Celtics (81) vs Knicks (119) · May 16, 2025 · NBA Scores

FINAL

May 16, 2025

Game Recap

Karl-Anthony Towns records a 21-point double-double, Josh Hart drops a triple-double and Jalen Brunson scores 23 to carry New York to the conference finals for the 1st time since 2000.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	20	17	20	24	81
NYK	26	38	28	27	119

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7Jaylen BrownSF	31	8-20	3-9	1-2	6	6	1	1	7	6	-30	20
42Al HorfordPF	26	4-7	2-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	2	-33	10
40Luke KornetC	20	2-3	0-0	1-1	5	1	0	1	2	2	-16	5
4Jrue HolidaySG	29	1-8	0-2	2-2	4	3	1	0	2	2	-34	4
9Derrick WhitePG	30	3-11	2-8	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	2	-45	8
8Kristaps Porziņģis	11	1-4	1-2	1-2	5	0	0	1	0	2	-14	4
11Payton Pritchard	27	5-10	1-4	0-0	2	4	0	0	0	2	-17	11
30Sam Hauser	14	2-6	1-5	1-1	3	0	0	0	0	2	+3	6
55Baylor Scheierman	13	2-6	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	+3	5
12Torrey Craig	9	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	1	+7	3
26Xavier Tillman	8	1-4	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	2
20JD Davison	5	0-3	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	1
27Jordan Walsh	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
88Neemias Queta	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	-4	2

TOTAL	-	31-8636.0%	12-4030.0%	7-1070.0%	36	19	4	3	15	22	-	81

KNICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8OG AnunobySF	37	7-18	4-13	5-5	9	2	2	2	3	2	+26	23
3Josh HartPF	32	3-8	1-3	3-4	11	11	0	0	2	4	+24	10
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	34	8-20	1-6	4-4	12	1	1	0	3	4	+25	21
25Mikal BridgesSG	29	9-15	4-6	0-0	4	3	1	2	2	5	+25	22
11Jalen BrunsonPG	34	8-14	3-8	4-4	6	6	0	0	2	2	+30	23
2Miles McBride	31	4-7	2-5	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	1	+20	10
23Mitchell Robinson	13	0-0	0-0	1-2	4	0	1	0	0	3	+20	1
5Precious Achiuwa	9	2-6	0-1	2-2	3	0	0	0	1	0	+2	6
44Landry Shamet	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+4	0
1Cameron Payne	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	1	1	1	+4	0
P.J. Tucker	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+4	0
13Tyler Kolek	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+6	3
4Pacome Dadiet	— did not play —												— did not play —
55Ariel Hukporti	— did not play —												— did not play —
0Delon Wright	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	42-9146.2%	16-4535.6%	19-2190.5%	55	25	7	6	14	23	-	119

