Boston Celtics 134, New York Knicks 138 — Recap

October 20, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 134, New York Knicks 138 (2 overtimes). Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 35-29 NYK; Q2 BOS 23-25 NYK; Q3 BOS 24-32 NYK; Q4 BOS 34-30 NYK; OT1 BOS 12-12 NYK; OT2 BOS 6-10 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 46 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 8 threes on 16-of-30 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 35 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-27 shooting; Evan Fournier (NYK) 32 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-25 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-30 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

46 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 8 3PM · 16-30 FG

Scoring · NYK

Julius Randle

35 PTS, 8 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 12-27 FG

Scoring · NYK

Evan Fournier

32 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 13-25 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	OT	2OT		T
BOS	35	23	24	34	12	6		134
NYK	29	25	32	30	12	10		138

🧮 How They Scored

BOSNYK

42Points in the paint60

19Fast-break points14

9Second-chance points14

17Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%56.7%

12.4%Turnover %12.7%

23.8%Offensive rebound %14.6%

0.197Free-throw rate0.257

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	46	46	9	6	3	1	4	16-30	8-14	6-8	+16
Marcus Smart G	46	15	8	6	2	0	4	5-14	5-11	0-0	+1
Jayson Tatum F	45	20	11	4	1	1	3	7-30	2-15	4-5	-3
Robert Williams III C-F	45	16	10	3	3	5	0	5-5	0-0	6-8	+11
Dennis Schroder G	32	12	3	8	2	0	2	5-16	1-4	1-2	-16
Grant Williams F	31	15	5	4	1	1	2	6-9	3-5	0-0	-5
Romeo Langford G	23	10	3	0	1	0	3	4-6	2-3	0-0	-14
Payton Pritchard G	11	0	5	2	0	1	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+4
Aaron Nesmith G-F	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	-14

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
RJ Barrett F-G	47	19	5	2	0	2	0	6-11	3-7	4-6	+8
Julius Randle F	46	35	8	9	0	3	7	12-27	3-8	8-8	+10
Evan Fournier G-F	44	32	6	3	4	1	1	13-25	6-13	0-0	+11
Kemba Walker G	36	10	8	3	1	0	4	3-8	3-4	1-2	-1
Mitchell Robinson C	34	11	17	3	0	2	1	5-5	0-0	1-4	+3
Obi Toppin F	28	14	5	0	0	1	1	6-9	0-3	2-3	+4
Derrick Rose G	22	9	4	5	2	1	2	3-11	1-3	2-2	+7
Alec Burks G	16	5	1	1	1	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	-5
Immanuel Quickley G	8	2	0	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-3	0-0	-8
Jericho Sims F	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	46	46	68.6	31.6	+13.9	19.3
Jayson Tatum	Bench	45	20	31.1	30.6	-3.1	3.0
Robert Williams III	Bench	45	16	93.9	8.1	+12.7	15.0
Marcus Smart	Bench	46	15	53.6	15.7	-0.1	8.0
Grant Williams	Bench	31	15	83.3	14.5	-4.0	11.4
Dennis Schroder	Bench	32	12	35.5	23.2	-22.9	5.4
Romeo Langford	Bench	23	10	83.3	15.0	-28.0	6.1
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	11	0	0.0	12.9	-51.2	-9.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	11	0	0.0	9.7	+16.7	4.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Bench	46	35	57.3	33.0	+10.0	13.8
Evan Fournier	Bench	44	32	64.0	24.1	+10.4	14.9
RJ Barrett	Bench	47	19	69.6	12.4	+7.0	7.4
Obi Toppin	Bench	28	14	67.8	16.2	+6.6	10.5
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	34	11	81.4	9.8	+4.2	18.0
Kemba Walker	Bench	36	10	56.3	15.5	+0.2	5.2
Derrick Rose	Bench	22	9	37.9	24.6	+12.1	11.5
Alec Burks	Bench	16	5	50.0	11.4	-18.4	3.8
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	8	2	25.0	22.7	-40.0	0.0
Jericho Sims	Bench	7	1	56.8	5.0	-48.9	3.5
Quentin Grimes	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	-200.0	0.0