New York
Knicks
108
–
105
FINAL
Boston
Celtics
Date
Monday, May 5, 2025
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | 1OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 25 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 108 |
| BOS | 26 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 105 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
OG Anunoby
NYK
29
PTS
4
REB
3
AST
-1
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections1
Contested Shots5
Opp FG% When Defending36.8%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.26
Impact Composite56.2
Hustle: 9.5Defense: 46.8Impact: -0.1
6-11 from 3held opponents to 36.8% FGonly 19 pts allowed on 73.6 possessions
Box Score MVP
Jalen Brunson
NYK
29
PTS
4
REB
5
AST
+2
+/−
Game Performance
FG9-23 (39.1%)
3PT5-9
FT6-7
TS%55.6%
eFG%50.0%
STL2
TOV4
ORTG111
DRTG110
NET+1
5-9 from 35 deflectionsheld opponents to 34.8% FGonly 26 pts allowed on 81.9 possessions
Box Score
| NYK | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hart | 45:14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5-9 | 56% | 1-5 | 20% | 3-6 | 50% | +5 |
| Precious Achiuwa | 5:06 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 31:29 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6-13 | 46% | 0-1 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | +8 |
| OG Anunoby | 45:49 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10-20 | 50% | 6-11 | 55% | 3-4 | 75% | -1 |
| Jalen Brunson | 43:31 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9-23 | 39% | 5-9 | 56% | 6-7 | 86% | +2 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Mikal Bridges | 51:02 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3-13 | 23% | 2-5 | 40% | 0-0 | 0% | +3 |
| Miles McBride | 18:37 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-8 | 50% | 3-6 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | -6 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 20:53 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 3-10 | 30% | +13 |
| TOTAL | — | 108 | 49 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 37-87 | 43% | 17-37 | 46% | 17-29 | 59% | — |
Pacôme Dadiet —
P.J. Tucker —
Delon Wright —
Tyler Kolek —
Ariel Hukporti —
Cameron Payne —
Landry Shamet —
| BOS | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 12:58 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-4 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0 |
| Sam Hauser | 3:58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| Luke Kornet | 17:14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2-4 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| Al Horford | 34:21 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2-6 | 33% | 1-5 | 20% | 2-2 | 100% | 0 |
| Jrue Holiday | 38:56 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7-14 | 50% | 2-7 | 29% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Payton Pritchard | 24:21 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-6 | 50% | 2-5 | 40% | 5-5 | 100% | +1 |
| Jayson Tatum | 44:14 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7-23 | 30% | 4-15 | 27% | 5-7 | 71% | -5 |
| Jaylen Brown | 44:54 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7-20 | 35% | 1-10 | 10% | 8-10 | 80% | +1 |
| Derrick White | 44:05 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6-18 | 33% | 5-16 | 31% | 2-2 | 100% | 0 |
| TOTAL | — | 105 | 59 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 34-97 | 35% | 15-60 | 25% | 22-26 | 85% | — |
Xavier Tillman —
Jordan Walsh —
Torrey Craig —
Neemias Queta —
JD Davison —
Baylor Scheierman —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
NYK37/87 (43%)
Paint
18/40 (45%)
Mid
5/19 (26%)
3PT
17/37 (46%)
ATB3 39%Paint 27%RA 63%Corner 3 64%Mid 22%
BOS34/97 (35%)
Paint
18/32 (56%)
Mid
4/9 (44%)
3PT
15/61 (25%)
ATB3 26%RA 58%Corner 3 21%Paint 43%Mid 40%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Jayson Tatum
defended OG Anunoby
8.7 min • 3 pts • 17%
Best Defender
Luke Kornet
held Mitchell Robinson
4.2 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Derrick White
vs Jalen Brunson
2.3 min • 8 pts • 40%
| BOS Defense | Cameron Payne | Jalen Brunson | Josh Hart | Karl-Anthony Towns | Mikal Bridges | Miles McBride | Mitchell Robinson | OG Anunoby | Precious Achiuwa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | — | 1.7m 9pts 57% | 7.6m 9pts 50% | 2.9m 1pts 0% | 2.5m 4pts 0% | 1.2m 0pts 0% | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — |
| Derrick White | — | 2.3m 8pts 40% | 1.6m 0pts 0% | — | 8.4m 3pts 33% | 1.4m 0pts 0% | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — |
| Jayson Tatum | — | 1.8m 13pts 40% | 1.2m 0pts 0% | 1.5m 6pts 25% | 1.8m 4pts 100% | — | — | 8.7m 3pts 17% | — |
| Jrue Holiday | — | 6.4m 5pts 67% | 1.9m 3pts 50% | 1.2m 0pts 0% | 2.1m 0pts 0% | 1.0m 2pts 100% | — | 1.4m 0pts 0% | — |
| Al Horford | — | — | 3.1m 0pts 0% | 3.2m 0pts 0% | 2.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | 2.4m 3pts 50% | — |
| Payton Pritchard | — | 2.1m 3pts 0% | — | — | 2.3m 0pts 0% | 3.4m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Luke Kornet | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.2m 0pts 0% | — | 1.3m 2pts 100% |
| Kristaps Porziņģis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8m 0pts 0% | — | — |
| Sam Hauser | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other | 1.0m 7pts 50% | 1.3m 2pts 100% | — | 2.6m 6pts 40% | 0.9m 2pts 25% | 0.7m 2pts 0% | 2.3m 10pts 50% | — | 0.9m 2pts 25% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = BOS leads, negative = NYK leads
BOS Largest Lead
20
Q3 5:41
NYK Largest Lead
6
Q4 8:32
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
BOS 8-0 run
Q2 5:13 – Q2 6:48
+4 → +10
BOS 8-0 run
Q2 10:02 – Q2 11:48
+10 → +16
NYK 9-0 run
Q3 6:26 – Q3 8:21
+17 → +11
NYK 8-0 run
Q3 9:46 – Q3 11:31
+13 → +7