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New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics

April 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Celtics 112-106 on 2026-04-09 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Celtics started Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, and Jordan Walsh. Jayson Tatum (Celtics) scored 23 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Josh Hart as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 8 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Baylor Scheierman as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK

New York Knicks 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson GS	36:52	25	1	10	0	0	1	3	10-19	2-7	3-4	+8
OG Anunoby GS	36:10	13	4	1	2	0	1	3	4-10	3-7	2-2	+3
Josh Hart GS	34:30	26	1	3	1	0	3	2	10-15	5-7	1-2	+6
Mikal Bridges GS	30:52	10	2	6	0	0	0	1	4-4	2-2	0-0	+17
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	30:21	16	12	4	2	0	1	3	6-12	1-4	3-3	+5
Miles McBride	19:18	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	1-5	1-4	1-2	-2
Landry Shamet	18:57	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1-4	1-3	0-0	-9
Mitchell Robinson	18:46	7	7	0	3	1	0	3	3-4	0-0	1-2	-2
Jordan Clarkson	14:14	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	4-7	0-1	0-0	+4
Totals		112	30	29	9	2	7	17	43-80	15-35	11-15

Did not play: Jose Alvarado (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mohamed Diawara (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevin McCullar Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS

Boston Celtics 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum GS	39:45	24	13	8	1	1	6	1	7-22	2-10	8-10	-16
Derrick White GS	37:32	8	3	1	1	0	0	1	2-10	0-6	4-4	-3
Sam Hauser GS	31:29	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	2-7	2-6	0-0	+1
Neemias Queta GS	24:11	10	10	2	2	0	0	5	4-6	0-0	2-2	-7
Jordan Walsh GS	17:27	5	2	1	0	0	0	4	2-4	1-2	0-0	-9
Payton Pritchard	35:30	23	3	6	0	0	2	1	10-20	3-8	0-0	+4
Baylor Scheierman	30:21	20	4	0	0	0	0	2	7-8	6-7	0-0	-1
Nikola Vučević	23:45	10	5	2	0	0	2	2	4-7	2-4	0-0	+1
Totals		106	42	23	4	1	10	16	38-84	16-43	14-16

Did not play: Luka Garza (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hugo González (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision), John Tonje (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 19.9 min
Jordan Clarkson · OG Anunoby · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride 8.1 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson 2.7 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet 2.7 min
Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride 2.5 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh Starter 9.4 min
Nikola Vučević · Jayson Tatum · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 7.2 min
Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman 6.5 min
Nikola Vučević · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 5.6 min
Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser 4.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Jayson Tatum 23 pts (8/12) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Hart (39 %, 15 pts) · OG Anunoby (26 %, 5 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (17 %, 0 pts)
Derrick White 11 pts (5/11) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Mikal Bridges (23 %, 4 pts) · Jalen Brunson (20 %, 2 pts) · OG Anunoby (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Brunson	Jordan Walsh: 21 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Derrick White: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
OG Anunoby	Sam Hauser: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jayson Tatum: 17 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Josh Hart	Jayson Tatum: 26 poss., 15 pts (6/7) · Derrick White: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Neemias Queta: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Jayson Tatum: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mikal Bridges	Payton Pritchard: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Mitchell Robinson	Nikola Vučević: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Neemias Queta: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles McBride	Payton Pritchard: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Landry Shamet	Sam Hauser: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Payton Pritchard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Baylor Scheierman: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Derrick White: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Celtics defense

Jalen Brunson 8 pts (2/9) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Baylor Scheierman (28 %, 5 pts) · Jordan Walsh (20 %, 0 pts) · Sam Hauser (18 %, 0 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 14 pts (4/9) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Neemias Queta (57 %, 2 pts) · Nikola Vučević (13 %, 0 pts) · Jayson Tatum (7 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jayson Tatum	OG Anunoby: 26 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Josh Hart: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Derrick White	Josh Hart: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Mikal Bridges: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Payton Pritchard	Miles McBride: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Mikal Bridges: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Hauser	Landry Shamet: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Brunson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Jalen Brunson: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jordan Clarkson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Karl-Anthony Towns: 30 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Josh Hart: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nikola Vučević	Mitchell Robinson: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh	Jalen Brunson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Hart: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)