Boston Celtics 94 vs 109 New York Knicks summary: stats and highlights | NBA

The New York Knicks rattled off their sixth win in a row and remain one of the hottest teams in the league after taking down the Boston Celtics on Monday night. Immanuel Quickley led the way with 23 points in the Knicks 109-94 victory at Madison Square Garden.

No Brown for Boston

It was a statement win against the Eastern Conference leaders, and the team with the best record in the NBA. The Knicks are just starting to click and came into the game red hot as the Celtics were ice cold out of the gate.

Boston was without All-Star scorer Jaylen Brown, who missed the game while tending to personal matters, and the Celtics didn’t get much from Jayson Tatum or the role players. The visitors scored a season low 15 points in the opening quarter, and missed 15 straight threes and going 2/19 in the first half.

New York’s top scorer this season Julius Randle got things going early on hitting two early threes and stretched the advantage to double digits in the first quarter in a 23 point effort. The lead stayed like that for most of the game, as Jaylen Brunson took control in the second quarter. He helped the lead grow to 20 as the Celtics continued to struggle from the field.

NY cap off best month in 30 years

The Knicks defense beat up the undermanned Boston team and threw Jayson Tatum off his game. He ended the night with 14 points before getting ejected late in the fourth quarter.

Every time the Celtics looked like they were going to make a comeback, either Randle, Bruson or Quickley would hit a big shot to shutdown the Boston run. Quickley closed out the game in the fourth quarter, and ended his night with 23 points on 7/13 shooting as the defense held Boston to 9/42 from three point range.

The Knicks went 9-2 in February which is their best month the franchise has had since in terms of win percentage since 1989-90. They kicked off a huge next few days with a win over the top team in the league, but now they have the Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat before closing out the week the Celtics again.

That's six straight for the KNicks who are heading into a huge week with games against the Nets, Heat and Celtics again

Every time it seemed like the Celtics might come back, someone from the Knicks would hit a big shot to kill the comeback bid.

Immanuel Quickly had himself a night for New York. If he can step up and be that steady scorer off the bech, this team will be become even tougher to beat.

Quinten Grimes didn't have a big night, but showed his burst with this shuffle step towards the iron.

Brunson led the way in the second quarter, helping to eventaully extend the lead out to 20. He is the string puller and has the Knicks rolling right now.

Robinson is known for his shot blocking, but he can throw it down on the other end as he shows on this alley from Jalen Brunson.

The Knicks came out and stiflied the Celtics with their defense and MItchell Robinson set the tone early on.

IT'S ALL OVER!!! THE KNICKS MAKE IT SIX STRAIGHT WITH A BIG HOME WIN!

Brunson fouled by Williams and he hits two of two FTs.

Smart fouled by Randle and he hits one of two.

We have under three minutes to go from NY.

Randle to the line after the Brogdon foul, and he hits one of two.

Brogdon high up off the glass and and that was goaltended by Robinson.

Quickley makes the technical FT.

Hart in the corner for 3!!! And Tatum has been ejected!! He thought he was fouled on a three on the other end and was complaining after the Hart three.

Smart gets the floater down the lane to drop

Robinson hitting the boards hard and gets the offensive rebound and put back!

Brunson was called with a tech after arguing with a basket waved off following a challgenge. Tatum hits the FT.

Big bucket out of the timeout by Smart who absorbed the contact and was looking for the foul, but didn't get one.

Robinson hitting the glass hard and he gets the tip in to fall!

Timeout Celtics with 6:18 to go in the fourth quarter

Topin slams it off a drive down the lane!!

Brogdon from the top of the key and he answers with a three ball!

Topin with a three ball from the corner out of the timeout!!

White slashing to the rack in transition and he forces the NY timeout with 8:45 to go in the game.

Quickley back to the line and he hits both FTs after the Williams foul.

Whit White on the drive from the left side and he hits the lay up and gets the foul! FT is good and the lead is 10. 

Quickley fouled by White and he hits one of two FTs.

Musaca drains the three ball from the top of the key after a White assist

Quickley starts the fourth quarter with a step back jumper.

We are headed to the fourth quarter! New York lead Boston by 13.

Hauser following the Brogdon miss and he gets the put back.

Quickley hits the FT after the tech.

Tatum on the two handed jam off the Williams back door assist, but he got T'd up after hanging on the rim.

Randle back at the line and he hits one of two.

Randle at the line and he hits both FTs out of the timeout.

Timeout Celtics with 1:15 on the third quarter clock.

Huge block from Smart on Harvstein and Tatum with a no look pass that leads to a Brogdon jam!

Quickley again!!! Another three ball from the corner!

Turn around scoop lay up from Brogdon and he's having a great third quarter.

Hart on the steal and score after picking off Williams.

Quickley in the corner for THREE!!! Every time the Celtics seem like they are on the comeback trail, the Knicks come up with a big shot.

Brogdon on the cross over and the gets the lay up after shaking the defender.

Randle with a tough shot in traffic on a much needed bucket and the lead is back to double digits.

