New York Knicks 99, Boston Celtics 101 — Recap

April 7, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 99, Boston Celtics 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 19-21 BOS; Q2 NYK 27-26 BOS; Q3 NYK 27-23 BOS; Q4 NYK 26-31 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 32 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-26 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 29 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 25 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 22 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-23 shooting; Marcus Smart (BOS) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

32 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 12-26 FG

Scoring · NYK

RJ Barrett

29 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 10-14 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

25 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-21 FG

Season highs

RJ Barrett · Season-high 6 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
NYK	19	27	27	26		99
BOS	21	26	23	31		101

🧮 How They Scored

NYKBOS

32Points in the paint42

14Fast-break points14

7Second-chance points20

24Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.2%Effective FG%50.6%

13.3%Turnover %15.2%

11.9%Offensive rebound %32.0%

0.190Free-throw rate0.233

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	37	22	9	6	3	1	3	9-23	2-6	2-2	-5
RJ Barrett F-G	36	29	5	2	0	0	3	10-14	6-6	3-4	-9
Derrick Rose G	27	11	0	3	0	0	0	4-10	1-1	2-2	+6
Nerlens Noel F-C	27	7	6	0	0	2	1	2-4	0-0	3-4	-18
Reggie Bullock G-F	26	6	3	1	1	0	1	2-8	2-7	0-0	-3
Alec Burks G	23	8	8	3	0	0	1	2-9	2-7	2-2	+2
Elfrid Payton G	21	8	2	4	0	0	3	3-8	2-2	0-0	-8
Taj Gibson F	20	1	4	1	2	1	2	0-1	0-0	1-2	+15
Immanuel Quickley G	13	5	1	2	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	+3
Obi Toppin F	11	2	1	0	1	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+7

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	42	25	10	5	1	0	8	10-21	3-9	2-2	+6
Jaylen Brown G	36	32	10	3	2	1	2	12-26	5-13	3-7	+7
Marcus Smart G	36	17	4	9	1	1	2	4-11	3-6	6-6	+7
Romeo Langford G	25	6	6	0	0	0	1	2-5	2-3	0-0	-16
Robert Williams III C-F	25	6	10	0	0	2	1	3-7	0-0	0-0	-21
Grant Williams F	25	0	3	1	1	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	+9
Tristan Thompson C-F	22	7	8	0	1	3	1	2-5	0-0	3-5	+24
Payton Pritchard G	16	2	2	3	0	0	1	1-4	0-3	0-0	-9
Semi Ojeleye F	13	6	0	1	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
RJ Barrett	Bench	36	29	92.0	23.2	-9.3	19.0
Julius Randle	Bench	37	22	46.1	31.8	-3.8	15.7
Derrick Rose	Bench	27	11	50.6	19.3	+11.8	9.0
Elfrid Payton	Bench	21	8	50.0	21.2	-17.0	1.9
Alec Burks	Bench	23	8	40.5	22.4	+8.9	9.6
Nerlens Noel	Bench	27	7	60.8	11.9	-29.8	8.3
Reggie Bullock	Bench	26	6	37.5	14.3	-7.4	3.0
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	13	5	62.5	15.4	+16.3	11.1
Obi Toppin	Bench	11	2	33.3	14.3	+41.1	2.9
Taj Gibson	Bench	20	1	26.6	9.3	+45.8	2.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	36	32	55.0	33.0	+7.9	19.3
Jayson Tatum	Bench	42	25	57.1	29.7	+5.9	14.5
Marcus Smart	Bench	36	17	62.3	17.6	+7.9	14.0
Tristan Thompson	Bench	22	7	48.6	17.3	+51.7	12.8
Robert Williams III	Bench	25	6	42.9	12.7	-46.8	8.5
Semi Ojeleye	Bench	13	6	75.0	13.8	+13.0	13.0
Romeo Langford	Bench	25	6	60.0	9.4	-34.5	4.8
Payton Pritchard	Bench	16	2	25.0	12.2	-35.4	6.1
Grant Williams	Bench	25	0	0.0	6.3	+12.4	-2.5