Knicks 138-134 Celtics (21 Oct, 2021) Play-by-Play

Boston Celtics

0-1, 0-1 away

134

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
BOS	35	23	24	34	18	134
NY	29	25	32	30	22	138

New York Knicks

1-0, 1-0 home

138

Julius Randle makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Kemba Walker misses driving layup
Mitchell Robinson makes dunk
Robert Williams III blocks Evan Fournier 's 3-foot layup
Julius Randle makes 27-foot three point jumper (RJ Barrett assists)
Julius Randle misses 23-foot three point jumper
Julius Randle misses 10-foot two point shot
Kemba Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mitchell Robinson assists)
Evan Fournier misses 23-foot jumper
Evan Fournier makes two point shot (Mitchell Robinson assists)
Kemba Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Evan Fournier makes 24-foot three pointer (RJ Barrett assists)
Evan Fournier makes two point shot
Julius Randle misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Mitchell Robinson makes dunk
RJ Barrett misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Evan Fournier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Julius Randle misses 9-foot two point shot
Julius Randle makes layup
Julius Randle misses 23-foot three point jumper
Alec Burks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
Derrick Rose misses 25-foot three point jumper
Immanuel Quickley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses driving layup
Derrick Rose misses driving layup
Alec Burks makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
Immanuel Quickley makes 16-foot two point shot
Immanuel Quickley misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Derrick Rose makes 2-foot two point shot (Immanuel Quickley assists)
Derrick Rose misses driving layup
Immanuel Quickley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Alec Burks misses three point jumper
Julius Randle makes layup
Alec Burks misses 25-foot three point jumper
Julius Randle makes driving layup
Julius Randle makes 12-foot two point shot
Julius Randle makes 25-foot three pointer (Kemba Walker assists)
Mitchell Robinson makes dunk (Julius Randle assists)
Robert Williams III blocks Julius Randle 's 16-foot jumper
Evan Fournier makes 2-foot dunk
Evan Fournier misses jumper
RJ Barrett misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaylen Brown blocks Kemba Walker 's 2-foot layup
RJ Barrett misses 26-foot three point jumper
Evan Fournier makes two point shot (Kemba Walker assists)
Julius Randle misses layup
Robert Williams III blocks Kemba Walker 's 4-foot driving layup
Julius Randle makes 8-foot two point shot
Julius Randle misses 23-foot jumper
Julius Randle makes 8-foot two point shot
Obi Toppin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kemba Walker makes 26-foot three pointer
Obi Toppin misses 23-foot three point jumper
Evan Fournier makes driving layup
RJ Barrett makes 1-foot dunk (Evan Fournier assists)
Evan Fournier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Evan Fournier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Evan Fournier makes driving layup
Evan Fournier misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Obi Toppin makes driving layup (Kemba Walker assists)
RJ Barrett makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
Grant Williams blocks Julius Randle 's 15-foot pullup jump shot
Obi Toppin makes dunk (Derrick Rose assists)
RJ Barrett makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
RJ Barrett makes dunk (Julius Randle assists)
Julius Randle misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Mitchell Robinson makes 1-foot dunk
Payton Pritchard blocks Derrick Rose 's 2-foot driving layup
Obi Toppin makes dunk (Derrick Rose assists)
Obi Toppin makes driving layup (Derrick Rose assists)
Derrick Rose makes 26-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mitchell Robinson makes two point shot
Obi Toppin makes alley oop dunk shot (Derrick Rose assists)
Robert Williams III blocks Alec Burks 's 26-foot three point jumper
Obi Toppin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses 12-foot two point shot
Kemba Walker makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Obi Toppin makes driving layup (Evan Fournier assists)
Kemba Walker misses 21-foot jumper
Julius Randle makes step back jumpshot
Julius Randle makes 1-foot driving dunk
Julius Randle misses 19-foot two point shot
Julius Randle misses driving layup
Julius Randle misses step back jumpshot
Robert Williams III blocks RJ Barrett 's 5-foot driving layup
Evan Fournier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
Evan Fournier makes driving layup (Alec Burks assists)
Evan Fournier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
Evan Fournier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
Evan Fournier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
RJ Barrett makes 25-foot three point jumper (Evan Fournier assists)
Evan Fournier misses 18-foot two point shot
RJ Barrett misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jayson Tatum blocks Evan Fournier 's 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Evan Fournier misses three point jumper
Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point jumper
Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point jumper
RJ Barrett makes driving layup (Mitchell Robinson assists)
Evan Fournier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Evan Fournier misses 4-foot two point shot
Julius Randle makes driving layup
Derrick Rose misses 20-foot jumper
Evan Fournier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Derrick Rose makes 2-foot two point shot
Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Brown misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Marcus Smart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Grant Williams assists)
Jaylen Brown makes driving layup (Jayson Tatum assists)
Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Jaylen Brown makes driving layup
Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three pointer
Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three pointer
Marcus Smart makes three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
Robert Williams III makes alley oop layup (Jayson Tatum assists)
Grant Williams makes 7-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dennis Schroder misses pullup jump shot
Jayson Tatum makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Grant Williams assists)
Romeo Langford makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
Derrick Rose blocks Dennis Schroder 's 2-foot driving layup
Dennis Schroder misses 23-foot jumper
Jaylen Brown misses 21-foot jumper
Jaylen Brown makes driving floating jump shot
Jaylen Brown makes driving layup (Aaron Nesmith assists)
Romeo Langford makes driving floating jump shot (Dennis Schroder assists)
Payton Pritchard misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Brown makes 14-foot two point shot
Jaylen Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Romeo Langford makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Robert Williams III makes two point shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
Jaylen Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Grant Williams assists)
Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Nesmith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jayson Tatum misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aaron Nesmith misses driving floating jump shot
Aaron Nesmith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jayson Tatum misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Grant Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Dennis Schroder misses driving layup
Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jayson Tatum misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart misses two point shot
Dennis Schroder makes two point shot
Jayson Tatum makes 1-foot driving dunk (Dennis Schroder assists)
Jayson Tatum makes 21-foot jumper
Mitchell Robinson blocks Jayson Tatum 's 2-foot driving layup
Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jayson Tatum makes layup (Robert Williams III assists)
Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot three point jumper
Robert Williams III makes alley oop dunk shot (Marcus Smart assists)
Jayson Tatum misses 16-foot jumper
Grant Williams makes driving dunk (Jaylen Brown assists)
Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
Jaylen Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
RJ Barrett blocks Jaylen Brown 's 4-foot driving layup
Grant Williams misses driving floating jump shot
Robert Williams III makes dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
Jayson Tatum misses driving layup
RJ Barrett blocks Jayson Tatum's tip shot
Dennis Schroder makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Romeo Langford makes jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
Romeo Langford misses 23-foot three point jumper
Julius Randle blocks Jayson Tatum's driving layup
Dennis Schroder makes 13-foot jumper
Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Jayson Tatum misses 22-foot three point jumper
Evan Fournier blocks Romeo Langford's layup
Jaylen Brown makes 16-foot two point shot (Grant Williams assists)
Julius Randle blocks Dennis Schroder 's 17-foot pullup jump shot
Aaron Nesmith misses three point jumper
Dennis Schroder misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Brown misses driving layup
Payton Pritchard misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dennis Schroder misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dennis Schroder makes driving layup
Jaylen Brown makes 30-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
Jaylen Brown makes 2-foot two point shot
Dennis Schroder makes 24-foot three point jumper (Robert Williams III assists)
Mitchell Robinson blocks Marcus Smart 's 2-foot driving layup
Jaylen Brown misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Jaylen Brown misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
Marcus Smart misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Marcus Smart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
Marcus Smart misses 31-foot three point jumper
Payton Pritchard misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Marcus Smart misses three point jumper
Grant Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
Jayson Tatum misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Grant Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Grant Williams makes three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
Obi Toppin blocks Jayson Tatum 's 2-foot driving layup
Jaylen Brown makes driving layup
Grant Williams makes driving layup
Jaylen Brown makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
Marcus Smart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)
Jaylen Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper
Robert Williams III makes alley oop layup (Dennis Schroder assists)
Marcus Smart makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
Jayson Tatum makes 24-foot three point jumper (Robert Williams III assists)
Jaylen Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dennis Schroder misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dennis Schroder misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jayson Tatum misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Julius Randle blocks Jaylen Brown 's 15-foot pullup jump shot
Dennis Schroder misses driving layup
Marcus Smart misses driving layup
Jaylen Brown misses dunk
Jaylen Brown misses three point jumper
Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jayson Tatum makes two point shot (Jaylen Brown assists)
Jayson Tatum misses driving layup
Jaylen Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
Dennis Schroder misses 22-foot three point jumper
Jayson Tatum misses 22-foot three point jumper

