New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics: player stats (Oct 23, 2026)

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New York Knicks

Boston Celtics

TD Garden · Boston, MA

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NYK

Game leaders

BOS

Points
New York Knicks: Karl-Anthony Towns22 PTS9-13 FG, 2-3 3P, 2-3 FT
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum36 PTS14-26 FG, 3-10 3P, 5-5 FT
Rebounds
New York Knicks: Josh Hart12 REB3 OREB, 9 DREB
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum9 REB1 OREB, 8 DREB
Assists
New York Knicks: OG Anunoby8 AST20 PTS, 3 TOV
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum7 AST36 PTS, 2 TOV

On October 23, 2026 at TD Garden, the Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 107-103. Jayson Tatum scored 36 to lead the Boston Celtics, and Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 for the New York Knicks.

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How it happened

FinalBoston beat New York 107-103 in the final. The Celtics' 11 turnovers against the Knicks' 18 decided it, and Jayson Tatum led all scorers with 36 points.
Q4 1:24Jayson Tatum hits a 19-foot jumper with 1:24 left in the fourth to reach 30 points, giving Boston a 101-98 lead. He is 12-of-24 from the field with 9 rebounds and 7 assists.
Q3Boston leads New York 83-73 after three quarters, with Jayson Tatum at 27 points. The Celtics shot 31-of-66 from the field and committed 8 turnovers to New York's 16.
HalftimeBoston leads New York 50-49 at the half after a 24-22 second quarter. The Celtics shot 20-of-45 from the field and 6-of-17 from three, while the Knicks committed 9 turnovers to Boston's 7.
Q1New York led Boston 27-26 at the end of the first quarter, shooting 8-of-19 from the field to Boston's 10-of-24. Boston had the edge on the glass, 14 rebounds to 9, while the Knicks went 8-of-10 from the line.

New York Knicks box score
New York Knicks
Karl-Anthony TownsC	37:15	22	10	3	9-13	2-3	2-3	1	0	4	5	+2
Jalen BrunsonG	37:14	19	2	4	7-17	2-5	3-6	0	2	3	1	+6
Josh HartG	36:01	10	12	5	4-12	2-7	0-0	2	0	0	1	+4
OG AnunobyF	33:34	20	10	8	5-11	2-6	8-10	0	0	3	4	−11
Mikal BridgesF	21:53	0	1	4	0-8	0-5	0-0	1	0	1	3	−12
Miles McBrideG	30:05	20	2	1	6-9	6-8	2-2	1	0	0	2	−5
Landry ShametG	21:11	8	2	0	3-6	2-5	0-0	0	0	2	4	+7
Jose AlvaradoG	10:46	2	2	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	3	0	−10
Andre DrummondC	7:05	2	2	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	−8
Jordan ClarksonG	2:48	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	+3
James WisemanC	2:04	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	+4
Team	240	103	44	27	36-81	16-40	15-21	6	2	16	23

DNP: Tyler Kolek, Pacome Dadiet, Mohamed Diawara

Boston Celtics box score
Boston Celtics
Jayson TatumF	36:43	36	9	7	14-26	3-10	5-5	3	0	2	2	+1
Paul GeorgeF	33:39	15	7	2	6-15	3-7	0-0	2	0	1	4	+1
Derrick WhiteG	33:28	12	4	6	5-11	2-6	0-0	1	0	1	2	−4
Mitchell RobinsonC	22:25	4	4	2	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	5	−2
Jordan WalshG	20:17	5	3	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	0	0	1	2	+1
Payton PritchardG	30:26	4	1	4	1-5	1-3	1-2	0	0	2	1	+8
Sam HauserF	22:41	6	2	2	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	+8
Neemias QuetaC	22:07	15	6	1	4-8	1-1	6-9	0	3	2	4	−1
Baylor ScheiermanG	11:07	2	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	2	+4
Hugo GonzálezG	3:35	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	−2
Luka GarzaC	3:30	8	1	0	3-3	2-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	+6
Team	240	107	37	25	40-87	15-39	12-16	7	4	10	22

DNP: Ron Harper Jr., Mike Conley, Chris Cenac Jr.

Team stats

Team stats: New York Knicks and Boston Celtics
NYK	Stat	BOS
44.4%36-81	Field-goal percentage	46.0%(better)40-87
40.0%(better)16-40	Three-point percentage	38.5%15-39
71.4%15-21	Free-throw percentage	75.0%(better)12-16
44(better)	Rebounds	37
12(better)	Offensive rebounds	10
32(better)	Defensive rebounds	27
27(better)	Assists	25
6	Steals	7(better)
2	Blocks	4(better)
16	Turnovers	10(better)
23	Personal fouls	22(better)
32	Bench points	35(better)

Team advanced
NYK	Stat	BOS
94.2	Pace	94.2
109.4	Off. rating	113.7(better)
113.7	Def. rating	109.4(better)
−4.2	Net rating	+4.2(better)
57.1(better)	TS%	56.9
54.3	eFG%	54.6(better)
15.1	TOV%	9.6(better)
30.8(better)	OREB%	23.8
0.259(better)	FT rate	0.184
49.4(better)	3PA rate	44.8

Recap

Jayson Tatum scored 36 points, including an 18-footer and a 3-pointer in the final 50 seconds, to lift the Boston Celtics to a 107-103 win over the New York Knicks on Friday, October 23.

Tatum shot 14 of 26 and added nine rebounds and seven assists. Boston scored 33 points in the third quarter and led 86-74 early in the fourth, its largest lead of the night, at TD Garden.

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