New York
Knicks
91
–
90
FINAL
Boston
Celtics
Date
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 13 | 28 | 20 | 29 | 91 |
| BOS | 24 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 90 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Josh Hart
NYK
23
PTS
6
REB
3
AST
-7
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections4
Contested Shots7
Opp FG% When Defending66.7%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.30
Impact Composite49.7
Hustle: 18.5Defense: 31.9Impact: -0.7
60.0% FG4 deflections7 contested shotsonly 22 pts allowed on 73.0 possessions
Box Score MVP
Karl-Anthony Towns
NYK
21
PTS
17
REB
1
AST
-2
+/−
Game Performance
FG9-16 (56.3%)
3PT0-1
FT3-3
TS%60.6%
eFG%56.3%
BLK1
TOV4
ORTG87
DRTG90
NET-3
Double-Double56.3% FG7 contested shotsonly 20 pts allowed on 60.8 possessions
Box Score
| NYK | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hart | 42:50 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9-15 | 60% | 3-6 | 50% | 2-2 | 100% | -7 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 34:49 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9-16 | 56% | 0-1 | 0% | 3-3 | 100% | -2 |
| OG Anunoby | 38:14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2-9 | 22% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | -11 |
| Jalen Brunson | 37:30 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6-19 | 32% | 2-9 | 22% | 3-4 | 75% | -1 |
| Mikal Bridges | 42:49 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6-18 | 33% | 2-8 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | -6 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameron Payne | 4:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +4 |
| Miles McBride | 16:38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-3 | 67% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | +9 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 22:19 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-5 | 60% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | +19 |
| TOTAL | — | 91 | 46 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 37-86 | 43% | 9-31 | 29% | 8-10 | 80% | — |
Precious Achiuwa —
Pacôme Dadiet —
P.J. Tucker —
Delon Wright —
Tyler Kolek —
Ariel Hukporti —
Landry Shamet —
| BOS | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 13:53 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3-5 | 60% | 1-1 | 100% | 1-1 | 100% | -9 |
| Luke Kornet | 17:38 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-4 | 75% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +11 |
| Al Horford | 29:04 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2-11 | 18% | 0-5 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -11 |
| Jrue Holiday | 34:04 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4-6 | 67% | 0-2 | 0% | 2-3 | 67% | -1 |
| Payton Pritchard | 21:59 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-9 | 33% | 3-9 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | +1 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Jayson Tatum | 41:59 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5-19 | 26% | 1-5 | 20% | 2-2 | 100% | +3 |
| Jaylen Brown | 41:23 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8-23 | 35% | 2-7 | 29% | 2-4 | 50% | +3 |
| Derrick White | 40:00 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6-17 | 35% | 3-11 | 27% | 5-5 | 100% | -2 |
| TOTAL | — | 90 | 51 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 34-94 | 36% | 10-40 | 25% | 12-15 | 80% | — |
Sam Hauser —
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
NYK37/86 (43%)
Paint
21/38 (55%)
Mid
11/23 (48%)
3PT
9/31 (29%)
Paint 42%ATB3 28%RA 68%Mid 40%Corner 3 33%
BOS34/94 (36%)
Paint
21/42 (50%)
Mid
4/18 (22%)
3PT
10/40 (25%)
ATB3 26%RA 61%Paint 29%Mid 22%Corner 3 20%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Jayson Tatum
defended OG Anunoby
8.2 min • 0 pts • 0%
Best Defender
Jayson Tatum
held OG Anunoby
8.2 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Derrick White
vs Josh Hart
2.7 min • 11 pts • 50%
| BOS Defense | Cameron Payne | Jalen Brunson | Josh Hart | Karl-Anthony Towns | Mikal Bridges | Miles McBride | Mitchell Robinson | OG Anunoby |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | — | 2.0m 0pts 0% | 6.7m 9pts 57% | 1.3m 5pts 50% | 3.0m 2pts 50% | — | — | 2.4m 5pts 40% |
| Jayson Tatum | — | — | — | 1.7m 7pts 33% | 2.9m 2pts 33% | — | — | 8.2m 0pts 0% |
| Jrue Holiday | — | 3.9m 7pts 100% | 2.2m 0pts 0% | — | 3.7m 3pts 100% | 1.6m 0pts 0% | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% |
| Derrick White | — | 3.9m 4pts 40% | 2.7m 11pts 50% | — | 4.0m 4pts 67% | 1.8m 0pts 0% | — | — |
| Al Horford | — | — | 1.8m 4pts 67% | 4.6m 0pts 0% | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | 1.4m 0pts 0% | 1.4m 2pts 50% |
| Payton Pritchard | — | 2.9m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% | 1.9m 0pts 0% | — | — |
| Luke Kornet | — | — | — | 4.0m 6pts 100% | — | — | 1.9m 0pts 0% | — |
| Kristaps Porziņģis | — | — | 1.4m 5pts 67% | — | — | — | 3.3m 2pts 100% | — |
| Other | 2.2m 2pts 100% | 1.6m 2pts 100% | 1.9m 3pts 20% | — | 0.9m 3pts 50% | 1.9m 2pts 50% | 2.8m 2pts 14% | 2.1m 6pts 29% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = BOS leads, negative = NYK leads
BOS Largest Lead
20
Q3 7:55
NYK Largest Lead
3
Q4 11:03
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
NYK 8-0 run
Q2 1:13 – Q2 2:21
+11 → +5
BOS 9-0 run
Q2 7:25 – Q2 9:00
+9 → +16
BOS 9-0 run
Q3 6:22 – Q3 7:23
+11 → +18
BOS 11-0 run
Q3 6:22 – Q3 7:55
+11 → +20