Game ID: 22500320
New York Knicks @ Boston Celtics
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
TD Garden, Boston, MA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BOS 21 37 36 29 123NYK 32 20 24 41 117
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 11/23 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 3 since 11/16, returns tonight: 14 min (136% of 10)
BACK Scheierman back 11/12 after 3, 14 min since (75% of 18)
BACK González back 11/21 after 2, 5 min since (37% of 14)
NEW Walsh 17 to 23 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/26 · 2 days' restBACK Scheierman back 11/12 after 3, 13 min since (70% of 18)
BACK González back 11/21 after 2, 7 min since (51% of 14)
BACK Boucher back 11/12 after 4, 14 min since (129% of 10)
BOS availability going into 11/29 · 2 days' restBACK González back 11/21 after 2, 7 min since (49% of 14)
BACK Boucher back 11/23 after 3, 14 min since (136% of 10)
NEW Walsh 17 to 24 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/30 · back-to-backOUT Boucher missed 2 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK González back 11/21 after 2, 7 min since (49% of 14)
BOS availability going into 12/02 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 3 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK González back 11/21 after 2, 7 min since (50% of 14)
NEW Walsh 17 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/04 · 1 day's restOUT Garza missed 2 since 11/30, returns tonight: 8 min (53% of 16)
OUT Boucher missed 4 since 11/26, out tonight
NEW Walsh 17 to 26 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/05 · back-to-backOUT Boucher missed 5 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/04 after 2, 8 min since (53% of 16)
NEW Walsh 17 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/07 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 6 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/04 after 2, 5 min since (34% of 16)
NEW Walsh 17 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/11 · 3 days' restOUT Boucher missed 7 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/04 after 2, 5 min since (34% of 16)
NEW Walsh 17 to 28 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 11/24 · 1 day's restOUT Anunoby missed 3 since 11/17, out tonight
BACK Brunson back 11/19 after 2, 36 min since (101% of 35)
BACK Kolek back 11/22 after 3, 16 min since (149% of 11)
NEW Clarkson 16 to 25 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 11/26 · 1 day's restOUT Anunoby missed 4 since 11/17, out tonight
BACK Brunson back 11/19 after 2, 35 min since (98% of 35)
BACK Kolek back 11/22 after 3, 17 min since (151% of 11)
NEW Bridges 33 to 38 min over the last 5
NEW McBride 24 to 30 min over the last 4
NEW Clarkson 16 to 27 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 11/28 · 1 day's restOUT Anunoby missed 5 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Shamet missed 2 since 11/24, out tonight
BACK Brunson back 11/19 after 2, 35 min since (98% of 35)
BACK Kolek back 11/22 after 3, 16 min since (147% of 11)
NEW McBride 24 to 32 min over the last 4
NEW Clarkson 16 to 23 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 11/30 · 1 day's restOUT Anunoby missed 6 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Shamet missed 3 since 11/24, out tonight
BACK Brunson back 11/19 after 2, 35 min since (100% of 35)
BACK Kolek back 11/22 after 3, 15 min since (133% of 11)
NEW McBride 24 to 31 min over the last 4
NEW Clarkson 16 to 22 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 12/02 · 1 day's restOUT Anunoby missed 7 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Shamet missed 4 since 11/24, out tonight
BACK Kolek back 11/22 after 3, 15 min since (132% of 11)
NEW McBride 24 to 34 min over the last 4
NEW Clarkson 16 to 22 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 12/03 · back-to-backOUT Anunoby missed 8 since 11/17, out tonight
OUT Shamet missed 5 since 11/24, out tonight
NEW Hart 31 to 37 min over the last 5
NEW McBride 24 to 35 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 12/05 · 1 day's restOUT Anunoby missed 9 since 11/17, returns tonight: 23 min (68% of 33)
OUT Shamet missed 6 since 11/24, out tonight
NEW Hart 31 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW McBride 24 to 36 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 12/07 · 1 day's restOUT Shamet missed 7 since 11/24, out tonight
BACK Anunoby back 12/05 after 9, 23 min since (68% of 33)
NEW McBride 24 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Clarkson 16 to 24 min over the last 5
NYK availability going into 12/09 · 1 day's restOUT Shamet missed 8 since 11/24, out tonight
BACK Anunoby back 12/05 after 9, 25 min since (75% of 33)
NEW McBride 24 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Clarkson 16 to 23 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 118, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 21 free throws a game; Brown at 31 and Pritchard at 20 a game. One day's rest. New York comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 107, shooting 51 percent and 39 from three, 22 free throws a game; Brunson at 30 and Towns at 22 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Anunoby (7 straight), Shamet (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-7 a night and Boston minus-1 and the defense, New York allowing 107 a night to Boston's 118. Call it New York 116, Boston 115, Boston keeping it close.