CELTICS

KNICKS

TIME		BOS	NY
12:00	Robert Williams III vs. Mitchell Robinson (Kemba Walker gains possession)	0	0
11:37	Julius Randle makes 25-foot step back jumpshot	0	3
11:18	Grant Williams lost ball turnover (Kemba Walker steals)	0	3
11:13	Kemba Walker misses driving layup	0	3
11:11	Mitchell Robinson offensive rebound	0	3
11:11	Mitchell Robinson makes dunk	0	5
11:00	Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	5
10:58	Robert Williams III offensive rebound	0	5
10:51	Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	5
10:49	Mitchell Robinson defensive rebound	0	5
10:32	Grant Williams personal foul	0	5
10:26	Robert Williams III blocks Evan Fournier 's 3-foot layup	0	5
10:24	Grant Williams defensive rebound	0	5
10:20	Jaylen Brown misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	0	5
10:18	RJ Barrett defensive rebound	0	5
10:08	Julius Randle makes 27-foot three point jumper (RJ Barrett assists)	0	8
9:51	Julius Randle personal foul	0	8
9:45	Mitchell Robinson defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	0	8
9:45	Jayson Tatum misses technical free throw	0	8
9:45	Celtics offensive team rebound	0	8
9:35	Marcus Smart makes 26-foot three point jumper (Grant Williams assists)	3	8
9:18	Julius Randle misses 23-foot three point jumper	3	8
9:16	Jayson Tatum defensive rebound	3	8
9:14	Jaylen Brown makes driving layup (Jayson Tatum assists)	5	8
9:14	Mitchell Robinson defensive goaltending violation	5	8
8:49	Julius Randle misses 10-foot two point shot	5	8
8:47	Mitchell Robinson offensive rebound	5	8
8:46	Kemba Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mitchell Robinson assists)	5	11
8:29	Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)	8	11
8:10	Evan Fournier misses 23-foot jumper	8	11
8:08	Jaylen Brown defensive rebound	8	11
8:07	Jaylen Brown makes driving layup	10	11
8:07	Kemba Walker shooting foul	10	11
8:07	Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 1	11	11
7:51	Evan Fournier makes two point shot (Mitchell Robinson assists)	11	13
7:39	Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three pointer	14	13
7:17	Kemba Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	13
7:15	Marcus Smart defensive rebound	14	13
7:09	Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three pointer	17	13
6:53	Evan Fournier makes 24-foot three pointer (RJ Barrett assists)	17	16
6:38	Marcus Smart makes three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)	20	16
6:17	Evan Fournier makes two point shot	20	18
5:59	Robert Williams III makes alley oop layup (Jayson Tatum assists)	22	18
5:52	Knicks Full timeout	22	18
5:52	Dennis Schroder enters the game for Jaylen Brown	22	18
5:52	Romeo Langford enters the game for Robert Williams III	22	18
5:45	Romeo Langford shooting foul	22	18
5:45	RJ Barrett misses free throw 1 of 2	22	18
5:45	Knicks offensive team rebound	22	18
5:45	RJ Barrett misses free throw 2 of 2	22	18
5:43	Grant Williams defensive rebound	22	18
5:27	Grant Williams makes 7-foot two point shot (Dennis Schroder assists)	24	18
5:05	Julius Randle misses 18-foot step back jumpshot	24	18
5:03	Mitchell Robinson offensive rebound	24	18
5:02	Mitchell Robinson makes dunk	24	20
4:35	Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper	24	20
4:33	Mitchell Robinson defensive rebound	24	20
4:21	RJ Barrett misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	24	20
4:19	Marcus Smart defensive rebound	24	20
4:13	Jayson Tatum out of bounds lost ball turnover	24	20
4:13	Derrick Rose enters the game for Kemba Walker	24	20
4:13	Aaron Nesmith enters the game for Marcus Smart	24	20
