Tatum Scores 36 as Celtics Beat Knicks 107–103
Jayson Tatum scores Boston's last three baskets, and the New York Knicks become the first defending champion to start 0–2 since the 2011–12 Dallas Mavericks
Boston led by 12 in the second half, and a 16–5 New York run cut it to one. Jayson Tatum then hit a fadeaway jumper with 1:24 left, a long two in the corner with 49 seconds left and a 3-pointer over Karl-Anthony Towns with about 35 seconds left.
Tatum shot 14 of 26 and had nine rebounds, seven assists and three steals. In Boston's first game, a loss at Detroit, he scored 13 on 6-of-23 shooting.
Neemias Queta and Paul George scored 15 each. Towns had 22 points and 10 rebounds for New York, OG Anunoby and Miles McBride scored 20 each, and Jalen Brunson had 19. Mikal Bridges went 0 for 8, and Knicks coach Mike Brown said Bridges is getting the looks he needs.
Mitchell Robinson, playing his former team for the first time, had four points, four rebounds and a block.
Boston is 1–1. New York is 0–2.
Jayson Tatum scored 36 points, including Boston's last three baskets, and the Celtics beat the New York Knicks 107–103 at TD Garden, leaving the defending champions 0–2.
Tatum shot 14 of 26 and added nine rebounds, seven assists and three steals. In Boston's first game, a loss at Detroit, he scored 13 points on 6-of-23 shooting.
Boston led by 12 in the second half before a 16–5 New York run cut the lead to one. Tatum then hit a fadeaway jumper for a three-point lead with 1:24 left, a long two in the corner with 49 seconds left and a 3-pointer over Karl-Anthony Towns with about 35 seconds left.
Neemias Queta and Paul George scored 15 points each for Boston.
Towns led the Knicks with 22 points and 10 rebounds. OG Anunoby and Miles McBride scored 20 each, and Jalen Brunson had 19. Mikal Bridges went 0 for 8.
"He's getting the looks that he needs to get, he's just gotta knock them down now," Knicks coach Mike Brown said of Bridges.
Mitchell Robinson, playing his former team for the first time, had four points, four rebounds and a block.
The Knicks are the first defending champion to start 0–2 since the 2011–12 Dallas Mavericks. Boston is 1–1.