Boston
Celtics
119
–
117
FINAL
New York
Knicks
Date
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | 1OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 27 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 119 |
| NYK | 30 | 28 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 117 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Kristaps Porziņģis
BOS
34
PTS
4
REB
3
AST
+0
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections4
Contested Shots16
Loose Balls1
Opp FG% When Defending50.0%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.34
Impact Composite63.8
Hustle: 33.5Defense: 30.3Impact: 0.0
34 points57.9% FG8-13 from 34 deflections16 contested shotsonly 21 pts allowed on 61.5 possessions
Box Score MVP
Jayson Tatum
BOS
32
PTS
7
REB
5
AST
+2
+/−
Game Performance
FG11-22 (50.0%)
3PT4-11
FT6-8
TS%62.7%
eFG%59.1%
STL1
BLK1
TOV2
ORTG118
DRTG115
NET+2
32 points4-11 from 3only 26 pts allowed on 76.1 possessions
Box Score
| BOS | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 38:42 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11-19 | 58% | 8-13 | 62% | 4-6 | 67% | 0 |
| Sam Hauser | 28:07 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-6 | 50% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | +9 |
| Luke Kornet | 18:53 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0-3 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | +6 |
| Jaylen Brown | 21:39 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2-8 | 25% | 0-2 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | -2 |
| Jrue Holiday | 37:16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5-9 | 56% | 2-4 | 50% | 4-5 | 80% | +6 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Payton Pritchard | 29:53 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-6 | 50% | 0-3 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | -10 |
| Jayson Tatum | 47:44 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11-22 | 50% | 4-11 | 36% | 6-8 | 75% | +2 |
| Derrick White | 42:45 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5-14 | 36% | 4-12 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | -1 |
| TOTAL | — | 119 | 38 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 40-87 | 46% | 19-49 | 39% | 20-25 | 80% | — |
Torrey Craig —
Xavier Tillman —
Jordan Walsh —
Drew Peterson —
Neemias Queta —
JD Davison —
Baylor Scheierman —
| NYK | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Brunson | 38:26 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10-21 | 48% | 5-12 | 42% | 2-2 | 100% | -2 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 42:37 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14-21 | 67% | 1-3 | 33% | 5-7 | 71% | +1 |
| OG Anunoby | 41:20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5-13 | 39% | 0-5 | 0% | 3-6 | 50% | -7 |
| Josh Hart | 47:31 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5-14 | 36% | 0-4 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | -5 |
| Mikal Bridges | 37:49 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6-15 | 40% | 2-6 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameron Payne | 14:26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-7 | 43% | 1-3 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | 0 |
| Miles McBride | 20:38 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-5 | 40% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | +3 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 15:44 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 67% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -1 |
| Landry Shamet | 6:30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 50% | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | +3 |
| TOTAL | — | 117 | 52 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 48-101 | 48% | 11-38 | 29% | 10-16 | 63% | — |
Precious Achiuwa —
Pacôme Dadiet —
P.J. Tucker —
Anton Watson —
Delon Wright —
Tyler Kolek —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
BOS40/87 (46%)
Paint
15/26 (58%)
Mid
7/17 (41%)
3PT
19/49 (39%)
ATB3 41%RA 71%Paint 36%Corner 3 33%Mid 57%
NYK48/101 (48%)
Paint
31/53 (58%)
Mid
18/28 (64%)
3PT
11/38 (29%)
Paint 55%ATB3 29%RA 67%Corner 3 29%Mid 33%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Josh Hart
defended Kristaps Porziņģis
6.0 min • 2 pts • 33%
Best Defender
OG Anunoby
held Jayson Tatum
5.0 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Josh Hart
vs Jayson Tatum
2.6 min • 8 pts • 80%
| NYK Defense | Derrick White | Jaylen Brown | Jayson Tatum | Jrue Holiday | Kristaps Porziņģis | Luke Kornet | Payton Pritchard | Sam Hauser |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hart | 2.2m 2pts 50% | 1.4m 0pts 0% | 2.6m 8pts 80% | 1.9m 0pts 0% | 6.0m 2pts 33% | 3.4m 0pts 0% | 1.0m 0pts 0% | 1.1m 0pts 0% |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 1.3m 10pts 100% | 2.4m 7pts 75% | 5.6m 11pts 83% | 4.6m 7pts 75% | 2.0m 5pts 40% | — | — | — |
| OG Anunoby | 1.9m 4pts 67% | 2.7m 0pts 0% | 5.0m 0pts 0% | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | 1.7m 0pts 0% | 1.2m 4pts 67% | 2.2m 2pts 50% |
| Jalen Brunson | 4.1m 5pts 50% | — | 1.1m 3pts 100% | 5.4m 9pts 57% | 1.6m 7pts 33% | — | 1.9m 8pts 50% | — |
| Mikal Bridges | 4.2m 3pts 25% | — | 2.3m 0pts 0% | 1.1m 0pts 0% | 1.8m 8pts 50% | — | 1.2m 3pts 50% | 2.9m 0pts 0% |
| Miles McBride | 1.8m 2pts 100% | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 3.1m 0pts 0% | — |
| Mitchell Robinson | — | — | 1.5m 2pts 100% | — | 2.5m 2pts 50% | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — | — |
| Cameron Payne | 1.2m 3pts 50% | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1m 4pts 67% | 1.1m 0pts 0% |
| Landry Shamet | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8m 0pts 0% |
| Other | 0.3m 3pts 100% | 2.2m 3pts 100% | — | — | 1.5m 2pts 50% | — | 1.8m 6pts 100% | — |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = NYK leads, negative = BOS leads
NYK Largest Lead
11
Q2 8:02
BOS Largest Lead
7
Q3 5:41
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
NYK 8-0 run
Q1 2:22 – Q1 3:28
-1 → +5
NYK 10-0 run
Q1 2:22 – Q1 3:55
-1 → +7
BOS 8-0 run
Q2 9:14 – Q2 10:44
+9 → +2
BOS 8-0 run
Q3 0:12 – Q3 1:31
+4 → -2