National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New York 102,
Boston 93
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 21, 2017
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #36 Brent Barnaky, #41 Ken Mauer, #39 Tyler Ford
Attendance: 19812
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #36 Brent Barnaky, #41 Ken Mauer, #39 Tyler Ford
Attendance: 19812
Final Scoring Summary
Boston Celtics
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kyrie Irving - G | 36:55 | 12-27 | 6-15 | 2-2 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
| Marcus Smart - G | 34:23 | 3-10 | 1-6 | 3-3 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Jayson Tatum - F | 34:06 | 6-10 | 2-6 | 3-4 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Al Horford - F | 32:34 | 4-12 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Aron Baynes - C | 22:26 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Terry Rozier | 27:26 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 1-2 | -10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Semi Ojeleye | 19:16 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Daniel Theis | 16:49 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Abdel Nader | 11:34 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Guerschon Yabusele | 4:13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kadeem Allen | 0:18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylen Brown | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-86 | 13-38 | 14-19 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 93 | |
| 38.4% | 34.2% | 73.7% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Courtney Lee - G | 27:53 | 2-9 | 2-4 | 6-6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Jarrett Jack - G | 23:20 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Kristaps Porzingis - F | 23:01 | 0-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | -9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Lance Thomas - F | 19:51 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Enes Kanter - C | 22:56 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Doug McDermott | 28:09 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Michael Beasley | 24:59 | 13-20 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| Frank Ntilikina | 24:40 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Kyle O'Quinn | 24:23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Ron Baker | 20:48 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damyean Dotson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Willy Hernangomez | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ramon Sessions | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-79 | 8-14 | 22-26 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 102 | |
| 45.6% | 57.1% | 84.6% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| BOS | None |
| NY | None |
Team Statistics
| Boston | New York | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| Points in the Paint | 24 | Points in the Paint | 40 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 14 |