OG Anunoby scored 29 for the New York Knicks; Jaylen Brown scored 23 for the Boston Celtics.

New York Knicks at Boston Celtics

2024-25 · Playoffs Mon, May 5, 2025 · 7:00 pm EDT · All results that day · New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics head-to-head · New York Knicks schedule · Boston Celtics schedule

Final · overtime

Away

Boston Celtics

105

Venue: TD Garden

Eastern conference semifinals

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics 108-105 in overtime on the road in the playoffs on Monday, May 5, 2025 at TD Garden. OG Anunoby had 29 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists for the New York Knicks. Jayson Tatum had 23 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists for the Boston Celtics.

The New York Knicks trailed 61-45 at halftime and came back to win. Their best stretch was the fourth quarter, won 25-16. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Jayson Tatum (double-double, Boston Celtics), Derrick White (double-double, Boston Celtics), Karl-Anthony Towns (double-double, New York Knicks), Josh Hart (double-double, New York Knicks). Bench points: New York Knicks 14, Boston Celtics 24. Jalen Brunson had 29 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics?: The New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics 108-105 in overtime on May 5, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: OG Anunoby scored 29 for the New York Knicks; Jaylen Brown scored 23 for the Boston Celtics.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	ot	Final
New York Knicks	25	20	30	25	8	108
Boston Celtics	26	35	23	16	5	105

Game leaders

New York Knicks

Points: 29 OG Anunoby
Rebounds: 13 Karl-Anthony Towns
Assists: 7 Mikal Bridges

Boston Celtics

Points: 23 Jaylen Brown
Rebounds: 16 Jayson Tatum
Assists: 6 Jayson Tatum

Josh Hart double-double (14 PTS, 11 REB) · Karl-Anthony Towns double-double (14 PTS, 13 REB) · Jayson Tatum double-double (23 PTS, 16 REB) · Derrick White double-double (19 PTS, 11 REB)

New York Knicks
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Mikal Bridges starter	51:02	8	6	7	3	2	1	3-13	2-5	0-0	2	+3
OG Anunoby starter	45:49	29	4	3	1	0	3	10-20	6-11	3-4	1	-1
Josh Hart starter	45:14	14	11	3	2	0	1	5-9	1-5	3-6	4	+5
Jalen Brunson starter	43:32	29	4	5	2	0	4	9-23	5-9	6-7	4	+2
Karl-Anthony Towns starter	31:29	14	13	0	1	0	2	6-13	0-1	2-2	5	+8
Mitchell Robinson bench	20:53	3	7	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	3-10	1	+13
Miles McBride bench	18:36	11	2	1	1	0	0	4-8	3-6	0-0	1	-6
Precious Achiuwa bench	5:06	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	-7
Cameron Payne bench	3:19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-2	1	-2

Boston Celtics
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Jaylen Brown starter	44:53	23	7	5	0	0	2	7-20	1-10	8-10	3	+1
Jayson Tatum starter	44:14	23	16	6	2	1	5	7-23	4-15	5-7	2	-5
Derrick White starter	44:05	19	11	2	0	2	2	6-18	5-16	2-2	2	+0
Jrue Holiday starter	38:56	16	6	3	1	0	1	7-14	2-7	0-0	3	+2
Kristaps Porziņģis starter	12:58	0	4	1	0	0	1	0-4	0-0	0-0	0	+0
Al Horford bench	34:21	7	7	0	0	1	0	2-6	1-5	2-2	4	+0
Payton Pritchard bench	24:21	13	3	1	0	0	1	3-6	2-5	5-5	2	+1
Luke Kornet bench	17:14	4	5	0	1	1	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	5	-7
Sam Hauser bench	3:58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	-7

Team statistics
New York Knicks	Stat	Boston Celtics
17/31 (54%)	Free throws	22/26 (84%)
20/50 (40%)	2 pointers	19/37 (51%)
17/37 (45%)	3 pointers	15/60 (25%)
37/87 (42%)	Field goals	34/97 (35%)
49	Rebounds	59
37	Defensive rebounds	40
12	Offensive rebounds	19
19	Assists	18
12	Turnovers	13
10	Steals	4
2	Blocks	5
19	Fouls	22
9	Max points in a row	8
10:22	Time spent in lead	35:44
6	Biggest lead	20

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Boston Celtics ahead)

Largest margin: 17 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 18
Times tied: 12
Largest lead · New York Knicks: 6 Q4 3:28
Largest lead · Boston Celtics: 20 Q3 6:19
Longest run: 9-0 New York Knicks · Q3 5:34 to Q3 3:39

