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
105
Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mohamed Diawara (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision)
BOS
Boston Celtics
95
Did not play: Josh Minott (DNP - Coach's Decision)
Lineups
NYK
New York Knicks
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride Starter 11.7 min
- Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride 4.3 min
- Jordan Clarkson · Guerschon Yabusele · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride 4.2 min
- Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson 3.4 min
- Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Tyler Kolek 3.3 min
BOS
Boston Celtics
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser Starter 12.4 min
- Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Xavier Tillman · Sam Hauser 4.5 min
- Chris Boucher · Anfernee Simons · Xavier Tillman · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 3.5 min
- Derrick White · Chris Boucher · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Hugo González 3.4 min
- Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Hugo González 3.1 min
Who guarded whom
Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.
Knicks defense
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Jaylen Brown 13 pts (3/9) in 63 possessions
Guarded by: OG Anunoby (28 %, 0 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (19 %, 6 pts) · Mikal Bridges (12 %, 2 pts)
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Anfernee Simons 5 pts (2/3) in 46 possessions
Guarded by: Tyler Kolek (16 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Brunson (13 %, 5 pts) · Josh Hart (12 %, 0 pts)
| 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
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Jalen Brunson 16 pts (7/14) in 68 possessions
Guarded by: Sam Hauser (40 %, 3 pts) · Hugo González (21 %, 0 pts) · Derrick White (9 %, 2 pts)
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Karl-Anthony Towns 14 pts (6/10) in 58 possessions
Guarded by: Neemias Queta (33 %, 2 pts) · Xavier Tillman (20 %, 3 pts) · Jaylen Brown (12 %, 5 pts)
| 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) |