New York Knicks 131, Boston Celtics 129 — Recap

March 5, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 131, Boston Celtics 129 (2 overtimes). Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 31-34 BOS; Q2 NYK 23-27 BOS; Q3 NYK 34-26 BOS; Q4 NYK 25-26 BOS; OT1 NYK 8-8 BOS; OT2 NYK 10-8 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 40 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-30 shooting; Immanuel Quickley (NYK) 38 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 15-of-28 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 31 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 29 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 29 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-25 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

40 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 6 3PM · 12-30 FG

Scoring · NYK

Immanuel Quickley

38 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 15-28 FG

Scoring · NYK

Julius Randle

31 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 11-22 FG

Season highs

Immanuel Quickley · Season-high 38 pointsAl Horford · Season-high 14 reboundsRJ Barrett · Season-high 11 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	OT	2OT		T
NYK	31	23	34	25	8	10		131
BOS	34	27	26	26	8	8		129

🧮 How They Scored

NYKBOS

56Points in the paint42

6Fast-break points19

7Second-chance points29

24Points off turnovers25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.4%Effective FG%49.1%

14.8%Turnover %11.8%

22.9%Offensive rebound %28.3%

0.337Free-throw rate0.229

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Immanuel Quickley G	55	38	8	7	4	2	1	15-28	5-12	3-4	+8
RJ Barrett F-G	50	29	11	3	1	1	2	10-22	3-9	6-9	-8
Julius Randle F	47	31	9	4	1	0	7	11-22	5-13	4-4	-8
Mitchell Robinson C	44	13	14	0	1	0	3	5-8	0-0	3-6	-1
Josh Hart G	40	10	8	2	0	0	2	3-5	1-2	3-5	-2
Quentin Grimes G	25	4	0	1	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	1-2	+2
Obi Toppin F	11	6	1	1	0	0	1	2-3	0-1	2-2	+10
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	10	0	3	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	+11
Miles McBride G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-2

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	49	40	11	6	0	0	2	12-30	6-17	10-12	+4
Jaylen Brown G	47	29	8	1	4	1	3	12-25	2-5	3-3	+8
Al Horford C-F	46	20	14	6	1	2	0	7-15	6-10	0-0	+7
Grant Williams F	44	9	6	3	0	1	2	2-7	1-5	4-4	-4
Marcus Smart G	39	13	3	4	1	0	5	4-13	3-11	2-2	-3
Derrick White G	32	12	6	4	1	1	1	4-12	1-4	3-4	+3
Sam Hauser F	20	3	3	3	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	-16
Mike Muscala F-C	12	3	3	0	1	0	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	-9

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	55	38	63.8	24.6	+6.3	21.6
Julius Randle	Bench	47	31	65.2	31.0	-8.9	12.5
RJ Barrett	Bench	50	29	55.9	25.5	-7.0	13.7
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	44	13	61.1	14.6	-2.6	8.1
Josh Hart	Bench	40	10	69.4	10.0	-2.5	8.3
Obi Toppin	Bench	11	6	77.3	16.7	+35.2	15.6
Quentin Grimes	Bench	25	4	69.4	7.1	+4.0	0.4
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	10	0	0.0	16.0	+38.3	-13.9
Miles McBride	Bench	8	0	0.0	13.0	-15.8	-19.6
Jericho Sims	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Evan Fournier	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Derrick Rose	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	49	40	56.7	31.1	+4.1	19.7
Jaylen Brown	Bench	47	29	55.1	25.0	+6.4	16.0
Al Horford	Bench	46	20	66.7	13.9	+6.7	17.9
Marcus Smart	Bench	39	13	46.8	21.1	-3.9	0.0
Derrick White	Bench	32	12	43.6	16.5	+1.2	8.7
Grant Williams	Bench	44	9	51.4	10.8	-1.9	3.3
Sam Hauser	Bench	20	3	37.5	11.1	-34.7	2.2
Mike Muscala	Bench	12	3	50.0	16.1	-31.0	0.0
Luke Kornet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Blake Griffin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0