Boston Celtics 131, New York Knicks 104 — Recap

February 8, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 131, New York Knicks 104. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 30-19 NYK; Q2 BOS 31-29 NYK; Q3 BOS 35-28 NYK; Q4 BOS 35-28 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 40 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 7 threes on 13-of-26 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 36 points, null rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Josh Hart (NYK) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

40 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 7 3PM · 13-26 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

36 PTS, 0 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · BOS

Payton Pritchard

25 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Luke Kornet · Season-high 12 rebounds

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	30	31	35	35		131
NYK	19	29	28	28		104

🧮 How They Scored

BOSNYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

65.3%Effective FG%45.9%

9.5%Turnover %9.6%

33.3%Offensive rebound %15.9%

0.282Free-throw rate0.370

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	37	40	6	4	—	—	1	13-26	7-14	7-9	+18
Jaylen Brown G	32	12	3	5	3	1	4	5-14	0-3	2-2	+9
Al Horford C-F	31	5	8	1	—	1	1	1-4	1-3	2-2	+24
Luke Kornet F-C	29	14	12	1	1	3	—	7-7	—	—	+21
Payton Pritchard G	27	25	4	4	—	—	1	9-13	6-8	1-2	+29
Neemias Queta C	26	11	8	—	1	1	1	4-7	—	3-4	+12
Derrick White G	25	17	3	4	—	1	1	5-9	4-7	3-3	+21
Sam Hauser F	18	5	3	—	—	—	—	2-4	1-3	—	+13
Xavier Tillman F	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	-12
Jordan Walsh G	5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2-2	—
Baylor Scheierman G	5	—	1	2	1	—	1	—	—	—	—

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	38	17	8	3	2	—	3	7-16	1-3	2-4	-31
Jalen Brunson G	36	36	—	5	—	—	2	10-18	3-7	13-13	-19
Miles McBride G	35	8	1	1	4	—	—	1-8	1-5	5-5	-10
Mikal Bridges F	34	11	3	2	1	—	—	5-15	1-3	—	-11
Precious Achiuwa F	33	3	4	2	—	—	—	1-4	0-1	1-2	-37
Karl-Anthony Towns C	28	9	9	1	1	1	2	3-8	2-2	1-2	-26
Ariel Hukporti C	8	—	4	—	—	—	2	0-2	—	—	+4
Landry Shamet G	5	6	—	1	1	—	—	2-2	1-1	1-1	—

🔬 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	37	40	66.8	37.3	+27.3	22.5
Payton Pritchard	Bench	27	25	90.1	24.6	+51.7	18.8
Derrick White	Bench	25	17	82.4	18.6	+39.3	19.6
Luke Kornet	Bench	29	14	100.0	11.3	+41.0	15.6
Jaylen Brown	Bench	32	12	40.3	24.7	+8.7	5.8
Neemias Queta	Bench	26	11	62.8	16.1	+24.1	9.8
Al Horford	Bench	31	5	51.2	8.0	+37.5	5.1
Sam Hauser	Bench	18	5	62.5	10.3	+43.9	2.8
Jordan Walsh	Bench	5	2	113.6	9.1	0.0	5.0
Jrue Holiday	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	6	—	0.0	8.3	-87.2	-11.8
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	5	—	0.0	9.1	0.0	15.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Bench	36	36	75.9	30.5	-26.4	20.3
Josh Hart	Bench	38	17	47.9	25.3	-43.3	7.1
Mikal Bridges	Bench	34	11	36.7	19.5	-14.6	4.1
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	28	9	50.7	18.0	-47.3	6.5
Miles McBride	Bench	35	8	39.2	12.8	-15.9	3.4
Landry Shamet	Bench	5	6	123.0	14.3	-9.0	28.6
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	33	3	30.7	6.9	-57.8	1.9
Tyler Kolek	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	8	—	0.0	19.0	+22.2	-9.8