New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics

May 5, 2025

FINAL / OT

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
NYK	25	20	30	25	8	108
BOS	26	35	23	16	5	105

Game Recap

The Knicks defeat the Celtics, 108-105, in OT, as New York completes the franchise's largest comeback of the play-by-play era.

Player Stats

KNICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8OG AnunobySF	45	10-20	6-11	3-4	4	3	1	0	3	1	-1	29
3Josh HartPF	45	5-9	1-5	3-6	11	3	2	0	1	4	+5	14
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	31	6-13	0-1	2-2	13	0	1	0	2	5	+8	14
25Mikal BridgesSG	51	3-13	2-5	0-0	6	7	3	2	1	2	+3	8
11Jalen BrunsonPG	43	9-23	5-9	6-7	4	5	2	0	4	4	+2	29
2Miles McBride	18	4-8	3-6	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	1	-6	11
23Mitchell Robinson	20	0-0	0-0	3-10	7	0	0	0	0	1	+13	3
1Cameron Payne	3	0-0	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	0
5Precious Achiuwa	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-7	0
4Pacome Dadiet	— did not play —												— did not play —
55Ariel Hukporti	— did not play —												— did not play —
13Tyler Kolek	— did not play —												— did not play —
44Landry Shamet	— did not play —												— did not play —
P.J. Tucker	— did not play —												— did not play —
0Delon Wright	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	37-8742.5%	17-3745.9%	17-3154.8%	49	19	10	2	12	19	-	108

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7Jaylen BrownSF	44	7-20	1-10	8-10	7	5	0	0	2	3	+1	23
0Jayson TatumPF	44	7-23	4-15	5-7	16	6	2	1	5	2	-5	23
8Kristaps PorzingisC	12	0-4	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
9Derrick WhiteSG	44	6-18	5-16	2-2	11	2	0	2	2	2	0	19
4Jrue HolidayPG	38	7-14	2-7	0-0	6	3	1	0	1	3	+2	16
42Al Horford	34	2-6	1-5	2-2	7	0	0	1	0	4	0	7
11Payton Pritchard	24	3-6	2-5	5-5	3	1	0	0	1	2	+1	13
40Luke Kornet	17	2-4	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	1	1	5	-7	4
30Sam Hauser	3	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-7	0
12Torrey Craig	— did not play —												— did not play —
20JD Davison	— did not play —												— did not play —
88Neemias Queta	— did not play —												— did not play —
55Baylor Scheierman	— did not play —												— did not play —
26Xavier Tillman	— did not play —												— did not play —
27Jordan Walsh	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	34-9735.1%	15-6025.0%	22-2684.6%	59	18	4	5	13	22	-	105