The league's most accurate three point shooter, Brogdon, hits the three ball and the Celtics are starting to find their touch from deep.

Horford on the jam, and the old man showing he can do it from long range and around the rim.

Horford with another three ball and he's been one of the only sources of offense for BOS.

Grimes flashing to the rack and he gets to the rack for the lay up off the glass.

Randle drills the step back three ball off the dribble!

Great ball movement from BOS and that left Tatum open for the three ball!

Brunson to the line after getting fouled by Tatum, and he drops both FTs.

Smart answers back with a triple from the top of the key!

Grimes nails the three ball off the Barrett dish and that's his first bucket of the game.

Barrett slashing from the corner and finishing with the finger roll.

Randle puts the Knicks on the board in the second half hitting the runner off the glass.

Horford drops a three ball from the corner off the Tatum offensive rebound and assist!

Timeout Knicks after seeing their lead get cut to single digits.

Tatum looking to get going early and he euro steps his way through the lane and hits the finger roll.

WE ARE BACK IN PLAY FORM MSG!!

Brogdon turned it on in the second quarter and he goes into the break leading the game with 13 points.

Not much went right for the Celtics in that first half. They shot 18-41 and made just 2/19 threes. They missed 15 straight after Horford dropped the first three of the night.

Robinson showing he can do it on both ends, off eh alley oop from Brunson who was running the show in the first half.

The Knicks defense has been air tight so far, and Robinson set the tone early with this big block on Tatum.

The first half comes to a close and it's the Knicks who are all over the Celtics through 24 minutes!

Brunson has 13 points, to lead all scorers and Randle has 12, but it's been the defense that has impressed tonight. They held the C's to 46 points and Tatum to 6 points.

Brunson fouled by Brogdon, and he hits one of two from the stripe.

Brogdon gets to the rack and he hits the lay up after taking some contact.

Barrett going back at it again and he's got 8 points in the quarter.

Smart with a three ball and he's got 11, all in this quarter.

Barrett hits the FT out of the timeout and the Knicks lead by 16.

Barrett, again this time from the paint, and he wiggled free to get the shot off, got fouled and dropped the floater! He'll shoot the FT after a TO with 1:50 left in the half.

Barrett getting into the mix with a three ball off the Randle assist!

HUGE ALLEY OOP FROM ROBINSON OFF THE DISH FROM BARRETT!!

Smart missed, stole the outlet pass and got the lay up to go! 12-0 run for BOS.

Pump fake by Tatum got the defender in the air and got the floater to go in the lane again.

Tatum finally with a bucket after a cross over and a finger roll down the paint. 8-0 run by Boston.

Smart goes to the line and hits both FTs after the Hartenstein sent him to the stripe.

Smart on the runner in the lane again

White gets a much needed bucket after the offensive board.

Topin showing some flash on the drive to the bucket and he finishes the lay up with a double clutch.

Smart gets a friendly roll on the runner and the lane and finally something goes right for the Celtics.

Brunson on the floater, he gets fouled and gets the bucket! FT is good and the Knicks lead by 20!!

Quickley on the give and go and he drills the corner three ball! The Knicks are firing on all cylnders!!!

Brunson on the step back out of the timeout and he's got 9 points on the night.

Brogdon gets an easy lay up and the Knicks will take a timeout with 7:42 left in the first half.

Hart hits an acobatic shot while getting thrown to the floor. no foul came, but he got it off the bank!

White gets into the paint and throws it up to Williams who slammed it down.

Williams sends Topin to the line were he drops both from the stripe.

White got fouled by Quickley and he hit both FTs.

Quickley on the kick out to Hart and he drills the corner three!

Topin got a piece of G Williams, who goes to the line and hits both FTs.

Hart on the floater in the lane and he stretches the lead back to 13.

Quickley on the pull up thee ball and the Knicks are still hot from downtown.

Brogdon on the dump off finding Williams and he gets an easy slam after a pump fake.

White starts the second quarter by getting fouled and going to the line and hitting two of two.

We are done with one quarter and the Celitcs really struggled from the field coming out of the gate.

Boston shot 7/21 from the field and 1-12 from downtown. They made their first three of the night and missed their next 11.

Randle got going early with 2 threes and he's got 12 points. Brunson added another 7.

Griffin just fouled Brunson on the three ball as the clock was winding down and he hits two of three.

Randle hitting the glass hard and gets the put back to go.

Brunson is getting going after hitting the turn around fade away jumper.

Brogdon off the catch and shoot and he drops the FT line jumper.

Randle pulled the trigger, got fouled on the jumper and still had the strength to finish the mid range jumper. FT is good.

Brunson bumped on his way to the bucket by Brogdon and he goes to the line, hitting one of two.

Brunson creating of the dribble, and lobbed it up to Robinson for the alley after dizzying the defense with his handles.

Timeout BOS with 2:41 to go in the first quarter.

Brogdon off the dribble, and he finally puts some points on the board for Boston.

Quickley with the steal and score after Tatum turned it over.

Randle fouled by Smart and he makes one of two FTs.

