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New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics

October 24, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Celtics 105-95 on 2025-10-24 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Miles McBride. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 13 points (3/9) in his matchups, with OG Anunoby as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 16 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Sam Hauser as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Mikal Bridges GS 36:04 12 6 2 2 1 2 2 5-10 2-4 0-0 +15
Jalen Brunson GS 34:46 31 3 5 0 0 1 1 10-20 3-7 8-9 +7
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 33:04 26 13 3 1 1 5 2 6-16 4-6 10-12 +6
Miles McBride GS 32:17 10 4 4 1 1 0 2 3-11 2-9 2-2 +3
OG Anunoby GS 29:07 10 2 1 2 0 1 3 3-10 2-7 2-2 +10
Josh Hart 18:58 2 14 3 0 0 0 3 1-8 0-3 0-0 -2
Jordan Clarkson 15:34 6 3 0 0 1 1 2 2-5 2-4 0-0 +12
Landry Shamet 13:53 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 -8
Guerschon Yabusele 13:09 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 +4
Tyler Kolek 13:08 2 0 4 1 0 3 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 +3
Totals 105 53 23 7 4 15 17 33-86 17-45 22-25

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

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 95

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Payton Pritchard GS 35:52 8 5 6 1 0 1 3 2-10 1-7 3-3 -7
Jaylen Brown GS 35:28 23 4 3 1 1 7 5 9-18 3-7 2-4 -14
Derrick White GS 33:10 15 4 4 1 0 1 3 5-18 3-11 2-3 0
Sam Hauser GS 27:44 18 3 0 1 1 1 1 6-10 6-10 0-0 -14
Neemias Queta GS 21:39 8 7 1 0 1 2 3 3-5 0-0 2-3 -2
Anfernee Simons 27:03 10 1 4 3 0 2 2 4-9 1-4 1-2 -9
Hugo González 22:36 6 4 1 2 0 0 4 3-6 0-2 0-0 +7
Chris Boucher 15:25 0 4 0 1 4 0 2 0-3 0-2 0-0 +5
Xavier Tillman 13:45 7 3 0 0 0 1 2 3-3 1-1 0-0 -9
Baylor Scheierman 4:12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Jordan Walsh 2:26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -8
Amari Williams 0:40 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 95 37 19 10 7 15 25 35-82 15-44 10-15

Did not play: Josh Minott (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Brunson Payton Pritchard: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Hugo González: 13 poss., 4 pts (0/1)
Karl-Anthony Towns Neemias Queta: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jaylen Brown: 12 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Mikal Bridges Payton Pritchard: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Sam Hauser: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Miles McBride Payton Pritchard: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Derrick White: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
OG Anunoby Jaylen Brown: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Sam Hauser: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Josh Hart Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson Derrick White: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Payton Pritchard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Landry Shamet Jaylen Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anfernee Simons: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek Anfernee Simons: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hugo González: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele Neemias Queta: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Xavier Tillman: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Payton Pritchard Miles McBride: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Mikal Bridges: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Brown OG Anunoby: 30 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Mikal Bridges: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Derrick White Mikal Bridges: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Miles McBride: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Sam Hauser Jalen Brunson: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jordan Clarkson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Anfernee Simons Tyler Kolek: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles McBride: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta Karl-Anthony Towns: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Hugo González Jalen Brunson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Hart: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Xavier Tillman Karl-Anthony Towns: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Guerschon Yabusele: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Boucher Karl-Anthony Towns: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Guerschon Yabusele: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Baylor Scheierman Landry Shamet: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Jordan Clarkson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amari Williams Josh Hart: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)