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterbosnyk

(11:58) Jump Ball Towns vs. Kornet: Tip to Horford
(11:43) MISS Holiday 4' Pullup Jump Shot
(11:41) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:32) Towns 3' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Hart 1 AST)
02
(11:18) MISS Brown 3PT Jump Shot
(11:16) Anunoby REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:13) MISS Brunson 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(11:11) Holiday REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:01) Brown Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:50) Brown P.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Capers)
+2 (10:35) Bridges 2' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Hart 2 AST)
04
(10:27) MISS White 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:25) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(10:10) MISS Anunoby 3PT Jump Shot
(10:09) Kornet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:59) Kornet Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:59) Anunoby STEAL (1 STL)
(9:47) MISS Bridges 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:46) Celtics Rebound
(9:46) Hart L.B.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Malloy)
(9:29) Bridges P.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Capers)
+3 (9:27) Brown 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (White 1 AST)
34
(9:10) Bridges Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(8:57) MISS White 3' Driving Layup
(8:54) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:51) Holiday P.FOUL (P1.T2) (T.Ford)
(8:42) Brunson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(8:42) Holiday STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (8:38) Brown 1' Running Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS) (Holiday 1 AST)
54
(8:16) MISS Towns 1' Fadeaway Jumper
(8:14) Kornet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:08) MISS Holiday 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(8:07) Celtics Rebound
(7:56) MISS Brown 21' Pullup Jump Shot
(7:55) KNICKS Rebound
+2 (7:41) Brunson 17' Step Back Jump Shot (2 PTS)
56
(7:33) MISS Kornet 4' Cutting Layup Shot
(7:33) Anunoby BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:28) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:27) MISS Brunson 27' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(7:23) Bridges REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (7:23) Bridges Tip Layup Shot (4 PTS)
58
(7:11) MISS Brown 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(7:11) Anunoby BLOCK (2 BLK)
(7:09) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (7:05) Bridges 3PT Running Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Hart 3 AST)
511
(7:04) Celtics Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(6:44) MISS Holiday 3' Driving Layup
(6:41) Kornet REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (6:41) Kornet Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
711
(6:18) MISS Hart 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:16) White REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:09) Holiday Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T3)
(5:48) MISS Hart 1' Driving Layup
(5:47) KNICKS Rebound
(5:47) Hauser L.B.FOUL (P1.T3) (T.Ford)
(5:41) MISS Towns 1' Driving Reverse Layup
(5:38) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(5:35) MISS Anunoby 17' Step Back Jump Shot
(5:32) Hauser REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:28) MISS Hauser 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(5:25) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:17) Towns OFF.Foul (P1) (T.Ford)
(5:17) Towns Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T3)
(5:00) MISS Porzingis 18' Jump Shot
(4:57) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(4:52) MISS Anunoby 3PT Running Jump Shot
(4:50) Bridges REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(4:49) Hauser P.FOUL (P2.T4) (E.Malloy)
+2 (4:44) Towns 1' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
713
+2 (4:39) Brown 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (7 PTS)
913
(4:39) Bridges S.FOUL (P2.T3) (E.Malloy)
+1 (4:39) Brown Free Throw 1 of 1 (8 PTS)
1013
(4:34) Porzingis Personal Take Foul (P1.PN) (E.Malloy)
(4:34) MISS Robinson Free Throw 1 of 2
(4:34) KNICKS Rebound
+1 (4:34) Robinson Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
1014
(4:20) Robinson P.FOUL (P1.T4) (E.Malloy)
+3 (4:06) Brown 30' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (11 PTS)
1314
(3:55) MISS Towns 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:53) Pritchard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:40) MISS Pritchard 30' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:37) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:35) MISS Hauser 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:35) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
(3:24) MISS Anunoby 3PT Jump Shot
(3:20) Towns REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (3:17) Towns 1' Putback Layup (6 PTS)
1316
(3:07) MISS Porzingis 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:05) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
(2:59) MISS Hart 1' Running Layup
(2:57) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:52) MISS Holiday 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(2:48) Towns REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(2:41) MISS Towns 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:39) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (2:31) Porzingis 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Pritchard 1 AST)
1616
(2:11) MISS Towns 2' Layup
(2:11) Porzingis BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:11) KNICKS Rebound
(2:11) KNICKS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+2 (1:58) Anunoby 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
1618
(1:51) Brown Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T4)
(1:51) Bridges STEAL (1 STL)
(1:36) MISS Anunoby 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(1:35) McBride REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (1:32) Towns 28' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (McBride 1 AST)
1621
(1:03) White Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T5)
+3 (0:51) Bridges 24' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Brunson 2 AST)
1624
(0:33) MISS Porzingis 6' Turnaround Hook Shot
(0:32) Horford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (0:32) Horford 2' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
1824
(0:09) Porzingis S.FOUL (P2.PN) (J.Capers)
+1 (0:09) Towns Free Throw 1 of 2 (10 PTS)
1825
+1 (0:09) Towns Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)
1826
+2 (0:01) Brown 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (13 PTS)
2026
(0:00) MISS McBride 68' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:00) KNICKS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

BOS

NYK

81Points119

31-86(36.0%)Field Goal(%)42-91(46.2%)

12-40(30.0%)3-Point(%)16-45(35.6%)

7-10(70.0%)Free Throw(%)19-21(90.5%)

36(9)Rebounds(Offensive)55(15)

19Assists25

4Steals7

3Blocks6

15Turnovers14

22Fouls23

34Pts In The Paint48

8Fast Break Pts23

8Pts Off Turnovers22

34Bench Pts20

1Largest Lead41

Game Details

Friday, May 16, 2025 · 8:00 PM

Madison Square Garden · Manhattan, NY

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