Knicks erase 20-point deficit, shock Celtics with overtime win in Game 1

The New York Knicks shocked the Boston Celtics to unfastened up their second-round NBA Playoffs bid successful thrilling manner connected Monday night. 

The Knicks erased a 20-point shortage to unit overtime and bushed the Celtics, 108-105, successful a crippled wherever Boston missed a whopping 45 three-point shots. 

Jalen Brunson was astir the leader astatine the buzzer conscionable similar Game 6 against the Detroit Pistons successful the archetypal round, arsenic Karl-Anthony Towns recovered him with a saccharine walk going toward the handbasket with conscionable seconds remaining connected the fourth-quarter clock. 

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New York Knicks defender Jalen Brunson (11) reacts aft his 3 constituent handbasket against the Boston Celtics successful the 2nd 4th during crippled 1 of the 2nd circular for the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine TD Garden. (David Butler II-Imagn Images)

But Brunson’s floater implicit Al Horford didn’t person the close magnitude of finesse, and it rattled disconnected the rim to unit overtime alternatively of collecting the triumph successful regulation. 

However, the Knicks utilized their fourth-quarter momentum, wherever they outscored the Celtics 25-18, successful other time. OG Anunoby, who had a cardinal three-pointer nether 2 minutes successful regularisation to assistance New York’s effort to unit overtime, dunked and nailed his and-one escaped propulsion to instrumentality a 103-100 lead.

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Anunoby matched Brunson’s 29 points connected the night, going 10-of-20 from the field, including 6-of-11 from beyond the arc.  

The Knicks pushed their pb to six erstwhile Mikal Bridges knocked down a 23-foot three-pointer to daze the TD Garden crowd. Jayson Tatum would yet get the Celtics connected the committee successful overtime, but Towns made a tipped changeable to support the pb astatine six with 1:47 remaining. 

New York Knicks defender Jalen Brunson (11) returns the shot against Boston Celtics defender Derrick White (9) successful the 2nd 4th during crippled 1 of the 2nd circular for the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine TD Garden. (David Butler II-Imagn Images)

Boston started to consciousness beingness again aft Jaylen Brown yet nailed a three-pointer to get wrong 3 points, but the Celtics were incapable to unit much other clip arsenic Bridges stripped Brown of an inbound walk astatine the buzzer. Bridges, who played 51 of the 53 full minutes connected the clock, was cardinal successful stopping Boston successful overtime with 2 blocked shots anterior to the steal. 

It can’t beryllium overstated however poorly the Celtics were shooting from three-point territory connected Monday nighttime – usually a specialty for this group. They were acold from determination successful the 2nd half, and yet finished 35.1% arsenic a squad from the field. 

Tatum was conscionable 7-of-23 shooting, including 4-of-15 from three. He finished with 23 points, 16 rebounds, six assists and 2 steals. Brown was conscionable 1-of-10 from three, though helium went 7-of-20 from the tract with 8-of-10 made escaped throws for 23 points. 

New York Knicks defender Jalen Brunson (11) drives the shot to the handbasket against Boston Celtics halfway Al Horford (42) successful the 2nd 4th during crippled 1 of the 2nd circular for the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine TD Garden. (David Butler II-Imagn Images)

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More from the Knicks, Towns had 13 rebounds to his 14 points for a double-double, portion Josh Hart came up with tremendous rebounding abilities arsenic per usual, finishing with 11 and scoring 14 points. Off the bench, Miles "Deuce" McBride had 11 points. 

If this crippled says thing astir this series, past it looks to beryllium shaping retired similar different classical bout betwixt these storied rivals.

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