11/23 vs ORL 138-129 — BOS notes
BOS won 138-129. BOS shot 60% (53 of 88) to ORL's 47%, 15 of 33 from three. Brown led with 35 (14 of 26, 2 of 6 from three, 5 of 7 at the line); Simons added 23, Pritchard 19. The hinge was Q2, 48-30: a lead of 5 became 23, and the lead reached 26. Pritchard was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
11/26 vs DET 117-114 — BOS notes
BOS won 117-114. BOS shot 44% (38 of 87) to DET's 40%, 20 of 43 from three, and got to the line 24 times to DET's 36. The glass went 44-56 against them. Brown led with 33 (12 of 32, 2 of 7 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); White added 27, Pritchard 16. The hinge was Q2, 33-28: the deficit went from 6 to 1. BOS trailed 57-58 at the half and won the second half 60-56. Simons was the night's best plus/minus at +13.
11/29 @ MIN 115-119 — BOS notes
BOS lost 115-119. BOS took 13 more shots (96 to 83), fed by 14 offensive rebounds, but shot 47% to MIN's 49%, 16 of 46 from three. Brown led with 41 (17 of 32, 5 of 11 from three); Queta added 19, White 16. Q2 was theirs, 33-27, but the other 3 periods went 92-82 against them. They led by as many as 12. Scheierman's -13 in 14 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/30 @ CLE 117-115 — BOS notes
BOS won 117-115. BOS shot 49% (40 of 81) to CLE's 46%, 14 of 40 from three, and went to the line 29 times to CLE's 13 — 23 points from the stripe to their 9. Pritchard led with 42 (15 of 22, 6 of 11 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Brown added 19, Simons 18. The hinge was Q2, 30-25: a lead of 2 became 7, and the lead reached 21.
12/02 vs NYK 123-117 — BOS notes
BOS won 123-117. BOS shot 56% (49 of 87) to NYK's 51%, 13 of 40 from three. Brown led with 42 (16 of 24, 2 of 6 from three, 8 of 9 at the line); White added 22, Simons 12. The hinge was Q2, 37-20: BOS came in trailing by 11 and left it ahead by 6, and the lead reached 18. Brown was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
12/04 @ WAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Washington comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 120, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 23 free throws a game; McCollum at 23 and Sarr at 22 a game. Without Sarr (2 straight), Johnson (5 straight), Watkins (3 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 119, shooting 51 percent and 39 from three, 21 free throws a game; Brown at 34 and White at 20 a game. Without Garza (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Washington giving it away 14 times a game to Boston's 11. Call it Boston 120, Washington 115.
12/05 vs LAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 124 a night and allowing 113, shooting 50 percent and 38 from three, 21 free throws a game; Brown at 34 and White at 24 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Second night of a back-to-back. The Lakers come in 4-1 over their last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 121, shooting 53 percent and 43 from three, 26 free throws a game; Dončić at 38 and Reaves at 32 a game. Without Smart (4 straight), Vanderbilt (7 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 113 a night to the Lakers' 121 and the line, where the Lakers take 26 free throws a game to Boston's 21. Call it Boston 120, the Lakers 116, the Lakers keeping it close.
12/07 @ TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 117, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 18 free throws a game; Barnes at 22 and Quickley at 22 a game. Without Barrett (7 straight), Agbaji (2 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 111, shooting 52 percent and 40 from three, 18 free throws a game; Brown at 33 and White at 22 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Toronto giving it away 17 times a game to Boston's 12 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-5 a night and Toronto minus-1. Call it Boston 117, Toronto 112.
12/11 @ MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 115, shooting 49 percent and 40 from three, 24 free throws a game; Porter Jr. at 24 and Gia. Antetokounmpo at 19 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Gia. Antetokounmpo (2 straight), Prince (17 straight). 4 days' rest. Boston comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 127 a night and allowing 110, shooting 53 percent and 42 from three, 18 free throws a game; Brown at 30 and White at 24 a game. That is 5 straight wins. 3 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-4 a night and Milwaukee minus-4 and the line, where Milwaukee takes 24 free throws a game to Boston's 18. Call it Boston 118, Milwaukee 114, Milwaukee keeping it close.
11/24 @ BKN 113-100 — NYK notes
NYK won 113-100. NYK shot 51% (45 of 88) to BKN's 38%, 12 of 35 from three, and got to the line 14 times to BKN's 28. Towns led with 37 (14 of 20, 3 of 4 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Brunson added 27, Bridges 16. The hinge was Q3, 38-27: a lead of 3 became 14, and the lead reached 19. Towns was the night's best plus/minus at +25.
