New York Knicks 117, Boston Celtics 123 — Recap

December 2, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 117, Boston Celtics 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 32-21 BOS; Q2 NYK 20-37 BOS; Q3 NYK 24-36 BOS; Q4 NYK 41-29 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 42 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 16-of-24 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 35 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 8 threes on 12-of-17 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 29 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Josh Hart (NYK) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

42 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 16-24 FG

Scoring · NYK

Mikal Bridges

35 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 8 3PM · 12-17 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

29 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 12-19 FG

Season highs

Jaylen Brown · Season-high 42 pointsMikal Bridges · Season-high 35 pointsMikal Bridges · Season-high 8 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	32	20	24	41		117
BOS	21	37	36	29		123

🧮 How They Scored

NYKBOS

42Points in the paint56

16Fast-break points15

16Second-chance points16

19Points off turnovers25

10Bench points33

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.8%Effective FG%63.8%

9.8%Turnover %9.7%

27.0%Offensive rebound %32.4%

0.200Free-throw rate0.161

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	39	15	2	11	1	0	3	6-21	1-8	2-3	-4
Josh Hart G	36	19	7	4	1	0	2	7-11	4-7	1-1	-1
Miles McBride G	36	9	3	6	0	0	1	3-6	3-5	0-0	+14
Mikal Bridges F	34	35	6	3	2	0	0	12-17	8-12	3-3	+6
Karl-Anthony Towns C	33	29	7	2	0	1	4	12-19	2-5	3-3	+10
Jordan Clarkson G	23	4	0	0	0	1	0	1-5	1-3	1-1	-10
Mitchell Robinson C	16	1	5	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-4	-14
Tyler Kolek G	15	4	1	3	0	0	0	2-4	0-2	0-0	-23
Guerschon Yabusele F	8	1	2	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-2	1-2	-8

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	40	42	4	4	1	0	4	16-24	2-6	8-9	+15
Derrick White G	35	22	2	5	1	1	4	8-16	4-12	2-3	+10
Payton Pritchard G	30	10	4	3	1	0	1	4-13	1-7	1-1	0
Josh Minott F	27	11	6	0	0	1	1	4-6	3-5	0-0	+12
Anfernee Simons G	24	12	1	3	0	0	0	5-9	1-4	1-1	+9
Hugo González G	23	4	5	0	1	0	0	2-6	0-3	0-0	+3
Neemias Queta C	21	8	6	0	0	0	0	4-4	0-0	0-0	-8
Jordan Walsh G	19	8	6	1	1	1	0	4-4	0-0	0-0	-9
Sam Hauser F	19	6	4	1	1	0	0	2-4	2-3	0-0	-2
Baylor Scheierman G	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Mikal Bridges	Starter	34	35	95.5	23.0	+9.4	24.1
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	33	29	71.4	32.4	+18.0	14.3
Josh Hart	Starter	36	19	83.0	16.5	-3.5	12.1
Jalen Brunson	Starter	39	15	33.6	28.4	-7.2	4.6
Miles McBride	Starter	36	9	75.0	8.8	+18.3	7.5
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	23	4	36.8	9.6	-29.2	-0.5
Tyler Kolek	Bench	15	4	50.0	12.5	-82.1	5.2
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	16	1	28.4	5.4	-41.9	1.6
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	8	1	17.4	16.7	-53.3	5.9
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	0	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
Jaylen Brown	Starter	40	42	75.1	38.6	+25.7	18.2
Derrick White	Starter	35	22	63.5	28.4	+17.3	10.4
Payton Pritchard	Starter	30	10	37.2	20.6	0.0	4.0
Neemias Queta	Starter	21	8	100.0	8.5	-26.8	13.3
Jordan Walsh	Starter	19	8	100.0	9.1	-32.4	15.0
Anfernee Simons	Bench	24	12	63.6	17.0	+16.9	8.9
Josh Minott	Bench	27	11	91.7	12.1	+21.7	9.9
Sam Hauser	Bench	19	6	75.0	9.3	-5.6	10.4
Hugo González	Bench	23	4	33.3	12.8	+3.9	1.3
Chris Boucher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luka Garza	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	3	0	0.0	11.1	+3.3	-200.0
Amari Williams	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	50.0