Game ID: 22400061
New York Knicks @ Boston Celtics
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
TD Garden, Boston, MA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BOS 43 31 39 19 132NYK 24 31 32 22 109
BOS vs NYK ScoutingBOS vs NYK Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
BOS availability going into 10/22 · season opener
full strength
BOS availability going into 10/24 · 1 day's rest
full strength
BOS availability going into 10/26 · 1 day's rest
full strength
BOS availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restOUT Hauser missed 2 since 10/24, out tonight
BOS availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Hauser missed 3 since 10/24, returns tonight: 14 min (66% of 21)
NYK availability going into 10/22 · season opener
full strength
NYK availability going into 10/25 · 2 days' rest
full strength
NYK availability going into 10/28 · 2 days' rest
full strength
NYK availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's rest
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NYK availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's rest
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10/22 vs NYK 132-109 — BOS notes
BOS won 132-109. BOS shot 51% (48 of 95) to NYK's 55%, 29 of 61 from three, and got to the line 8 times to NYK's 16. BOS turned it over 3 times to NYK's 11. Tatum led with 37 (14 of 18, 8 of 11 from three); White added 24, Brown 23. The hinge was Q1, 43-24: from level to 19 ahead, and the lead reached 35. Tatum was the night's best plus/minus at +26.
10/22 @ BOS 109-132 — NYK notes
NYK lost 109-132. NYK shot 55% (43 of 78) to BOS's 51%, 11 of 30 from three, and went to the line 16 times to BOS's 8 — 12 points from the stripe to their 7. NYK turned it over 11 times to BOS's 3. McBride led with 22 (8 of 10, 4 of 5 from three); Brunson added 22, Bridges 16. Q4 was theirs, 22-19, the deficit cut from 26 to 23, but the other 3 periods went 113-87 against them. Bridges's -33 in 35 minutes was the worst on the floor.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BOSAH A. Horford
DW D. White
JB J. Brown
JH J. Holiday
JT J. Tatum
JW J. Walsh
LK L. Kornet
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
XT X. Tillman
NYKAH A. Hukporti
CP C. Payne
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
JS J. Sims
JT J. Toppin
KT K. Towns
MB M. Bridges
MM M. McBride
OA O. Anunoby
PD P. Dadiet
TK T. Kolek
BOS/NYK the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Tatum, Celtics celebrate Banner 18 by making record-tying 29 3-pointers and crushing Knicks 132-109
BOSTON -- — Jayson Tatum continued Boston’s Banner 18 celebration by scoring 37 points and making eight of the Celtics' NBA record-tying 29 3-pointers on Tuesday as Boston ran away with a 132-109 victory over the New York Knicks on opening night.
Derrick White scored 24 points, Jaylen Brown added 23 and Tatum had 10 assists for the defending champions, who raised their NBA-most 18th championship banner to the rafters before the game. Boston led by as many as 35 points before missing its last 13 3-point attempts while trying to break the record.
Jalen Brunson scored 22 points for New York, and new addition Karl-Anthony Towns had just 12 points and seven rebounds.
With the Celtics leading by more than 20 points early in the third quarter, the TD Garden crowd’s attention strayed from the basketball game and it began chanting “Yankees Suck!”
Takeaways The new-look Knicks were supposed to be the biggest threat to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference, but even after adding Towns and Mikal Bridges over the summer, they were no match for the team that finished 14 games in front last season.
Key moment On July 28, U.S. Olympic basketball coach Steve Kerr benched Tatum for a game against Serbia, guaranteeing Tatum would be motivated for the Celtics’ title defense.
Key stat The Celtics hit their 29th 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter, then fired up two long airballs and 13 misses in a row from beyond the arc as they went for the record set in 2020 by Milwaukee. The crowd chanted “One more 3!” in the final minutes, but on Boston's last possession Payton Pritchard dribbled out the shot clock without making another attempt.
Up next The Celtics visit Washington on Thursday and the Knicks play their home opener against Indiana on Friday.