11/26 @ CHA 129-101 — NYK notes
NYK won 129-101. NYK shot 57% (50 of 88) to CHA's 41%, 13 of 25 from three, and got to the line 18 times to CHA's 24. Brunson led with 33 (14 of 28, 2 of 6 from three); Hart added 22, McBride 19. The hinge was Q2, 35-16: a lead of 6 became 25, and the lead reached 31. McBride was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
11/28 vs MIL 118-109 — NYK notes
NYK won 118-109. NYK shot 45% (38 of 84) to MIL's 52%, 14 of 34 from three, and went to the line 33 times to MIL's 25 — 28 points from the stripe to their 17. Brunson led with 37 (12 of 21, 4 of 6 from three, 9 of 10 at the line); Hart added 19, McBride 19. The hinge was Q3, 31-26: NYK came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 4. NYK trailed 61-62 at the half and won the second half 57-47. Hart was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
11/30 vs TOR 116-94 — NYK notes
NYK won 116-94. NYK shot 46% (44 of 96) to TOR's 42%, 16 of 45 from three. The glass went 61-40 for them. Towns led with 22 (8 of 15, 1 of 4 from three, 5 of 7 at the line); Hart added 20, Brunson 18. The hinge was Q1, 41-22: from level to 19 ahead, and the lead reached 24. Brunson was the night's best plus/minus at +25.
12/02 @ BOS 117-123 — NYK notes
NYK lost 117-123. NYK shot 51% (43 of 85) to BOS's 56%, 19 of 44 from three. Bridges led with 35 (12 of 17, 8 of 12 from three); Towns added 29, Hart 19. Q4 was theirs, 41-29, the deficit cut from 18 to 6, but the other 3 periods went 94-76 against them. They led by as many as 14. Kolek's -23 in 15 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/03 vs CHA — 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 119 a night and allowing 105, shooting 50 percent and 40 from three, 20 free throws a game; Brunson at 26 and Towns at 23 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without Anunoby (8 straight), Shamet (5 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Charlotte comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 117, shooting 44 percent and 32 from three, 23 free throws a game; Bridges at 21 and Sexton at 18 a game. Without Williams (14 straight), Simpson (4 straight), Green (13 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the arc, New York at 40 percent from three to Charlotte's 32 and the glass, where New York has been plus-6 a night and Charlotte minus-2. Call it New York 119, Charlotte 111.
12/05 vs UTA — 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 120 a night and allowing 106, shooting 49 percent and 40 from three, 22 free throws a game; Brunson at 26 and Towns at 23 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without Anunoby (9 straight), Shamet (6 straight). One day's rest. Utah comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 123, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 28 free throws a game; Markkanen at 24 and George at 23 a game. Without Kessler (16 straight), Harkless (7 straight), Tshiebwe (21 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the defense, New York allowing 106 a night to Utah's 123 and the glass, where New York has been plus-6 a night and Utah minus-3. Call it New York 124, Utah 113, New York by 11.
12/07 vs ORL — 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 123 a night and allowing 108, shooting 49 percent and 40 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brunson at 26 and Towns at 23 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Shamet (7 straight). One day's rest. Orlando comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 110, shooting 47 percent and 30 from three, 27 free throws a game; Fra. Wagner at 25 and Bane at 22 a game. One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the arc, New York at 40 percent from three to Orlando's 30 and the glass, where New York has been plus-7 a night and Orlando plus-0. Call it New York 118, Orlando 114, Orlando keeping it close.
12/09 @ TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 118, shooting 46 percent and 35 from three, 19 free throws a game; Barnes at 20 and Quickley at 19 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Barrett (8 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 107, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 21 free throws a game; Towns at 26 and Brunson at 24 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without Shamet (8 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-6 a night and Toronto minus-4 and the defense, New York allowing 107 a night to Toronto's 118. Call it New York 117, Toronto 112.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BOSAS A. Simons
AW A. Williams
BS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
HG H. González
JB J. Brown
JM J. Minott
JW J. Walsh
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
NYKGY G. Yabusele
JB J. Brunson
JC J. Clarkson
JH J. Hart
KT K. Towns
MB M. Bridges
MM M. McBride
MR M. Robinson
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
Celtics hold off late Knicks charge to win 123-117 in rematch of East semifinal
BOSTON -- — Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 42 points, sealing the game with a breakaway dunk in the final seconds Tuesday night as the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 123-117 in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference semifinal.
Derrick White scored seven of his 22 points in the last four minutes, after the Celtics turned back a New York charge that cut a 15-point deficit to 102-99. Jordan Walsh had six points and five rebounds in the fourth quarter for Boston.
Mikal Bridges scored 17 of his 35 points in the fourth and went 8 for 12 from 3-point range overall. Karl-Anthony Towns added 29 for the Knicks, who had won four in a row.
Boston has won four of its last five games, beating four of the top six teams in the Eastern Conference.
The Knicks took off to a 17-4 lead and led 39-25 before Boston scored the next 12 points and later scored seven in a row, taking a 47-46 lead on Brown’s dunk that woke up the crowd. Brown scored 18 points in the second quarter and 15 in the third.
Boston led by 18 after three and had a 102-87 advantage with eight minutes left before Bridges hit a 3-pointer and followed it with three free throws, then made another 3 to make it 102-99 and finish off a 12-0 run.
But Boston came out of a timeout with Josh Minott’s 3-pointer, then Walsh scored on back-to-back putbacks to give the Celtics an eight-point lead. Bridges hit a 3 to make it a four-point game with 46 seconds left, but he missed one on New York’s next possession with a chance to cut the deficit to one.
Up next The Knicks host the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night.