Scoring plays

Q1 · 27 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
11:33	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	2	0
11:10	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	2	3
10:19	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	4	3
10:06	Boston Celtics	Derrick White Free throw	4	4
10:06	Boston Celtics	Derrick White Free throw	4	5
9:25	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	6	5
9:01	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	6	6
8:41	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	8	6
8:27	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	8	7
7:35	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	8	10
7:22	New York Knicks	Miles McBride 3-pt field goal	11	10
7:07	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	11	11
7:07	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	11	12
6:36	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	11	14
5:54	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	11	17
5:36	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	14	17
5:09	New York Knicks	Miles McBride 3-pt field goal	17	17
4:39	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	17	19
4:20	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	20	19
3:12	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet 2-pt field goal	20	21
1:49	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	22	21
1:08	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	22	22
1:08	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	22	23
0:57	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	22	26
0:41	New York Knicks	Mitchell Robinson Free throw	23	26
0:10	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns Free throw	24	26
0:10	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns Free throw	25	26

Q2 · 33 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
11:31	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 2-pt field goal	25	28
11:04	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	27	28
10:33	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	29	28
10:18	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	29	29
10:18	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	29	30
10:06	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	31	30
9:46	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	31	31
9:21	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	32	31
9:21	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	33	31
9:12	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 2-pt field goal	33	33
8:38	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	33	36
8:25	New York Knicks	Miles McBride 2-pt field goal	35	36
8:03	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	35	38
7:49	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges 2-pt field goal	37	38
7:42	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 2-pt field goal	37	40
7:34	New York Knicks	Josh Hart Free throw	38	40
6:47	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	38	42
6:17	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	38	44
5:48	Boston Celtics	Al Horford Free throw	38	45
5:48	Boston Celtics	Al Horford Free throw	38	46
5:12	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 2-pt field goal	38	48
5:07	New York Knicks	Mitchell Robinson Free throw	39	48
4:29	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 3-pt field goal	42	48
4:10	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 2-pt field goal	42	50
3:19	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	42	51
3:19	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	42	52
2:59	New York Knicks	Josh Hart Free throw	43	52
2:45	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	43	53
2:17	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	45	53
1:58	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet 2-pt field goal	45	55
1:17	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	45	57
0:56	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	45	59
0:12	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	45	61

Q3 · 23 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
11:20	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges 3-pt field goal	48	61
10:28	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 3-pt field goal	48	64
9:30	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	49	64
9:30	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	50	64
9:11	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	50	67
8:31	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	52	67
6:47	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	52	70
6:19	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 2-pt field goal	52	72
6:03	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 3-pt field goal	55	72
5:47	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	55	75
5:34	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	58	75
5:03	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	61	75
4:26	New York Knicks	Mitchell Robinson Free throw	62	75
3:39	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	64	75
3:26	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	64	78
3:06	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 2-pt field goal	66	78
2:49	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	66	81
2:14	New York Knicks	Josh Hart 2-pt field goal	68	81
1:49	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	70	81
1:13	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 3-pt field goal	73	81
0:29	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby Free throw	74	81
0:29	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby Free throw	75	81
0:07	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	75	84

Q4 · 21 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
10:45	New York Knicks	Miles McBride 3-pt field goal	78	84
10:08	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	80	84
8:58	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	83	84
8:16	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	83	85
8:16	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	83	86
7:42	New York Knicks	Josh Hart Free throw	84	86
7:26	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	86	86
6:26	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 3-pt field goal	86	89
5:55	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 3-pt field goal	89	89
5:19	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	89	91
4:40	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	90	91
4:40	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson Free throw	91	91
4:07	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 3-pt field goal	94	91
3:28	New York Knicks	Jalen Brunson 3-pt field goal	97	91
3:18	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	97	92
3:18	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	97	93
2:50	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	97	94
2:50	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	97	95
2:18	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	97	98
1:08	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 3-pt field goal	100	98
0:54	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 2-pt field goal	100	100

OT1 · 6 scoring plays

Scoring plays · OT1
Time left	Team	Play	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
3:25	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby 2-pt field goal	102	100
3:25	New York Knicks	OG Anunoby Free throw	103	100
2:30	New York Knicks	Mikal Bridges 3-pt field goal	106	100
2:08	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	106	102
1:47	New York Knicks	Karl-Anthony Towns 2-pt field goal	108	102
1:16	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 3-pt field goal	108	105

Highlights

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