Game ID: 42400215
New York Knicks @ Boston Celtics
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
TD Garden, Boston, MA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BOS 30 29 32 36 127NYK 32 27 17 26 102
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 5/05 · 5 days' restOUT Holiday missed 3 since 4/25, returns tonight: 39 min (126% of 31)
BACK Brown back 4/20 after 3, 36 min since (103% of 35)
BACK Queta back 4/29 after 4, 4 min since (29% of 13)
BACK Scheierman back 4/29 after 4, 4 min since (33% of 12)
BACK Craig back 4/29 after 3, 4 min since (44% of 10)
BOS availability going into 5/07 · 1 day's restBACK Holiday back 5/05 after 3, 39 min since (126% of 31)
BACK Queta back 4/29 after 4, 4 min since (29% of 13)
BACK Scheierman back 4/29 after 4, 4 min since (33% of 12)
BACK Craig back 4/29 after 3, 4 min since (44% of 10)
NEW Horford 28 to 34 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 5/10 · 2 days' restOUT Queta missed 2 since 5/05, returns tonight: 2 min (16% of 13)
OUT Scheierman missed 2 since 5/05, returns tonight: 2 min (18% of 12)
OUT Craig missed 2 since 5/05, returns tonight: 2 min (21% of 10)
BACK Holiday back 5/05 after 3, 36 min since (118% of 31)
NEW Horford 28 to 33 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 5/12 · 1 day's restOUT Hauser missed 2 since 5/07, out tonight
BACK Holiday back 5/05 after 3, 33 min since (106% of 31)
BACK Queta back 4/29 after 4, 3 min since (22% of 13)
BACK Scheierman back 4/29 after 4, 3 min since (25% of 12)
BACK Craig back 4/29 after 3, 3 min since (32% of 10)
NEW Horford 28 to 33 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 5/14 · 1 day's restOUT Hauser missed 3 since 5/07, returns tonight: 15 min (71% of 21)
BACK Holiday back 5/05 after 3, 33 min since (107% of 31)
BACK Queta back 4/29 after 4, 3 min since (22% of 13)
BACK Scheierman back 4/29 after 4, 3 min since (25% of 12)
BACK Craig back 4/29 after 3, 3 min since (32% of 10)
NEW Horford 28 to 34 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 5/16 · 1 day's restBACK Holiday back 5/05 after 3, 33 min since (107% of 31)
BACK Hauser back 5/14 after 3, 15 min since (71% of 21)
BACK Queta back 5/10 after 2, 2 min since (18% of 13)
BACK Scheierman back 5/10 after 2, 2 min since (20% of 12)
BACK Craig back 5/10 after 2, 3 min since (29% of 10)
NEW White 34 to 40 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 5/05 · 3 days' restOUT Achiuwa missed 6 since 4/19, returns tonight: 5 min (28% of 18)
OUT Tucker missed 6 since 4/19, out tonight
OUT Wright missed 6 since 4/19, out tonight
OUT Shamet missed 2 since 4/29, out tonight
NYK availability going into 5/07 · 1 day's restOUT Tucker missed 7 since 4/19, out tonight
OUT Wright missed 7 since 4/19, out tonight
OUT Shamet missed 3 since 4/29, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 5/05 after 6, 5 min since (28% of 18)
NEW Bridges 37 to 43 min over the last 5
NEW Anunoby 37 to 42 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 5/10 · 2 days' restOUT Tucker missed 8 since 4/19, out tonight
OUT Wright missed 8 since 4/19, returns tonight: 3 min (22% of 14)
OUT Shamet missed 4 since 4/29, returns tonight: 3 min (22% of 14)
BACK Achiuwa back 5/05 after 6, 5 min since (28% of 18)
NEW Bridges 37 to 44 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 5/12 · 1 day's restOUT Tucker missed 9 since 4/19, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 5/05 after 6, 6 min since (30% of 18)
BACK Wright back 5/10 after 8, 3 min since (22% of 14)
BACK Shamet back 5/10 after 4, 3 min since (22% of 14)
NEW Bridges 37 to 43 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 5/14 · 1 day's restOUT Tucker missed 10 since 4/19, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 5/05 after 6, 4 min since (21% of 18)
