New York Knicks @ Boston Celtics

27-23, 15-10 Away

120

27-23, 15-10 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Knicks NY	26	32	33	19	10	120
Celtics BOS	34	26	25	25	7	117

Boston CelticsCelticsBOS

35-15, 18-6 Home

117

35-15, 18-6 Home

New York Knicks

starters
Julius RandleJ. Randle#30
RJ BarrettR. Barrett#9
Jericho SimsJ. Sims#45
Jalen BrunsonJ. Brunson#11
Quentin GrimesQ. Grimes#6
bench
Obi ToppinO. Toppin#1
Isaiah HartensteinI. Hartenstein#55
Immanuel QuickleyI. Quickley#5
Miles McBrideM. McBride#2
Cam ReddishC. Reddish#0
Derrick RoseD. Rose#4
Ryan ArcidiaconoR. Arcidiacono#51
Svi MykhailiukS. Mykhailiuk#17
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
37	37	13-25	5-13	6-7	9	2	2	0	0	1	8	5	-16
40	19	6-18	2-5	5-6	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	+14
36	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	14	0	1	0	1	4	10	3	-8
40	29	12-25	2-6	3-4	4	7	1	0	2	1	3	3	-8
38	5	2-7	1-6	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	-7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
16	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	+19
17	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	6	3	1	0	1	1	5	3	+9
28	17	7-12	2-3	1-2	5	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	+1
13	2	0-3	0-3	2-2	2	2	2	3	0	0	2	1	+11
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	120	44-96	13-38	19-23	50	17	8	5	5	10	40	20
		46%	34%	83%

Boston Celtics

starters
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Al HorfordA. Horford#42
Robert Williams IIIR. Williams III#44
Derrick WhiteD. White#9
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Sam HauserS. Hauser#30
Grant WilliamsG. Williams#12
Luke KornetL. Kornet#40
Malcolm BrogdonM. Brogdon#13
Payton PritchardP. Pritchard#11
Blake GriffinB. Griffin#91
Justin JacksonJ. Jackson#43
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
43	35	12-26	2-7	9-9	14	4	3	1	1	2	12	3	+6
35	6	2-5	2-4	0-0	4	4	2	0	0	3	1	4	+2
36	8	4-5	0-0	0-1	12	2	0	1	1	5	7	1	+21
28	15	4-10	4-7	3-4	3	4	1	0	2	0	3	1	-10
42	22	8-22	1-8	5-7	9	2	3	1	0	2	7	2	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
8	8	2-4	2-4	2-2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	-4
22	6	2-8	2-6	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	4	-18
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4
35	10	4-14	2-7	0-0	5	6	1	0	0	1	4	1	-5
13	7	3-6	1-3	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	-6
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	117	41-100	16-46	19-23	54	22	13	4	4	15	39	19
		41%	35%	83%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

Season tied

1-1

BOS

118

Game 1@ NY

Final

133

120

Game 2@ BOS

Final/OT

117

109

Game 3@ NY

Final

131

Game 4@ BOS

Final/2OT

129

Game Information

Boston, MA

Referee:Brian Forte

Referee:Dedric Taylor

Referee:Ben Taylor

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

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