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Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks

October 23, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Celtics beat the Knicks 107-103 on 2026-10-23 at home. The Celtics started Paul George, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Mitchell Robinson, and Jordan Walsh. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 6 points (2/10) in his matchups, with Jordan Walsh as his primary defender. Jayson Tatum (Celtics) scored 11 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Josh Hart as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum GS	36:43	36	9	7	3	0	2	2	14-26	3-10	5-5	+1
Paul George GS	33:39	15	7	2	2	0	1	4	6-15	3-7	0-0	+1
Derrick White GS	33:28	12	4	6	1	0	1	2	5-11	2-6	0-0	-4
Mitchell Robinson GS	22:25	4	4	2	0	1	0	5	2-4	0-0	0-0	-2
Jordan Walsh GS	20:17	5	3	0	0	0	1	2	2-5	1-2	0-0	+1
Payton Pritchard	30:26	4	1	4	0	0	2	1	1-5	1-3	1-2	+8
Sam Hauser	22:41	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	+8
Neemias Queta	22:08	15	6	1	0	3	2	4	4-8	1-1	6-9	-1
Baylor Scheierman	11:08	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	+4
Hugo González	3:35	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Luka Garza	3:30	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	3-3	2-2	0-0	+6
Totals		107	37	25	7	4	10	22	40-87	15-39	12-16

Did not play: Devin Carter (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Chris Cenac Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mike Conley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dillon Mitchell (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (Inactive - Coach's Decision)

NYK

New York Knicks 103

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	37:16	22	10	3	0	0	4	5	9-13	2-3	2-3	+2
Jalen Brunson GS	37:14	19	2	4	0	2	3	1	7-17	2-5	3-6	+6
Josh Hart GS	36:02	10	12	5	3	0	0	1	4-12	2-7	0-0	+4
OG Anunoby GS	33:35	20	10	8	0	0	3	4	5-11	2-6	8-10	-11
Mikal Bridges GS	21:53	0	1	4	1	0	1	3	0-8	0-5	0-0	-12
Miles McBride	30:05	20	2	1	1	0	0	2	6-9	6-8	2-2	-5
Landry Shamet	21:12	8	2	0	0	0	2	4	3-6	2-5	0-0	+7
Jose Alvarado	10:46	2	2	2	1	0	3	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-10
Andre Drummond	7:06	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Jordan Clarkson	2:48	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
James Wiseman	2:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Totals		103	44	27	6	2	16	23	36-80	16-40	15-21

Did not play: Jaden Akins (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mohamed Diawara (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyler Kolek (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevin McCullar Jr. (Inactive - Coach's Decision), Tyler Nickel (Inactive - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Paul George · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Mitchell Robinson · Jordan Walsh Starter 9.1 min
Paul George · Derrick White · Mitchell Robinson · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser 6.6 min
Jayson Tatum · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 5.0 min
Paul George · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser 4.5 min
Paul George · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Jordan Walsh 2.7 min

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 11.5 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride 8.4 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Miles McBride · Jose Alvarado 6.6 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride 4.9 min
Andre Drummond · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride 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 6 pts (2/10) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (34 %, 3 pts) · Payton Pritchard (11 %, 0 pts) · Baylor Scheierman (9 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 12 pts (4/12) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Mitchell Robinson (48 %, 0 pts) · Neemias Queta (25 %, 7 pts) · Jayson Tatum (9 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jayson Tatum	Josh Hart: 35 poss., 13 pts (6/11) · OG Anunoby: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Paul George	OG Anunoby: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Landry Shamet: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Derrick White	Mikal Bridges: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Miles McBride: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Payton Pritchard	Miles McBride: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Landry Shamet: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Neemias Queta	Karl-Anthony Towns: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Josh Hart: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mitchell Robinson	Karl-Anthony Towns: 31 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Hart: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh	Jalen Brunson: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · OG Anunoby: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sam Hauser	Miles McBride: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Baylor Scheierman	Jalen Brunson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Landry Shamet: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luka Garza	Andre Drummond: 5 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Jose Alvarado: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González	Jalen Brunson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Hart: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Jayson Tatum 11 pts (4/6) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Hart (37 %, 2 pts) · OG Anunoby (21 %, 6 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (15 %, 0 pts)
Paul George 12 pts (5/8) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: OG Anunoby (42 %, 0 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (23 %, 6 pts) · Jalen Brunson (12 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Jordan Walsh: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Baylor Scheierman: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Mitchell Robinson: 26 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Paul George: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Josh Hart	Jayson Tatum: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Neemias Queta: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
OG Anunoby	Paul George: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jayson Tatum: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Miles McBride	Payton Pritchard: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Landry Shamet	Payton Pritchard: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mikal Bridges	Derrick White: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jose Alvarado	Derrick White: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andre Drummond	Neemias Queta: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
James Wiseman	Neemias Queta: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Jordan Walsh: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)