BACK Wright back 5/10 after 8, 3 min since (22% of 14)
BACK Shamet back 5/10 after 4, 3 min since (22% of 14)
NEW Bridges 37 to 44 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 5/16 · 1 day's restOUT Tucker missed 11 since 4/19, returns tonight: 4 min (28% of 16)
OUT Wright missed 2 since 5/12, out tonight
BACK Achiuwa back 5/05 after 6, 4 min since (20% of 18)
BACK Shamet back 5/10 after 4, 3 min since (21% of 14)
NEW Bridges 37 to 43 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 5/21 · 4 days' restOUT Wright missed 3 since 5/12, returns tonight: 0 min (3% of 14)
BACK Tucker back 5/16 after 11, 4 min since (28% of 16)
BACK Shamet back 5/10 after 4, 4 min since (26% of 14)
NYK availability going into 5/23 · 1 day's restBACK Tucker back 5/16 after 11, 4 min since (28% of 16)
BACK Wright back 5/10 after 8, 2 min since (13% of 14)
BACK Shamet back 5/10 after 4, 4 min since (26% of 14)
NYK availability going into 5/25 · 1 day's restOUT Achiuwa missed 2 since 5/21, out tonight
OUT Tucker missed 2 since 5/21, out tonight
OUT Shamet missed 2 since 5/21, returns tonight: 11 min (83% of 14)
BACK Wright back 5/21 after 3, 0 min since (3% of 14)
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 100, shooting 44 percent and 36 from three, 22 free throws a game; Tatum at 27 and Brown at 21 a game. Without Hauser (3 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 107, shooting 46 percent and 34 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brunson at 30 and Towns at 18 a game. Without Tucker (10 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 100 a night to New York's 107. Call it Boston 112, New York 105.
5/05 vs NYK 105-108 — BOS notes
BOS lost 105-108 in 1 overtime. BOS took 10 more shots (97 to 87), fed by 19 offensive rebounds, but shot 35% to NYK's 43%, 15 of 60 from three. The glass went 59-49 for them. Brown led with 23 (7 of 20, 1 of 10 from three, 8 of 10 at the line); Tatum added 23, White 19. Q2 was theirs, 35-20, but the other 4 periods went 88-70 against them. They led by as many as 20. Kornet's -7 in 17 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/07 vs NYK 90-91 — BOS notes
BOS lost 90-91. BOS took 8 more shots (94 to 86), fed by 16 offensive rebounds, but shot 36% to NYK's 43%, 10 of 40 from three. Brown led with 20 (8 of 23, 2 of 7 from three); White added 20, Tatum 13. Q1 was theirs, 24-13, but the other 3 periods went 78-66 against them. They led by as many as 20. Horford's -11 in 29 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/10 @ NYK 115-93 — BOS notes
BOS won 115-93. BOS shot 48% (40 of 83) to NYK's 40%, 20 of 40 from three, and got to the line 17 times to NYK's 35. Pritchard led with 23 (8 of 16, 5 of 10 from three); Tatum added 22, Brown 19. The hinge was Q1, 36-20: from level to 16 ahead, and the lead reached 31. Brown was the night's best plus/minus at +29.
5/12 @ NYK 113-121 — BOS notes
BOS lost 113-121. BOS shot 48% (38 of 79) to NYK's 54%, 18 of 48 from three, and went to the line 26 times to NYK's 12 — 19 points from the stripe to their 9. The glass went 31-43 against them. Tatum led with 42 (16 of 28, 7 of 16 from three); White added 23, Brown 20. Q1 was theirs, 39-28, but the other 3 periods went 93-74 against them. They led by as many as 14. Holiday's -12 in 34 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/14 vs NYK 127-102 — BOS notes
BOS won 127-102. BOS shot 52% (44 of 84) to NYK's 36%, 22 of 49 from three, and got to the line 26 times to NYK's 40. White led with 34 (9 of 16, 7 of 13 from three, 9 of 11 at the line); Brown added 26, Pritchard 17. The hinge was Q3, 32-17: from level to 15 ahead, and the lead reached 28. Brown was the night's best plus/minus at +28.
