Boston Celtics 119, New York Knicks 117 — Recap

April 8, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 119, New York Knicks 117 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 27-30 NYK; Q2 BOS 25-28 NYK; Q3 BOS 31-20 NYK; Q4 BOS 24-29 NYK; OT1 BOS 12-10 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 34 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-21 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (BOS) 34 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 8 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 32 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 27 points, 1 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Jrue Holiday (BOS) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

34 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 14-21 FG

Scoring · BOS

Kristaps Porzingis

34 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 8 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

32 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 11-22 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		T
BOS	27	25	31	24	12		119
NYK	30	28	20	29	10		117

🧮 How They Scored

BOSNYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.9%Effective FG%53.2%

13.3%Turnover %8.2%

20.5%Offensive rebound %37.0%

0.287Free-throw rate0.170

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	48	32	7	5	1	1	2	11-22	4-11	6-8	+2
Derrick White G	43	14	8	9	1	—	3	5-14	4-12	—	-1
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	39	34	4	3	1	1	2	11-19	8-13	4-6	—
Jrue Holiday G	37	16	4	3	2	—	1	5-9	2-4	4-5	+6
Payton Pritchard G	30	8	5	3	1	—	1	3-6	0-3	2-2	-10
Sam Hauser F	28	7	2	1	1	1	1	3-6	1-4	—	+9
Jaylen Brown G	22	6	5	1	—	—	3	2-8	0-2	2-2	-2
Luke Kornet F-C	19	2	3	1	1	1	2	0-3	—	2-2	+6

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	48	10	11	7	3	—	1	5-14	0-4	0-1	-5
Karl-Anthony Towns C	43	34	14	2	1	1	—	14-21	1-3	5-7	+1
OG Anunoby F	41	13	8	1	2	2	4	5-13	0-5	3-6	-7
Jalen Brunson G	38	27	1	10	—	—	2	10-21	5-12	2-2	-2
Mikal Bridges F	38	14	4	4	—	1	2	6-15	2-6	—	-2
Miles McBride G	21	5	5	1	1	—	—	2-5	1-4	—	+3
Mitchell Robinson C	16	4	7	1	1	2	—	2-3	—	—	-1
Landry Shamet G	7	3	2	—	—	—	—	1-2	1-1	—	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	39	34	78.6	28.9	-1.6	15.4
Jayson Tatum	Bench	48	32	62.7	26.5	+2.2	14.8
Jrue Holiday	Bench	37	16	71.4	14.5	+8.1	10.4
Derrick White	Bench	43	14	50.0	18.5	-2.7	9.6
Payton Pritchard	Bench	30	8	58.1	12.5	-21.2	9.9
Sam Hauser	Bench	28	7	58.3	12.1	+17.6	7.8
Jaylen Brown	Bench	22	6	33.8	24.0	-4.4	0.0
Luke Kornet	Bench	19	2	25.8	14.0	+18.7	-4.8
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neemias Queta	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
JD Davison	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	43	34	70.6	25.0	+2.6	21.4
Jalen Brunson	Bench	38	27	61.7	27.0	-1.1	15.2
Mikal Bridges	Bench	38	14	46.7	20.2	-1.1	4.3
OG Anunoby	Bench	41	13	41.6	21.3	-7.3	5.1
Josh Hart	Bench	48	10	34.6	14.2	-5.6	6.5
Miles McBride	Bench	21	5	50.0	9.8	+7.1	5.3
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	16	4	66.7	7.5	-6.4	19.6
Landry Shamet	Bench	7	3	75.0	13.3	+29.7	17.8
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0