Final

Boston Celtics59-20119 winneratNew York Knicks50-29117

Tue, Apr 8, 7:30 PM EDTMadison Square Garden, New York, NYTNT/truTV/Max

The box score

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	T
BOS	27	25	31	24	12	119
NYK	30	28	20	29	10	117

Boston Celtics

119

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen BrownF	22	6	5	1	0	0	3	2-8	0-2	2-2	-2
Jayson TatumF	48	32	7	5	1	1	2	11-22	4-11	6-8	+2
Kristaps PorziņģisC	39	34	4	3	1	1	2	11-19	8-13	4-6	0
Jrue HolidayG	37	16	4	3	2	0	1	5-9	2-4	4-5	+6
Derrick WhiteG	43	14	8	9	1	0	3	5-14	4-12	0-0	-1
Luke Kornet	19	2	3	1	1	1	2	0-3	0-0	2-2	+6
Payton Pritchard	30	8	5	3	1	0	1	3-6	0-3	2-2	-10
Sam Hauser	28	7	2	1	1	1	1	3-6	1-4	0-0	+9
Team		119	38	26	8	4	15	40-87	19-49	20-25

DNP: Torrey Craig (coach's decision), JD Davison (coach's decision), Drew Peterson (coach's decision), Neemias Queta (coach's decision), Baylor Scheierman (coach's decision), Xavier Tillman (coach's decision), Jordan Walsh (coach's decision)

New York Knicks

117

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG AnunobyF	41	13	8	1	2	2	4	5-13	0-5	3-6	-7
Josh HartF	48	10	11	7	3	0	1	5-14	0-4	0-1	-5
Karl-Anthony TownsC	43	34	14	2	1	1	0	14-21	1-3	5-7	+1
Mikal BridgesG	38	14	4	4	0	1	2	6-15	2-6	0-0	-2
Jalen BrunsonG	38	27	1	10	0	0	2	10-21	5-12	2-2	-2
Miles McBride	21	5	5	1	1	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	+3
Mitchell Robinson	16	4	7	1	1	2	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-1
Cameron Payne	14	7	0	2	0	0	2	3-7	1-3	0-0	0
Landry Shamet	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	+3
Team		117	52	28	8	6	11	48-101	11-38	10-16

DNP: Precious Achiuwa (coach's decision), Pacôme Dadiet (coach's decision), Tyler Kolek (coach's decision), P.J. Tucker (coach's decision), Anton Watson (coach's decision), Delon Wright (coach's decision)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · NYK: 11
Biggest lead · BOS: 7
Times tied: 8
Lead changes: 7
Longest run · NYK: 10

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How they entered this matchup

3 in 4: NYKNational TV

NYK is playing into a 3 in 4 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
BOS is in game 1 of 2 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	BOS	NYK
Record	59-20	50-29
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	49.5h	48.5h
Rest swing	+1h	-1h
Travel in	188 mi	0 mi
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	0h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 2	Homestand · 2 of 2
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	3 in 4
Fatigue Index	2	2

marks the side with the edge in that row.

How each side got here188 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

BOS

188 mi

Boston, MANew York, NY

BOS came from Boston, MA with 188 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Boston, MA to New York, NY

NYK

0 mi

New York, NYNo travel

NYK stayed in New York, NY between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in New York, NY

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 2 vs homestand 2 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

BOS

Road trip

BOS is on game 1 of 2 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles1,130 mi

NYK

Homestand

NYK is in game 2 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: TNT/truTV/Max
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Radio: NYK880 ESPN New YorkSiriusXMBOSWROR (105.7 FM)

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