5/16 @ NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 110, shooting 43 percent and 35 from three, 26 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Towns at 20 a game. Without Tucker (11 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 103, shooting 43 percent and 36 from three, 22 free throws a game; Tatum at 25 and White at 23 a game. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 103 a night to New York's 110. Call it Boston 110, New York 108, New York keeping it close.
5/05 @ BOS 108-105 — NYK notes
NYK won 108-105 in 1 overtime. NYK shot 43% (37 of 87) to BOS's 35%, 17 of 37 from three. The glass went 49-59 against them. Anunoby led with 29 (10 of 20, 6 of 11 from three); Brunson added 29, Hart 14. The hinge was Q4, 25-16: NYK came in trailing by 9 and left it level. NYK trailed 45-61 at the half and won the second half 63-44. Robinson was the night's best plus/minus at +13.
5/07 @ BOS 91-90 — NYK notes
NYK won 91-90. NYK shot 43% (37 of 86) to BOS's 36%, 9 of 31 from three. Hart led with 23 (9 of 15, 3 of 6 from three); Towns added 21, Brunson 17. The hinge was Q4, 30-17: NYK came in trailing by 12 and left it ahead by 1. NYK trailed 41-50 at the half and won the second half 50-40. Robinson was the night's best plus/minus at +19.
5/10 vs BOS 93-115 — NYK notes
NYK lost 93-115. NYK shot 40% (32 of 80) to BOS's 48%, 5 of 25 from three, and went to the line 35 times to BOS's 17 — 24 points from the stripe to their 15. Brunson led with 27 (9 of 21, 3 of 8 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Towns added 21, Bridges 12. Q4 was theirs, 23-19, the deficit cut from 26 to 22, but the other 3 periods went 96-70 against them. Anunoby's -25 in 31 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/12 vs BOS 121-113 — NYK notes
NYK won 121-113. NYK shot 54% (50 of 92) to BOS's 48%, 12 of 34 from three, and got to the line 12 times to BOS's 26. The glass went 43-31 for them. Brunson led with 39 (14 of 25, 4 of 8 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); Bridges added 23, Towns 23. The hinge was Q3, 37-23: NYK came in trailing by 11 and left it ahead by 3. NYK trailed 51-62 at the half and won the second half 70-51. Bridges was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
5/14 @ BOS 102-127 — NYK notes
NYK lost 102-127. NYK shot 36% (29 of 81) to BOS's 52%, 12 of 30 from three, and went to the line 40 times to BOS's 26 — 32 points from the stripe to their 17. Hart led with 24 (7 of 15, 5 of 9 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Brunson added 22, Towns 19. Q1 was theirs, 32-30, but the other 3 periods went 97-70 against them. Bridges's -25 in 40 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/16 vs BOS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 110, shooting 43 percent and 35 from three, 26 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Towns at 20 a game. Without Tucker (11 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 103, shooting 43 percent and 36 from three, 22 free throws a game; Tatum at 25 and White at 23 a game. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 103 a night to New York's 110. Call it Boston 110, New York 108, New York keeping it close.
5/21 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 105, shooting 44 percent and 33 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brunson at 26 and Towns at 21 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. 4 days' rest. Indiana comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 114, shooting 50 percent and 42 from three, 24 free throws a game; Siakam at 18 and Haliburton at 17 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Isa. Jackson (86 straight). 7 days' rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the arc, Indiana at 42 percent from three to New York's 33 and the glass, where New York has been plus-5 a night and Indiana minus-4. Call it New York 113, Indiana 112, Indiana keeping it close.
