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Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks

February 8, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Celtics 111-89 on 2026-02-08 on the road against the Celtics. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Luka Garza, and Baylor Scheierman. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Landry Shamet. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 7 points (3/13) in his matchups, with Baylor Scheierman as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 15 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Jalen Brunson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 89

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White GS	34:12	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	7-14	3-9	2-2	-9
Jaylen Brown GS	33:08	26	2	4	1	1	2	3	11-25	0-4	4-4	-14
Baylor Scheierman GS	29:11	10	13	5	0	0	1	1	3-8	2-7	2-2	+1
Neemias Queta GS	22:47	4	5	1	0	0	3	5	2-4	0-0	0-0	0
Luka Garza GS	15:21	6	3	0	0	0	0	3	1-4	0-3	4-4	-6
Payton Pritchard	30:31	6	2	7	2	0	1	0	2-9	1-6	1-1	-27
Nikola Vučević	23:29	11	6	0	0	1	2	4	5-13	1-6	0-0	-24
Ron Harper Jr.	21:19	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	1-5	0-3	1-2	-17
Jordan Walsh	12:51	2	6	1	1	0	1	0	1-4	0-0	0-0	-4
Hugo González	12:28	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1-5	0-3	0-0	-8
Amari Williams	4:43	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		89	44	22	4	3	10	21	34-92	7-41	14-15

Did not play: Sam Hauser (DND - Injury/Illness)

NYK

New York Knicks 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	33:13	31	3	8	0	0	3	1	12-21	4-8	3-3	+20
Mikal Bridges GS	30:24	14	4	1	0	1	0	0	5-10	1-3	3-3	+2
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	29:24	11	10	1	1	0	3	3	3-9	0-2	5-6	+10
Landry Shamet GS	27:48	3	4	3	1	0	0	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	-1
Josh Hart GS	26:20	19	6	3	0	0	1	4	7-14	2-6	3-4	+10
Mohamed Diawara	26:30	10	3	1	1	0	0	3	4-4	2-2	0-0	+22
Jose Alvarado	25:04	12	2	2	2	1	1	2	5-12	2-6	0-0	+13
Mitchell Robinson	15:58	5	9	2	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	3-8	+15
Jordan Clarkson	7:32	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+9
Kevin McCullar Jr.	3:49	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Tyler Kolek	3:49	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	+2
Ariel Hukporti	3:49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Pacôme Dadiet	3:31	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Trey Jemison III	2:49	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		111	46	23	5	3	8	17	40-83	14-35	17-24

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Luka Garza · Baylor Scheierman Starter 9.0 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Ron Harper Jr. · Hugo González 6.7 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman 5.1 min
Luka Garza · Ron Harper Jr. · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González · Amari Williams 4.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman 4.1 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet Starter 11.2 min
Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Jose Alvarado · Mohamed Diawara 5.0 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Mohamed Diawara 3.1 min
Jordan Clarkson · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Jose Alvarado · Mohamed Diawara 2.9 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · Mikal Bridges · Landry Shamet · Jose Alvarado · Mohamed Diawara 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

Jalen Brunson 7 pts (3/13) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Baylor Scheierman (28 %, 0 pts) · Ron Harper Jr. (23 %, 0 pts) · Derrick White (11 %, 3 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 14 pts (6/12) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Neemias Queta (38 %, 2 pts) · Nikola Vučević (23 %, 0 pts) · Derrick White (9 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Mikal Bridges: 29 poss., 8 pts (4/9) · Mohamed Diawara: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Derrick White	Landry Shamet: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jose Alvarado: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Payton Pritchard	Jose Alvarado: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Landry Shamet: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Baylor Scheierman	Jalen Brunson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Hart: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Vučević	Mitchell Robinson: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Karl-Anthony Towns: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mikal Bridges: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ron Harper Jr.	Jalen Brunson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jordan Clarkson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Josh Hart: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh	Mohamed Diawara: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Brunson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González	Jordan Clarkson: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Mohamed Diawara: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amari Williams	Trey Jemison III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Hart: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Jaylen Brown 15 pts (6/10) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Brunson (33 %, 9 pts) · Mikal Bridges (23 %, 2 pts) · Mohamed Diawara (12 %, 0 pts)
Derrick White 11 pts (5/11) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Landry Shamet (30 %, 0 pts) · Jose Alvarado (20 %, 3 pts) · Mohamed Diawara (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Jaylen Brown: 20 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Ron Harper Jr.: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Mikal Bridges	Baylor Scheierman: 18 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Neemias Queta: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luka Garza: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Landry Shamet	Derrick White: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Payton Pritchard: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mohamed Diawara	Baylor Scheierman: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylen Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Hart	Neemias Queta: 12 poss., 10 pts (3/5) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jose Alvarado	Payton Pritchard: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Derrick White: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Mitchell Robinson	Nikola Vučević: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Neemias Queta: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Kolek	Jordan Walsh: 5 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Ron Harper Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti	Luka Garza: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Hugo González: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Amari Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet	Ron Harper Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Jemison III	Amari Williams: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)