17 | 7-12 | +9 |
| Robert Williams III | 23 | 3 | 1-6 | −5 |
| Jaylen Brown | 16 | 4 | 2-6 | −1 |
| Marcus Smart | 10 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 9 | 2-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 37 points on 95 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 21 | 4 | 2-3 | −2 |
| Marcus Smart | 17 | 7 | 3-5 | +2 |
| Jayson Tatum | 15 | 5 | 2-6 | +1 |
| Dennis Schröder | 10 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 11 | 4-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 88 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Tatum | 38 | 3 | 1-3 | −7 |
| Marcus Smart | 17 | 4 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Jaylen Brown | 14 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Romeo Langford | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 5 | 1-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 89 possessions. He usually scores about 23 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
Smart 25' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Schroder 7 AST)
Q4 0:01
44.3%
97→53
Rose 2' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (9 PTS)
2OT 0:22
30.4%
68→99
Tatum 24' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Williams III 3 AST)
OT 2:58
28.2%
77→49
Barrett 25' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Fournier 3 AST)
OT 3:13
24.5%
53→77
Fournier 26' 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Randle 8 AST)
OT 4:01
20.6%
37→58
