Game ID: 42400213
Boston Celtics @ New York Knicks
Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM ET
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NYK 20 26 24 23 93BOS 36 35 25 19 115
BOS @ NYK ScoutingBOS @ 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.
NYK availability going into 4/29 · 1 day's restOUT Achiuwa missed 4 since 4/19, out tonight
OUT Tucker missed 4 since 4/19, out tonight
OUT Wright missed 4 since 4/19, out tonight
BACK Towns back 4/19 after 2, 39 min since (110% of 35)
NYK availability going into 5/01 · 1 day's restOUT Achiuwa missed 5 since 4/19, out tonight
OUT Tucker missed 5 since 4/19, out tonight
OUT Wright missed 5 since 4/19, out tonight
BACK Towns back 4/19 after 2, 38 min since (108% of 35)
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)
BOS availability going into 4/27 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 3 since 4/20, out tonight
OUT Scheierman missed 3 since 4/20, out tonight
OUT Craig missed 2 since 4/23, out tonight
BACK Brown back 4/20 after 3, 35 min since (102% of 35)
BACK Horford back 4/11 after 2, 30 min since (106% of 28)
BOS availability going into 4/29 · 1 day's restOUT Holiday missed 2 since 4/25, out tonight
OUT Queta missed 4 since 4/20, returns tonight: 4 min (29% of 13)
OUT Scheierman missed 4 since 4/20, returns tonight: 4 min (33% of 12)
OUT Craig missed 3 since 4/23, returns tonight: 4 min (44% of 10)
BACK Brown back 4/20 after 3, 37 min since (106% of 35)
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
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 102 a night and allowing 101, shooting 43 percent and 38 from three, 23 free throws a game; Brunson at 27 and Towns at 18 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Tucker (8 straight). 2 days' rest. Boston comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 96, shooting 42 percent and 31 from three, 24 free throws a game; Tatum at 29 and Brown at 21 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, New York at 38 percent from three to Boston's 31 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-3 a night and New York minus-4. Call it Boston 107, New York 106, New York keeping it close.
4/29 vs DET 103-106 — NYK notes
NYK lost 103-106. NYK shot 43% (39 of 90) to DET's 42%, 9 of 25 from three, and got to the line 27 times to DET's 36. Anunoby led with 19 (8 of 13, 3 of 4 from three); Bridges added 17, Towns 17. Q1 was theirs, 23-22, but the other 3 periods went 84-80 against them.
5/01 @ DET 116-113 — NYK notes
NYK won 116-113. NYK shot 48% (41 of 86) to DET's 47%, 10 of 30 from three. Brunson led with 40 (15 of 33, 3 of 10 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); Bridges added 25, Anunoby 22. The hinge was Q1, 37-23: from level to 14 ahead. NYK trailed 59-61 at the half and won the second half 57-52.
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 — 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 102 a night and allowing 106, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 27 free throws a game; Brunson at 26 and Towns at 17 a game. Without Tucker (9 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 96, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 23 free throws a game; Tatum at 26 and Brown at 21 a game. Without Hauser (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 96 a night to New York's 106. Call it Boston 109, New York 106, New York keeping it close.
5/14 @ BOS — 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.
5/16 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.
4/27 @ ORL 107-98 — BOS notes
BOS won 107-98. BOS shot 44% (34 of 78) to ORL's 43%, 9 of 31 from three, and went to the line 32 times to ORL's 20 — 30 points from the stripe to their 14. Tatum led with 37 (10 of 25, 3 of 10 from three, 14 of 14 at the line); Brown added 21, Porziņģis 19. The hinge was Q4, 28-23: a lead of 4 became 9. Hauser was the night's best plus/minus at +13.
4/29 vs ORL 120-89 — BOS notes
BOS won 120-89. BOS shot 57% (43 of 76) to ORL's 38%, 13 of 24 from three. Tatum led with 35 (10 of 16, 4 of 5 from three, 11 of 11 at the line); Brown added 23, Pritchard 10. The hinge was Q3, 36-13: BOS came in trailing by 2 and left it ahead by 21, and the lead reached 34. BOS trailed 47-49 at the half and won the second half 73-40. Tatum was the night's best plus/minus at +34.
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 — 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 102 a night and allowing 106, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 27 free throws a game; Brunson at 26 and Towns at 17 a game. Without Tucker (9 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 96, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 23 free throws a game; Tatum at 26 and Brown at 21 a game. Without Hauser (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 96 a night to New York's 106. Call it Boston 109, New York 106, New York keeping it close.
5/14 vs NYK — 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.
5/16 @ 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.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NYKAH A. Hukporti
CP 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
BOSAH A. Horford
BS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
JB J. Brown
JH J. Holiday
JT J. Tatum
KP K. Porziņģis
LK L. Kornet
PP P. Pritchard
PO Porzingis
NYK/BOS 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
Celtics rout Knicks 115-93 to cut New York's lead to 2-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals
NEW YORK -- — The Celtics' 3-point touch came back in Game 3, so the Knicks didn't.
Jayson Tatum had 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Payton Pritchard scored 23 points and Boston easily got its first win in the Eastern Conference semifinals by routing New York 115-93 on Saturday.
The Celtics went 20 for 40 from 3-point range after going just 25 for 100 in their two losses in Boston, when they blew 20-point leads in the second half of both games. The defending NBA champions went ahead by 31 in this one and there was never anything resembling a comeback for the Knicks.
“You've got to beat us four times. That’s what it comes down to. Not twice, not once, not three,” Celtics forward Jaylen Brown said. “You’ve got to win four games, so there’s a lot of basketball to be played.”
Tatum, an All-Star who shot just 12 for 42 overall in Boston, and Pritchard, the NBA Sixth Man of the Year, both made five 3s.
Brown scored 19 points and Derrick White had 17 for the Celtics, who will try to tie the series Monday night in Game 4 before returning to Boston for Game 5 on Wednesday.
Jalen Brunson scored 27 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Knicks, who blew a 2-0 lead in this round last year and are still seeking their first conference finals appearance since 2000.
“I don’t think we came with the mindset of being satisfied, but I think it was just subconsciously satisfied being up 2-0," Brunson said. “Just not the way we need to approach the game.”
Boston made more 3-pointers than any team in NBA history during the regular season, when it swept all four meetings against New York. But the Celtics were ice cold to open this series, starting with an NBA playoff-record 45 misses in Game 1.
They made their first four 3-point shots in a blistering start Saturday and never really slowed down. They finished 6 for 7 behind the arc en route to a 36-20 lead, their highest-scoring first quarter of the postseason, quickly taking the energy out of a crowd where some fans paid more than $600 per ticket to be in the arena with the celebrities for one of the biggest games the Knicks have played in the 2000s.
“Just a matter of time,” Tatum said.
Tatum and Pritchard hit consecutive 3s for a 55-33 lead with 4 1/2 minutes remaining in the half, and Boston took a 71-46 lead to the locker room.
New York was 5 for 25 behind the arc and shot 68.6% on free throws — though that was mostly because Mitchell Robinson went 4 for 12 as the Celtics fouled the poor free throw shooter intentionally.