5/23 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 115, shooting 46 percent and 33 from three, 30 free throws a game; Brunson at 31 and Towns at 24 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. One day's rest. Indiana comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 119, shooting 50 percent and 39 from three, 27 free throws a game; Haliburton at 19 and Siakam at 18 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Isa. Jackson (87 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-7 a night and Indiana minus-6 and the arc, Indiana at 39 percent from three to New York's 33. Call it New York 117, Indiana 115, Indiana keeping it close.
5/25 @ IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 117, shooting 50 percent and 40 from three, 25 free throws a game; Siakam at 23 and Haliburton at 18 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has lost the glass by 7 a night. Without Isa. Jackson (88 straight), Walker (2 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 115, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 27 free throws a game; Brunson at 33 and Towns at 24 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Achiuwa (2 straight), Tucker (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Indiana wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-8 a night and Indiana minus-7 and the arc, Indiana at 40 percent from three to New York's 35. Call it Indiana 117, New York 115, New York keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BOSAH A. Horford
BS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
JB J. Brown
JD J. Davison
JH J. Holiday
JW J. Walsh
KP K. Porziņģis
LK L. Kornet
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
TC T. Craig
NYKCP C. Payne
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
KT K. Towns
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Bridges
MM M. McBride
MR M. Robinson
OA O. Anunoby
PA P. Achiuwa
PD P. Dadiet
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
White scores 34 to help Celtics stave off elimination with 127-102 Game 5 win over Knicks
BOSTON -- — Before the Boston Celtics took the floor without their biggest star on a night they had to win, Joe Mazzulla implored his players to just pour everything they had into winning one game.
They did, and the defending NBA champions earned another chance to extend their season.
Derrick White had 34 points, including seven 3-pointers, to lead the Celtics to a 127-102 Game 5 win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night that kept them alive in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
“We did what was necessary to do what we needed to do to get it back to New York,” Mazzulla said. “You don’t get to pick the test that you have, you pick how you respond to them.”
The Celtics connected on 22 3-pointers to post their first home victory of the series and first without Jayson Tatum following his season-ending Achilles tendon injury .
“Losing JT is tough,” White said. “But we’ve got a lot of guys that are highly competitive, and we didn’t want the season to end tonight.”
The Knicks will try again to win the series Friday in New York. If the Celtics win, Game 7 would be in Boston on Monday.
Jaylen Brown added 26 points and 12 assists. Payton Pritchard had 17 points and five 3-pointers. Luke Kornet finished with 10 points, nine rebounds and seven blocks. He started the second half for Kristaps Porzingis , who played just 12 minutes. Mazzulla said Porzingis was having trouble breathing as he continues to deal with a lingering viral illness.
The Celtics are looking to become just the 14th team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit in 294 attempts.
Josh Hart led the Knicks with 24 points despite briefly leaving the game late in the first quarter to close a bloody gash over his eye after he took an inadvertent elbow.
Jalen Brunson added 22 points before fouling out with 7:19 to play in the game.
Boston closed the third quarter on a 23-9 run and took a 91-76 lead to the fourth. Brunson spent the final 2:45 of the third on the bench after picking up his fifth foul.
“They came out with a sense of urgency that we need,” Brunson said.
The Celtics kept it going in the final period, pushing their lead as high as 28 points.
The game was highly physical throughout and included a brief face-to-face skirmish between Hart and Brown.
That energy carried over offensively. The Celtics came out hot, getting five 3s from White and 12 total in the opening 24 minutes.
“We’ve got to play desperate. I don’t think we did that,” Knicks guard Mikal Bridges said.
But the Knicks held as much as a nine-point lead, connecting on eight 3s of their own and getting 10 second-chance points. Mitchell Robinson also converted on all four of his free throw attempts in the first half, nullifying the series-long intentional foul strategy Boston employed on him.