3:58	Derrick Rose bad pass (Romeo Langford steals)	24	20
3:51	Romeo Langford out of bounds bad pass turnover	24	20
3:51	Jericho Sims enters the game for Mitchell Robinson	24	20
3:42	Evan Fournier misses 26-foot three point jumper	24	20
3:40	Knicks offensive team rebound	24	20
3:33	Aaron Nesmith shooting foul	24	20
3:33	Jericho Sims misses free throw 1 of 2	24	20
3:33	Knicks offensive team rebound	24	20
3:33	Alec Burks enters the game for RJ Barrett	24	20
3:33	Jericho Sims makes free throw 2 of 2	24	21
3:17	Dennis Schroder misses pullup jump shot	24	21
3:15	Evan Fournier defensive rebound	24	21
3:10	Romeo Langford shooting foul	24	21
3:10	Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2	24	22
3:10	Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2	24	23
2:59	Jayson Tatum makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Grant Williams assists)	26	23
2:44	Julius Randle misses 9-foot two point shot	26	23
2:42	Aaron Nesmith defensive rebound	26	23
2:39	Romeo Langford makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dennis Schroder assists)	29	23
2:17	Julius Randle makes layup	29	25
2:17	Grant Williams shooting foul	29	25
2:17	Celtics Full timeout	29	25
2:17	Immanuel Quickley enters the game for Evan Fournier	29	25
2:17	Jaylen Brown enters the game for Jayson Tatum	29	25
2:17	Robert Williams III enters the game for Grant Williams	29	25
2:17	Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 1	29	26
2:08	Derrick Rose blocks Dennis Schroder 's 2-foot driving layup	29	26
2:06	Julius Randle defensive rebound	29	26
2:02	Julius Randle bad pass (Robert Williams III steals)	29	26
1:56	Dennis Schroder misses 23-foot jumper	29	26
1:54	Julius Randle defensive rebound	29	26
1:42	Julius Randle misses 23-foot three point jumper	29	26
1:40	Dennis Schroder defensive rebound	29	26
1:31	Jaylen Brown misses 21-foot jumper	29	26
1:29	Alec Burks defensive rebound	29	26
1:23	Alec Burks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)	29	29
1:01	Jaylen Brown makes driving floating jump shot	31	29
48.1	Julius Randle lost ball turnover (Dennis Schroder steals)	31	29
43.8	Jaylen Brown makes driving layup (Aaron Nesmith assists)	33	29
43.8	Alec Burks shooting foul	33	29
43.8	Obi Toppin enters the game for Julius Randle	33	29
43.8	Jayson Tatum enters the game for Romeo Langford	33	29
43.8	Jaylen Brown misses free throw 1 of 1	33	29
42.0	Aaron Nesmith offensive rebound	33	29
37.1	Jayson Tatum bad pass (Derrick Rose steals)	33	29
31.6	Derrick Rose misses 25-foot three point jumper	33	29
29.0	Obi Toppin offensive rebound	33	29
26.3	Immanuel Quickley misses 25-foot three point jumper	33	29
23.7	Robert Williams III defensive rebound	33	29
4.2	Obi Toppin personal foul	33	29
4.2	Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 2	34	29
4.2	Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2	35	29
1.0	Derrick Rose misses driving layup	35	29
1.0	Knicks offensive team rebound	35	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	35	29

Regular Season Series

NY leads 1-0

Celtics
134
Knicks
138

Game 1

21/10

Knicks
107
Celtics
114

Game 2

19/12

Celtics
105
Knicks
108

Game 3

7/1

Knicks
75
Celtics
99

Game 4

9/1

Madison Square Garden

12:30 AM, 21 October 2021

New York, NY

Attendance: 19,812

Referees:
Ed Malloy
Scott Foster
Lauren Holtkamp

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	12	3	.800	-	W3
New York	9	6	.600	3	W4
Brooklyn	6	9	.400	6	W1
Toronto	4	12	.250	8.5	W2
Philadelphia	2	12	.143	9.5	L5

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