National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New York 96,
Boston 92
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, May 16, 2021
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #17 Jonathan Sterling, #5 Kane Fitzgerald, #45 Brian Forte
Attendance: 1981
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #17 Jonathan Sterling, #5 Kane Fitzgerald, #45 Brian Forte
Attendance: 1981
Final Scoring Summary
Boston Celtics
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Romeo Langford - G | 34:08 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 4-6 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Payton Pritchard - G | 23:02 | 2-10 | 2-8 | 0-0 | -24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Grant Williams - F | 25:36 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | -18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Semi Ojeleye - F | 16:17 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Luke Kornet - C | 26:25 | 2-7 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jabari Parker | 26:54 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Carsen Edwards | 26:31 | 4-13 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Tremont Waters | 25:03 | 7-13 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 19:28 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tacko Fall | 16:36 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Evan Fournier | DND | |||||||||||||
| Jayson Tatum | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-86 | 11-41 | 11-15 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 92 | |
| 40.7% | 26.8% | 73.3% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| RJ Barrett - G | 33:10 | 7-12 | 2-4 | 6-8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Elfrid Payton - G | 13:49 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Julius Randle - F | 37:29 | 5-17 | 2-5 | 8-10 | -1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| Reggie Bullock - F | 34:23 | 6-9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Nerlens Noel - C | 32:02 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Alec Burks | 25:06 | 6-10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Derrick Rose | 23:19 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Taj Gibson | 15:46 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 14:02 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Obi Toppin | 10:25 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Frank Ntilikina | 0:29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Harper | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Knox II | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Norvel Pelle | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Theo Pinson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 34-79 | 13-27 | 15-19 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 96 | |
| 43.0% | 48.1% | 78.9% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| BOS | None |
| NY | None |
Team Statistics
| Boston | New York | ||
| Fast Break Points | 16 | Fast Break Points | 17 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 26 |
| Biggest Lead | 3 | Biggest Lead | 21 |