New York Knicks 105, Boston Celtics 118 — Recap

February 23, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 105, Boston Celtics 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 19-38 BOS; Q2 NYK 24-26 BOS; Q3 NYK 39-25 BOS; Q4 NYK 23-29 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 25 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 24 points, 18 rebounds, null assists, 3 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Josh Hart (NYK) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists on 8-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

25 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

24 PTS, 18 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

24 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 10-21 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		T
NYK	19	24	39	23		105
BOS	38	26	25	29		118

🧮 How They Scored

NYKBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.6%Effective FG%58.8%

10.8%Turnover %9.4%

15.9%Offensive rebound %27.3%

0.128Free-throw rate0.121

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	41	24	18	—	—	—	1	9-20	3-4	3-3	-1
Josh Hart G	40	20	11	9	—	—	2	8-14	—	4-4	-12
Jalen Brunson G	38	22	3	4	1	—	4	9-19	4-9	—	-9
OG Anunoby F	35	10	2	2	—	—	1	2-7	2-6	4-4	-9
Mikal Bridges F	28	14	—	1	1	—	1	6-13	2-6	—	-23
Miles McBride G	27	2	2	2	1	1	—	1-7	0-4	—	-4
Precious Achiuwa F	15	—	1	3	—	—	1	0-2	0-1	—	-9
Landry Shamet G	5	6	2	—	1	—	1	2-4	2-3	—	+6

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	37	25	10	9	1	—	3	8-20	3-10	6-6	+12
Jaylen Brown G	37	24	8	2	2	—	2	10-21	2-7	2-2	+14
Derrick White G	37	19	9	7	1	—	2	7-10	5-6	—	+19
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	34	15	7	2	1	3	1	6-15	2-9	1-1	+17
Jrue Holiday G	32	14	4	2	3	1	2	6-9	2-4	—	+12
Al Horford C-F	25	4	3	1	—	—	—	2-3	—	—	+10
Payton Pritchard G	17	3	4	2	—	1	—	1-5	1-5	—	-12
Luke Kornet F-C	14	8	3	2	—	—	—	3-4	—	2-2	-3
Sam Hauser F	9	6	1	—	—	—	—	2-4	2-3	—	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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	41	24	56.3	23.2	-2.5	12.7
Jalen Brunson	Bench	38	22	57.9	26.7	-13.1	9.3
Josh Hart	Bench	40	20	63.5	18.9	-14.6	15.8
Mikal Bridges	Bench	28	14	53.8	22.2	-44.2	4.9
OG Anunoby	Bench	35	10	57.1	12.2	-13.9	2.9
Landry Shamet	Bench	5	6	75.0	38.5	+48.2	32.4
Miles McBride	Bench	27	2	14.3	11.9	-7.4	0.4
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	15	—	0.0	10.0	-32.1	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
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	00	—	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	37	25	55.2	30.2	+15.8	16.1
Jaylen Brown	Bench	37	24	54.8	29.3	+20.3	12.2
Derrick White	Bench	37	19	95.0	14.5	+27.0	17.8
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	34	15	48.6	20.8	+24.6	9.6
Jrue Holiday	Bench	32	14	77.8	15.3	+21.6	11.2
Luke Kornet	Bench	14	8	82.0	15.2	+3.2	15.4
Sam Hauser	Bench	9	6	75.0	20.0	-22.2	10.1
Al Horford	Bench	25	4	66.7	5.1	+22.5	2.9
Payton Pritchard	Bench	17	3	30.0	13.9	-29.4	5.6
Neemias Queta	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