Boston Celtics 92, New York Knicks 96 — Recap

May 16, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 92, New York Knicks 96. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 24-23 NYK; Q2 BOS 15-31 NYK; Q3 BOS 26-23 NYK; Q4 BOS 27-19 NYK.

Top performers (box score): RJ Barrett (NYK) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-17 shooting; Jabari Parker (BOS) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Alec Burks (NYK) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Tremont Waters (BOS) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

RJ Barrett

22 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 7-12 FG

Scoring · NYK

Julius Randle

20 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 5-17 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jabari Parker

18 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 6-10 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	24	15	26	27		92
NYK	23	31	23	19		96

🧮 How They Scored

BOSNYK

40Points in the paint26

16Fast-break points17

6Second-chance points4

11Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.1%Effective FG%51.3%

11.5%Turnover %10.3%

19.6%Offensive rebound %9.8%

0.174Free-throw rate0.241

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Romeo Langford G	34	14	4	1	1	0	2	5-11	0-1	4-6	-1
Jabari Parker F	27	18	7	2	0	0	0	6-10	1-3	5-6	+8
Carsen Edwards G	27	10	2	0	1	0	1	4-13	2-8	0-0	+8
Grant Williams F	26	13	6	2	0	0	2	5-8	2-2	1-1	-18
Luke Kornet F-C	26	4	3	0	0	3	1	2-7	0-5	0-0	+9
Tremont Waters G	25	17	5	5	2	0	3	7-13	3-8	0-0	+20
Payton Pritchard G	23	6	6	6	0	0	1	2-10	2-8	0-0	-24
Aaron Nesmith G-F	19	2	3	2	0	0	1	1-6	0-1	0-0	-6
Tacko Fall C	17	3	8	0	0	3	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	-6
Semi Ojeleye F	16	5	2	1	0	0	1	2-6	1-5	0-0	-10

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	37	20	7	7	1	1	4	5-17	2-5	8-10	-1
Reggie Bullock G-F	34	16	3	2	1	1	0	6-9	4-7	0-0	+6
RJ Barrett F-G	33	22	4	2	0	0	1	7-12	2-4	6-8	+5
Nerlens Noel F-C	32	2	6	0	3	3	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Alec Burks G	25	17	6	0	1	0	2	6-10	5-7	0-0	+1
Derrick Rose G	23	7	5	2	0	0	1	3-9	0-0	1-1	0
Taj Gibson F	16	4	3	2	0	1	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+3
Immanuel Quickley G	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-7	0-3	0-0	-1
Elfrid Payton G	14	0	4	1	0	0	2	0-4	0-0	0-0	+2
Obi Toppin F	10	6	2	0	0	0	0	3-5	0-1	0-0	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jabari Parker	Bench	27	18	71.2	21.3	+13.5	21.1
Tremont Waters	Bench	25	17	65.4	27.1	+37.0	31.1
Romeo Langford	Bench	34	14	51.3	22.9	0.0	4.8
Grant Williams	Bench	26	13	77.0	16.9	-38.5	14.7
Carsen Edwards	Bench	27	10	38.5	21.5	+11.8	2.8
Payton Pritchard	Bench	23	6	30.0	21.6	-53.3	6.8
Semi Ojeleye	Bench	16	5	41.7	19.4	-27.3	4.4
Luke Kornet	Bench	26	4	28.6	14.5	+19.3	1.9
Tacko Fall	Bench	17	3	52.1	7.5	-18.2	12.5
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	19	2	16.7	14.3	-21.2	-3.0

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
RJ Barrett	Bench	33	22	70.9	23.9	+10.5	14.0
Julius Randle	Bench	37	20	46.7	34.2	-0.1	12.2
Alec Burks	Bench	25	17	85.0	21.4	+2.0	22.1
Reggie Bullock	Bench	34	16	88.9	13.0	+9.0	15.3
Derrick Rose	Bench	23	7	37.1	20.0	0.0	6.5
Obi Toppin	Bench	10	6	60.0	21.7	+33.9	14.8
Taj Gibson	Bench	16	4	50.0	11.8	+10.3	7.8
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	14	2	14.3	22.6	-3.8	-6.3
Nerlens Noel	Bench	32	2	50.0	3.0	+1.4	9.8
Elfrid Payton	Bench	14	0	0.0	21.4	+7.4	-2.0
Frank Ntilikina	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0