Tatum is on the board with a baseline drive and finish off the glass.

Quickley trying to get the Knicks going with a close range effort. Brunson found him slashing to the bucket on the out of bounds play.

Williams collects the airball from Tatum and gets an easy lay up. Right place, right time for the Celtic big man.

Brunson gets to the rack and hits the finger roll out of the timeout.

We have our first timeout here from Madison Square Garden and the Knicks lead 8-7 with 6:35 to go in the first.

Let's see if the shooting picks up after the timeout.

Finally someone puts the ball through the basket, and it's White on the pull up over Robinson.

We are in the midst of a very low scoring game. 4:30 minutes in and it's only 5-8

Great transition passing from the C's and it gets Horford an easy deuce.

Randle with a spot up three ball and he's got two early ones!

Randle drops a three ball off the pick and pop, and the big man wants to get going early on!

Grimes with the feed to Robinson downlow and he muscles his way up for the dunk.

Horford starts the scoring with a corner triple try!

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN!

The Knicks twitter didn't want to give us a starters graphic, so here is the New York Starting 5.

G- Jalen Brunson

G- Quinten Grimes

F- Robinson

G- RJ Barrett

F- Julius Randle

Big week coming up for the Knickerbockers

The Knicks may be on a five game win streak, but they have a huge week coming up. They play the Celtics twice this week, and the Nets, and Heat in between. Those are some massive match ups agianst future playoff teams.

C's starting five

With no Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum needs to have a double dose of scoring. Role players like Derrick White and Marcus Smart will be looking to shine in the Garden without their second leading scorer.

Burnson in the Big Apple

Jaylen Brunson came to the Big Apple in the offseason and has made an immediate impact in New York. He is averaging 23.7 points and 6.2 assists, but even more than his stats it’s the balance he has given this Knicks team. Julius Randle and RJ Barrett have are both having outstanding seasons, and as long as that chemistry continues to grow as the season goes on.

Tatum aiming for MVP

Jayson Tatum is in the midst of an MVP type season. He could be putting up numbers that would be among the top players in the league, but he doesn’t have to. He has a team around him that eases the burden off of his shoulders. He had 55 points in the All-Star game among the games best players and is averaging 30.4 points, 8.7 rebonds and 4.6 assists. His 30.4 points are good enough for sixth in the league.

Eastern Conference Standings

Looking at the standings you see the Celtics not only at the top of the Eastern Conference, but at the top of the NBA with a 44-17. They have a half game lead over the Bucks who are on a 14 game winning streak. The Knicks are currently in sixth place 9.5 games back of the Celtics at 35-27. They are hanging above the seventh placed Miami Heat who have the first of four Play-In Tournament spots.

Brown out tonight

Jayson Tatum gets all the accolades, but Jaylen Brown may be just as important to this team. Brown led the Celtics in scoring against the Sixers last game. He missed the four games leading up to the All-Star Break, but played on All-Star Sunday and dropped 35 points. Since the Celtics came back from the break, he has scored 30 and 26 in both games, and is averaging 26.5 points, 7 rebounds and 3.2 assists a game this season, but he will miss tonight's game due to personal reasons.

Lights, camera, action

Say what you want about Julius Randle, but the dude is carrying the Knicks this season. He has been expected to be the leader of this New York side since he was drafted out of the University of Kentucky, but had never really lived up to the billing. This year he leads the Knicks in scoring with 25.1 a night and he is one of the league’s leading rebounders with 10.6 a contest. It looks like the addition of Jalen Brunson in NYC has propelled him into the player New Yorkers expected him to be all along.

Knicks on a roll

The Knicks rattled off their fifth straight win in a 22 point blowout of the New Orleans Pelicans over the weekend. It was an onslaught from Strat to finish as New York returned home after a brief road trip and put up 42 points in the first quarter. Julius Randle led all scorers with 28 points while five other Knicks poured in double digits. The lead over New Orleans extended up to 32 in a night where the home team celebrated the Golden Anniversary of their 1973 NBA Title team.

Tatum game winner downs Philly

The C’s needed all 48 minutes to down the Sixers over the weekend, and that was just enough to seal the game for Boston. Jayson Tatum didn’t have a great day from the field, but he did just about everything else including drill a game winning three with 1.3 seconds on the clock. That was almost too much time to give the Sixers and Joel Embiid, who nailed a 3/4 court shot as the buzzer sounded. The Philly crowd went wild, but the big man knew he let it go too later. The Celtics survived Embiid’s 41 point 12 rebound night in a battle at the top of the Eastern Conference with Tatum’s 18, 13 and 6 assists while Jaylen Brown’s team high 26.

We are live from New York

Hello everyone and welcome to the Big Apple. Both of these franchises have etched their name in the history books over the years, and tonight another chapter will be written on basketball’s biggest stage. The Celtics come into tonight as the league’s best team and tonight, they will take on one of the hottest teams in the league. The Knicks have won five straight games dating back to the All-Star Game, and tonight Jalen Brunson and the Knicks put that streak on the line against Jayson Tatum and Boston. 

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