New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics 103-107 — Oct 23, 2026 Box Score & Stats

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Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
New York Knicks	27	22	24	30	103
KnicksNYK aheadCelticsBOS ahead	+5+12
Boston Celtics	26	24	33	24	107

Regular season · Celtics 1-1, Knicks 0-2

Tatum scores 36 as Celtics beat Knicks in home opener

Jayson Tatum scored 36 points, and the Boston Celtics used a 16-6 run in the third quarter to beat the defending champion New York Knicks 107-103 in their home opener at TD Garden.

The Knicks led 54-52 with 10:46 left in the third quarter before Tatum scored six of the Celtics’ 16 points. Jordan Walsh’s corner 3-pointer put the Celtics ahead for good with 10:09 left.

The Knicks got within 99-98 on Jalen Brunson’s 12-foot pull-up jumper with 1:41 to play, but Tatum answered with a 19-foot fadeaway, and the Knicks got no closer than 103-100.

Paul George, a 76er last season, scored 15 points.

For the Knicks, Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 points and 10 rebounds on 9-of-13 shooting, and Miles McBride added 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting off the bench. OG Anunoby had 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. The Knicks had three 20-point scorers.

Best performances

Boston Celtics

Jayson Tatum+12.0 PS

36 PTS9 REB7 AST3 STL

14-26 FG, 3-10 3P, 5-5 FTTop 1% since 2015-16+0.45 wins

Neemias Queta+2.5 PS

15 PTS6 REB1 AST3 BLK

4-8 FG, 1-1 3P, 6-9 FT−0.06 wins


	36	9	1	7	14-26	3-10	5-5	+1	36:43	3	0	2	2	+12.0
	15	7	0	2	6-15	3-7	0-0	+1	33:39	2	0	1	4	−2.7
	12	4	1	6	5-11	2-6	0-0	−4	33:28	1	0	1	2	−0.2
	4	4	2	2	2-4	0-0	0-0	−2	22:25	0	1	0	5	−2.4
	5	3	1	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	+1	20:17	0	0	1	2	−4.6
Bench
	4	1	0	4	1-5	1-3	1-2	+8	30:26	0	0	2	1	−8.0
	6	2	0	2	2-5	2-5	0-0	+8	22:41	0	0	0	0	−1.7
	15	6	4	1	4-8	1-1	6-9	−1	22:08	0	3	2	4	+2.5
	2	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+4	11:08	0	0	1	2	−6.0
	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	−2	3:35	0	0	0	0	−1.0
	8	1	1	0	3-3	2-2	0-0	+6	3:30	1	0	0	0	+6.7
Team	107	37	10	25	40-8746.0%	15-3938.5%	12-1675.0%		240	7	4	10	22


	22	10	3	3	9-13	2-3	2-3	+2	37:16	0	0	4	5	+1.6
	19	2	0	4	7-17	2-5	3-6	+6	37:14	0	2	3	1	−4.9
	10	12	3	5	4-12	2-7	0-0	+4	36:02	3	0	0	1	+3.5
	20	10	5	8	5-11	2-6	8-10	−11	33:35	0	0	3	4	+5.8
	0	1	0	4	0-8	0-5	0-0	−12	21:53	1	0	1	3	−9.8
Bench
	20	2	0	1	6-9	6-8	2-2	−5	30:05	1	0	0	2	+6.4
	8	2	1	0	3-6	2-5	0-0	+7	21:12	0	0	2	4	−4.7
	2	2	0	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	−10	10:46	1	0	3	0	−2.6
	2	2	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	−8	7:06	0	0	0	2	−1.5
	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3	2:48	0	0	0	0	−0.4
	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4	2:04	0	0	0	1	−0.9
Team	103	44	12	27	36-8045.0%	16-4040.0%	15-2171.4%		240	6	2	16	23

Stat	Celtics	Knicks
Field goals	40-8746.0%	36-8045.0%
3-pointers	15-3938.5%	16-4040.0%
Free throws	12-1675.0%	15-2171.4%
Rebounds	37	44
Offensive	10	12
Defensive	27	32
Assists	25	27
Steals	7	6
Blocks	4	2
Turnovers	10	16
Fouls	22	23
Bench points	35	32

Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	16-25	64.0%	67%
In the paint	3-10	30.0%	45%
Mid-range	6-13	46.2%	42%
Corner 3	8-13	61.5%	39%
Above-the-break 3	7-26	26.9%	35%

Tatum scores 36 as Celtics beat Knicks in home opener

Best performances

Box score

Boston Celtics107

New York Knicks103

Team stats

The plays that decided it

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New York Knicks 103 @ Boston Celtics 107 — October 23, 2026 Box Score

Tatum scores 36 as Celtics beat Knicks in home opener

Best performances

Box score

Boston Celtics107

New York Knicks103

Team stats

The plays that decided it

What else stood out

Shot chart

Game flow

Game Flow