Boston Celtics 105, New York Knicks 108 — Recap

January 6, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 105, New York Knicks 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 25-18 NYK; Q2 BOS 38-29 NYK; Q3 BOS 21-30 NYK; Q4 BOS 21-31 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Evan Fournier (NYK) 41 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 10 threes on 15-of-25 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 36 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Dennis Schroder (BOS) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Evan Fournier

41 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 10 3PM · 15-25 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

36 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST, 6 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · NYK

Julius Randle

22 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-20 FG

Season highs

Evan Fournier · Season-high 41 pointsEvan Fournier · Season-high 10 threes

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	25	38	21	21		105
NYK	18	29	30	31		108

🧮 How They Scored

BOSNYK

32Points in the paint32

12Fast-break points7

8Second-chance points21

18Points off turnovers17

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.1%Effective FG%54.4%

12.3%Turnover %7.6%

20.5%Offensive rebound %26.8%

0.163Free-throw rate0.167

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	40	36	6	9	2	1	2	12-21	6-11	6-6	+8
Jaylen Brown G	34	16	7	1	0	0	3	6-14	2-8	2-2	-2
Robert Williams III C-F	34	6	9	1	2	7	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Marcus Smart G	31	14	2	5	0	0	3	4-12	4-10	2-2	-10
Al Horford C-F	31	7	4	1	1	0	3	3-8	1-6	0-0	+4
Dennis Schroder G	27	20	5	3	0	0	1	8-12	2-4	2-3	+2
Josh Richardson G-F	16	6	2	0	0	0	0	2-7	2-3	0-0	-7
Grant Williams F	15	0	0	2	0	2	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	-10
Enes Kanter C	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+12

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Fournier G-F	42	41	8	2	1	1	2	15-25	10-14	1-3	+18
Julius Randle F	38	22	8	2	2	0	0	8-20	2-8	4-6	+14
Alec Burks G	37	3	9	7	1	0	0	1-10	1-4	0-0	-2
RJ Barrett F-G	33	13	3	6	0	0	1	4-15	2-4	3-4	+1
Mitchell Robinson C	27	7	4	0	2	0	2	3-3	0-0	1-1	-2
Immanuel Quickley G	25	16	2	3	1	0	2	6-12	3-5	1-1	+9
Taj Gibson F	21	6	4	3	1	0	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	+2
Obi Toppin F	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-11
Quentin Grimes G	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-14

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	40	36	76.1	29.4	+7.4	23.6
Dennis Schroder	Bench	27	20	75.1	26.4	+9.1	18.7
Jaylen Brown	Bench	34	16	53.8	24.3	-1.3	7.7
Marcus Smart	Bench	31	14	54.3	23.9	-20.9	5.3
Al Horford	Bench	31	7	43.8	16.4	+6.8	2.4
Robert Williams III	Bench	34	6	100.0	4.1	-20.0	12.6
Josh Richardson	Bench	16	6	42.9	21.9	-24.1	1.9
Grant Williams	Bench	15	0	0.0	10.3	-32.3	0.0
Enes Kanter	Bench	12	0	0.0	0.0	+54.5	5.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Evan Fournier	Bench	42	41	77.9	29.8	+19.9	21.5
Julius Randle	Bench	38	22	48.6	24.2	+17.3	12.2
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	25	16	64.3	25.0	+20.0	12.8
RJ Barrett	Bench	33	13	38.8	24.0	+1.5	4.8
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	27	7	101.7	7.7	-8.4	5.4
Taj Gibson	Bench	21	6	100.0	6.7	+5.3	16.3
Alec Burks	Bench	37	3	15.0	11.4	-2.7	5.1
Obi Toppin	Bench	10	0	0.0	5.6	-68.8	4.5
Quentin Grimes	Bench	6	0	0.0	12.5	-133.3	-9.4