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Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks

December 2, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Knicks 123-117 on 2025-12-02 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Miles McBride. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 37 points (15/19) in his matchups, with Jordan Walsh as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 13 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

BOS

Boston Celtics 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	39:56	42	4	4	1	0	4	3	16-24	2-6	8-9	+15
Derrick White GS	35:07	22	2	5	1	1	4	0	8-16	4-12	2-3	+10
Payton Pritchard GS	30:16	10	4	3	1	0	1	3	4-13	1-7	1-1	0
Neemias Queta GS	21:03	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	4-4	0-0	0-0	-8
Jordan Walsh GS	18:55	8	6	1	1	1	0	2	4-4	0-0	0-0	-9
Josh Minott	26:44	11	6	0	0	1	1	2	4-6	3-5	0-0	+12
Anfernee Simons	23:50	12	1	3	0	0	0	2	5-9	1-4	1-1	+9
Hugo González	22:30	4	5	0	1	0	0	4	2-6	0-3	0-0	+3
Sam Hauser	18:45	6	4	1	1	0	0	1	2-4	2-3	0-0	-2
Baylor Scheierman	2:49	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Amari Williams	0:06	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		123	38	18	6	3	10	20	49-87	13-40	12-14

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Luka Garza (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK

New York Knicks 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	39:13	15	2	11	1	0	3	2	6-21	1-8	2-3	-4
Josh Hart GS	36:15	19	7	4	1	0	2	3	7-11	4-7	1-1	-1
Miles McBride GS	36:10	9	3	6	0	0	1	2	3-6	3-5	0-0	+14
Mikal Bridges GS	33:36	35	6	3	2	0	0	3	12-17	8-12	3-3	+6
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	33:14	29	7	2	0	1	4	2	12-19	2-5	3-3	+10
Jordan Clarkson	22:46	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1-5	1-3	1-1	-10
Mitchell Robinson	15:57	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-4	-14
Tyler Kolek	14:46	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	2-4	0-2	0-0	-23
Guerschon Yabusele	7:57	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	1-2	-8
Mohamed Diawara	0:07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		117	33	29	5	2	10	15	43-85	19-44	12-17

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Jordan Walsh Starter 10.4 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Josh Minott · Hugo González 6.4 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Sam Hauser · Josh Minott · Jordan Walsh 6.3 min
Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Hugo González 5.2 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Josh Minott · Hugo González 5.0 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride Starter 20.4 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Miles McBride · Tyler Kolek 5.2 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride 4.1 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mitchell Robinson · Tyler Kolek 3.6 min
Jordan Clarkson · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Tyler Kolek 2.8 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Celtics defense

Jalen Brunson 37 pts (15/19) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (20 %, 2 pts) · Josh Minott (19 %, 11 pts) · Jaylen Brown (16 %, 12 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 20 pts (8/14) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Neemias Queta (37 %, 4 pts) · Jordan Walsh (15 %, 2 pts) · Josh Minott (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Josh Hart: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Mikal Bridges: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Derrick White	Mikal Bridges: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Miles McBride: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Payton Pritchard	Miles McBride: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Tyler Kolek: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Minott	Jalen Brunson: 13 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Anfernee Simons	Miles McBride: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Clarkson: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Hugo González	Jordan Clarkson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Brunson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Karl-Anthony Towns: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Josh Hart: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Walsh	Jalen Brunson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sam Hauser	Jordan Clarkson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Hart: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Guerschon Yabusele: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Brunson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Jaylen Brown 13 pts (5/12) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (21 %, 9 pts) · Miles McBride (15 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Brunson (14 %, 0 pts)
Anfernee Simons 17 pts (6/9) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Clarkson (33 %, 0 pts) · Miles McBride (28 %, 3 pts) · Josh Hart (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Josh Minott: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Jordan Walsh: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Miles McBride	Payton Pritchard: 26 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Anfernee Simons: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Mikal Bridges	Derrick White: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Jaylen Brown: 14 poss., 9 pts (3/4)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Jordan Walsh: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Hugo González: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Josh Hart	Neemias Queta: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Derrick White: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan Clarkson	Anfernee Simons: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson	Hugo González: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek	Payton Pritchard: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Guerschon Yabusele	Jaylen Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Hugo González: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)