New York Knicks 111, Boston Celtics 89 — Recap

February 8, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 111, Boston Celtics 89. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 35-24 BOS; Q2 NYK 25-29 BOS; Q3 NYK 25-15 BOS; Q4 NYK 26-21 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (NYK) 31 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 26 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists on 11-of-25 shooting; Josh Hart (NYK) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 19 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Jalen Brunson

31 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

26 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST · 11-25 FG

Scoring · NYK

Josh Hart

19 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Baylor Scheierman · Season-high 13 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

NYK 24 largest lead Q4 2:01 (NYK 111, BOS 87) · 8-0 run, Q2 7:08–Q2 5:45

BOS 2 largest lead Q1 8:17 (NYK 7, BOS 9) · 12-0 run, Q2 9:02–Q2 7:29

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Mikal Bridges assists) (Q1 6:29, NYK 15, BOS 13).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	35	25	25	26		111
BOS	24	29	15	21		89

🧮 How They Scored

NYKBOS

38Points in the paint52

16Fast-break points4

11Second-chance points9

14Points off turnovers3

33Bench points24

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.6%Effective FG%40.8%

7.9%Turnover %9.2%

18.9%Offensive rebound %26.4%

0.289Free-throw rate0.163

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	33	31	3	8	0	0	3	12-21	4-8	3-3	+20
Mikal Bridges F	30	14	4	1	0	1	0	5-10	1-3	3-3	+2
Karl-Anthony Towns C	29	11	10	1	1	0	3	3-9	0-2	5-6	+10
Landry Shamet G	28	3	4	3	1	0	0	1-5	1-4	0-0	-1
Josh Hart G	26	19	6	3	0	0	1	7-14	2-6	3-4	+10
Mohamed Diawara F	26	10	3	1	1	0	0	4-4	2-2	0-0	+22
Jose Alvarado G	25	12	2	2	2	1	1	5-12	2-6	0-0	+13
Mitchell Robinson C	16	5	9	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	3-8	+15
Jordan Clarkson G	8	0	2	1	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+9
Tyler Kolek G	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	+2
Pacome Dadiet F	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Ariel Hukporti C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Kevin McCullar Jr. G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Trey Jemison C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White G	34	19	1	4	0	0	0	7-14	3-9	2-2	-9
Jaylen Brown G	33	26	2	4	1	1	2	11-25	0-4	4-4	-14
Payton Pritchard G	31	6	2	7	2	0	1	2-9	1-6	1-1	-27
Baylor Scheierman G	29	10	13	5	0	0	1	3-8	2-7	2-2	+1
Nikola Vucevic C	24	11	6	0	0	1	2	5-13	1-6	0-0	-24
Neemias Queta C	23	4	5	1	0	0	3	2-4	0-0	0-0	0
Ron Harper Jr. F	21	3	3	0	0	1	0	1-5	0-3	1-2	-17
Luka Garza C	15	6	3	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	4-4	-6
Jordan Walsh G	13	2	6	1	1	0	1	1-4	0-0	0-0	-4
Hugo González G	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-3	0-0	-8
Amari Williams F-C	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Starter	33	31	69.4	33.8	+34.9	23.5
Josh Hart	Starter	26	19	60.3	29.8	+26.3	15.8
Mikal Bridges	Starter	30	14	61.8	17.2	+6.8	11.4
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	29	11	47.3	23.4	+21.2	8.7
Landry Shamet	Starter	28	3	30.0	8.5	-1.9	4.2
Jose Alvarado	Bench	25	12	50.0	24.5	+29.0	9.7
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	26	10	125.0	6.8	+45.5	12.9
Tyler Kolek	Bench	04	6	150.0	28.6	+28.6	92.3
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	16	5	45.3	16.2	+49.1	15.2
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	08	0	0.0	5.3	+65.0	5.4
Trey Jemison	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+53.3	11.8
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	+42.9	40.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	04	0	0.0	14.3	+28.6	-15.4
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Bench	04	0	0.0	28.6	+28.6	-46.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Starter	33	26	48.6	36.4	-20.9	12.1
Derrick White	Starter	34	19	63.8	19.0	-17.0	13.0
Baylor Scheierman	Starter	29	10	56.3	15.9	-2.3	17.7
Luka Garza	Starter	15	6	52.1	16.2	-20.0	5.0
Neemias Queta	Starter	23	4	50.0	14.0	0.0	-1.7
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	24	11	42.3	27.8	-49.4	3.5
Payton Pritchard	Bench	31	6	31.8	14.3	-45.0	6.4
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	21	3	25.5	11.1	-45.1	-1.5
Jordan Walsh	Bench	13	2	25.0	13.5	-30.9	14.5
Hugo González	Bench	12	2	20.0	16.1	-36.7	-7.1
Sam Hauser	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amari Williams	Bench	05	0	0.0	7.7	-22.2	-6.3