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterNYKBOS

(11:58) Jump Ball Porzingis vs. Towns: Tip to White
(11:54) MISS Brown 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(11:53) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:34) MISS Bridges 15' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(11:33) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (11:33) Hart Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
20
(11:15) MISS Porzingis 4' Layup
(11:15) Bridges BLOCK (1 BLK)
(11:13) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (11:10) White 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Porzingis 1 AST)
23
(10:50) MISS Towns 6' Driving Layup
(10:50) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:43) MISS White 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(10:41) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (10:19) Hart 2' Driving Reverse Layup (4 PTS)
43
(10:12) MISS White 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:10) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(10:06) Brunson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Taylor)
+1 (10:06) White Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
44
+1 (10:06) White Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
45
(9:53) MISS Hart 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:51) White REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:42) Tatum Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:32) Brown P.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.DeRosa)
+2 (9:25) Brunson 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
65
(9:15) White Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:15) Bridges STEAL (1 STL)
(9:10) MISS Bridges 1' Running Layup
(9:10) White BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:09) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:03) MISS Holiday 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(9:01) Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(9:01) Hart S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (9:01) Brown Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
66
(9:01) MISS Brown Free Throw 2 of 2
(9:01) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(8:44) MISS Brunson 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(8:41) Towns REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (8:41) Towns Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
86
(8:27) Towns S.FOUL (P1.T3) (B.Taylor)
(8:27) MISS Tatum Free Throw 1 of 2
(8:27) CELTICS Rebound
+1 (8:27) Tatum Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
87
(8:06) Brunson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:06) Tatum STEAL (1 STL)
(8:06) Hart P.FOUL (P2.T4) (J.DeRosa)
(7:57) MISS Tatum 29' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:55) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:47) Hart Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+3 (7:35) Tatum 29' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS)
810
+3 (7:22) McBride 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
1110
(7:07) Towns S.FOUL (P2.PN) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (7:07) Tatum Free Throw 1 of 3 (5 PTS)
1111
(7:07) MISS Tatum Free Throw 2 of 3
(7:07) CELTICS Rebound
+1 (7:07) Tatum Free Throw 3 of 3 (6 PTS)
1112
(6:58) MISS McBride 18' Pullup Jump Shot
(6:56) Horford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:48) MISS Brown 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:47) McBride REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:42) MISS Bridges 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(6:40) Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (6:36) Tatum 2' Running Dunk (8 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
1114
(6:29) Knicks Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(6:14) MISS Brunson 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(6:13) Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+3 (5:54) Tatum 29' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (11 PTS)
1117
+3 (5:36) Anunoby 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brunson 2 AST)
1417
(5:17) Porzingis Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(5:17) Brunson STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (5:09) McBride 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS)
1717
(4:47) MISS White 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:46) Horford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (4:39) Tatum 18' Fadeaway Jumper (13 PTS)
1719
+3 (4:20) Anunoby 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (6 PTS) (McBride 1 AST)
2019
(3:58) MISS Brown 11' Fadeaway Jumper
(3:57) Robinson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:49) MISS Anunoby 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:48) White REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:37) MISS Porzingis 3' Cutting Layup Shot
(3:36) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:3 Def:0)
(3:35) MISS Porzingis Tip Layup Shot
(3:34) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:4 Def:0)
(3:34) MISS Porzingis Tip Layup Shot
(3:33) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:28) Brunson Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
(3:13) MISS White 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(3:12) Kornet REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (3:12) Kornet Tip Dunk Shot (2 PTS)
2021
(2:56) Anunoby Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(2:56) Tatum STEAL (2 STL)
(2:42) MISS Tatum 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(2:40) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:28) Payne Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T5)
(2:28) Kornet STEAL (1 STL)
(2:17) MISS Tatum 6' Driving Layup
(2:16) Robinson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(2:07) Tatum P.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Davis)
(2:07) CELTICS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(1:59) Horford P.FOUL (P1.T3) (M.Davis)
+2 (1:49) Towns 6' Driving Layup (4 PTS)
2221
(1:35) MISS Holiday 3' Driving Layup
(1:34) Robinson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(1:17) Horford S.FOUL (P2.PN) (B.Taylor)
(1:17) MISS Payne Free Throw 1 of 2
(1:17) Knicks Rebound
(1:17) MISS Payne Free Throw 2 of 2
(1:17) Pritchard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:08) Payne P.FOUL (P1.PN) (M.Davis)
(1:08) Knicks Violation: Delay of game Violation
+1 (1:08) Pritchard Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2222
+1 (1:08) Pritchard Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2223
(1:03) Kornet P.FOUL (P1.PN) (M.Davis)
(1:03) MISS Robinson Free Throw 1 of 2
(1:03) Knicks Rebound
(1:03) MISS Robinson Free Throw 2 of 2
(1:03) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:56) Pritchard 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
2226
(0:42) MISS Anunoby 5' Dunk
(0:42) Kornet BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:41) Robinson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(0:40) Kornet S.FOUL (P2.PN) (B.Taylor)
+1 (0:40) Robinson Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2326
(0:40) MISS Robinson Free Throw 2 of 2
(0:40) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:34) MISS Tatum 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(0:32) Towns REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(0:09) Kornet S.FOUL (P3.PN) (J.DeRosa)
+1 (0:09) Towns Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
2426
+1 (0:09) Towns Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
2526
(0:02) Tatum Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T4)
(0:02) Towns STEAL (1 STL)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Overtime

Team Stats

NYK

BOS

108Points105

37-87(42.5%)Field Goal(%)34-97(35.1%)

17-37(45.9%)3-Point(%)15-60(25.0%)

17-31(54.8%)Free Throw(%)22-26(84.6%)

49(12)Rebounds(Offensive)59(19)

19Assists18

10Steals4

2Blocks5

12Turnovers13

19Fouls22

36Pts In The Paint34

10Fast Break Pts8

17Pts Off Turnovers15

14Bench Pts24

6Largest Lead20

Game Details

Monday, May 5, 2025 · 7:00 PM

TD Garden · Boston, MA

attendance: 19,156 (97.8%)

tv: TNT