Celtics (113) vs Knicks (121) · May 12, 2025 · NBA Scores

FINAL

May 12, 2025

Game Recap

The New York Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics, 121-113, in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Knicks now lead the best-of-seven series 3-1 with Game 5 taking place on Wednesday, May 14 at 7:00 p.m. ET on TNT.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	39	23	23	28	113
NYK	28	23	37	33	121

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7Jaylen BrownSF	32	7-16	2-8	4-6	7	2	0	0	4	5	-1	20
0Jayson TatumPF	39	16-28	7-16	3-3	8	4	4	2	4	3	-9	42
42Al HorfordC	37	1-2	1-2	2-2	5	4	2	0	0	4	-8	5
4Jrue HolidaySG	34	2-5	0-2	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	3	-12	4
9Derrick WhitePG	43	6-12	6-11	5-7	3	2	0	0	2	0	-10	23
8Kristaps Porziņģis	24	2-6	0-2	3-6	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	7
11Payton Pritchard	20	4-10	2-7	2-2	0	0	1	0	1	0	+2	12
40Luke Kornet	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	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	-	38-7948.1%	18-4837.5%	19-2673.1%	31	15	8	2	12	16	-	113

KNICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8OG AnunobySF	39	8-14	4-8	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	3	+4	20
3Josh HartPF	29	2-7	1-3	1-2	9	5	1	0	3	5	+8	6
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	35	11-15	0-3	1-1	11	1	0	1	4	5	-1	23
25Mikal BridgesSG	44	11-21	1-6	0-0	7	3	4	1	3	1	+14	23
11Jalen BrunsonPG	40	14-25	4-8	7-9	5	12	0	0	1	2	+12	39
23Mitchell Robinson	25	2-2	0-0	0-0	8	2	0	0	1	3	+6	4
2Miles McBride	19	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+3	6
1Cameron Payne	4	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0
5Precious Achiuwa	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	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	-	50-9254.3%	12-3435.3%	9-1275.0%	43	25	5	2	12	20	-	121

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterbosnyk

(11:58)
(11:44) MISS Brunson 18' Pullup Jump Shot
(11:43) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:34) White 28' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Horford 1 AST)
30
(11:10) MISS Towns 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:08) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (10:59) Brown 13' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS)
50
(10:41) MISS Anunoby 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:40) KNICKS Rebound
+2 (10:33) Towns 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Hart 1 AST)
52
(10:25) MISS Brown 9' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:23) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:18) MISS Anunoby 2' Running Layup
(10:18) Tatum BLOCK (1 BLK)
(10:17) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (10:02) White 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
82
+2 (9:50) Brunson 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
84
+3 (9:29) White 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Tatum 1 AST)
114
(9:15) Hart OFF.Foul (P1) (S.Foster)
(9:15) Hart Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:05) Tatum Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:50) Hart Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T2)
(8:50) Tatum STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:45) Tatum 1' Running Layup (2 PTS)
134
(8:38) KNICKS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(8:30) Bridges Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(8:30) Tatum STEAL (2 STL)
(8:29) Tatum Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T2)
(8:29) Bridges STEAL (1 STL)
(8:22) MISS Bridges 4' Pullup Jump Shot
(8:20) Horford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:14) MISS Brown 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(8:11) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:56) MISS Bridges 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:54) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(7:47) MISS Tatum 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:45) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (7:27) Anunoby 16' Step Back Jump Shot (2 PTS)
136
+3 (7:06) Brown 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (5 PTS)
166
+3 (6:52) Bridges 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
169
(6:37) MISS Tatum 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:35) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:27) Bridges 9' Turnaround Fadeaway (5 PTS)
1611
(6:08) MISS Horford 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:05) Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(6:05) Brown Offensive Charge Foul (P1) (S.Foster)
(6:05) Brown Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T3)
+3 (5:53) Brunson 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1614
(5:52) Celtics Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(5:30) MISS Brown 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(5:28) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (5:21) Anunoby 3PT Running Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Hart 2 AST)
1617
+3 (5:01) White 26' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Tatum 2 AST)
1917
(4:43) MISS Brunson 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:41) Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(4:32) Towns Violation:Kicked Ball (S.Foster)
+2 (4:20) Tatum 20' Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS)
2117
(3:56) MISS Hart 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(3:54) Holiday REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:49) Bridges S.FOUL (P1.T1) (M.Ervin)
+1 (3:49) Brown Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
2217
(3:49) MISS Brown Free Throw 2 of 2
(3:47) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+3 (3:33) Hart 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brunson 2 AST)
2220
(3:20) Brown Offensive Charge Foul (P2) (S.Foster)
(3:20) Brown Offensive Foul Turnover (P2.T4)
+2 (3:07) Brunson 8' Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS)
2222
(2:44) Hart S.FOUL (P2.T2) (J.Williams)
+1 (2:44) Porzingis Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2322
(2:44) MISS Porzingis Free Throw 2 of 2
(2:42) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:35) Robinson 1' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Brunson 3 AST)
2324
(2:16) Brunson S.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Williams)
+1 (2:16) White Free Throw 1 of 3 (13 PTS)
2424
(2:16) MISS White Free Throw 2 of 3
(2:16) Celtics Rebound
+1 (2:16) White Free Throw 3 of 3 (14 PTS)
2524
(2:03) MISS Anunoby 1' Driving Dunk
(2:02) Robinson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (2:00) Towns 1' Layup (4 PTS) (Robinson 1 AST)
2526
+2 (1:44) Tatum 15' Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2726
+2 (1:31) Brunson 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (9 PTS)
2728
+3 (1:15) Tatum 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS)
3028
(1:01) MISS Anunoby 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:59) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (0:54) Tatum 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS)
3328
(0:40) Brunson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(0:40) Pritchard STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (0:33) Pritchard 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
3628
(0:17) MISS Towns 5' Driving Hook Shot
(0:15) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
+3 (0:01) Tatum 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (15 PTS)
3928

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

BOS

NYK

113Points121

38-79(48.1%)Field Goal(%)50-92(54.3%)

18-48(37.5%)3-Point(%)12-34(35.3%)

19-26(73.1%)Free Throw(%)9-12(75.0%)

31(7)Rebounds(Offensive)43(13)

15Assists25

8Steals5

2Blocks2

12Turnovers12

16Fouls20

32Pts In The Paint64

8Fast Break Pts8

18Pts Off Turnovers19

19Bench Pts10

14Largest Lead12

Game Details

Monday, May 12, 2025 · 7:30 PM

Madison Square Garden · Manhattan, NY

attendance: 19,812 (95.3%)

tv: ESPN