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The Boston Celtics defeated the New York Knicks, 108-104. Jayson Tatum led the way with 34 points and 11 rebounds for the Celtics, while Kristaps Porzingis added 30 points, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks and 5 3pt. FG in the victory. RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley tallied 24 points each for the Knicks. The Celtics improve to 1-0 on the season, while the Knicks fall to 0-1.
Kristaps Porzingis’ 30 points sets the record for most points in a regular season Celtics debut, passing:
Dominique Wilkins (25 points – 11/4/1994 vs NY)
44 Comments
Good Game…
New York needs a star. Not this Julius Randle bologna
Tatum is no longer playing at all giving no more passes to anyone
This was the kind of game the Celtics lost last year. When they let the lead slip away in the fourth they'd all try to do too much. Brown, Smart and Tatum would run around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to get the lead back by themselves. Smart would dribble over halfcourt and chuck up a three or Brown would drive into the lane into triple coverage and turn the ball over. Not to mention with the game on the line, Tatum would pass to Smart who'd brick the shot completely. Now they have KP to settle things down and hit the big shot. Once KP hit that three with 90 seconds left, the Celtics regained control and never looked back. That's the element that was missing last year. Now they just need a bench.
Kristaps dominated. Happy for Celtics fans. Hope he stays healthy.
Kristapsssss
Kristaps is looking good this year
Dear Knicks, Please drop Mitchell Robinson like a bad habit! He is a waste of space man just tall for no reason at all.
Brown tried his hardest to lose the game himself
Lakers fan but im picking the celtics to win it all this year from what i seen, they are stacked.
The 🦄 = MVP
Refs looked out for the Celtics in the laat quarter
I’ve got a 7’3” porzinger in my pants.
I can already tell rebounding, unelss addressed with some trades or maybe buy-outs come deadline day is really going to be a thorn in the Celtics side. 17 offensive rebounds is asking to lose a game. They really needed to keep RWIII in that trade, but hopefully someone else comes around. KP was great on both ends but they need rebounding. Getting the whole team to collapse onto boards is probably going to hurt their ability to run out after stops so having a guy that can secure boards after stops is a big need already. Cant matchup with Milwaukee, Cleveland, Denver, or Philly with that showing on the boards every night.
Oh god Kornet is so, so bad. But damn this teams FUN!
What a great addition to the team Porzingis is he moves the ball smoothly and has a great three point shot
Tingus Pingus for the win! Playing like it was his home court. Oh wait 🫢
I knew The Unicorn was going to work…
Quentin Grimes has one of the prettiest jump shots I've ever seen.
Derrick white look like a whole different person 😂
The only thing I really wanna criticize from JT is his body language whenever the opponent scores or if they miss a shot. It's such a confidence killer, especially since he's the leader. Other than that, he's looking aggressive and unstoppable. This could very well be his year.
KP looks sooooo good. Can we put him on ice now until March? 😬 So exciting to see the Celtics FINALLY seem to keep calm and poised to close the game out. We’ll see how it looks against the Heat and Bucks!
Porzingis looking like the 2nd best player on the team scoring 30+ pts, with Tatum 34 pts tonight. Celtics is so talented the next game could be Tatum and someone else with a 30+ pts. Top 1-6 players for the Celtics is great but 7-10 that is the problem, Mazzulla gotta figure the rotations and hopefully find the right combo playing together.
I swear people haven't been talking about Tingus Pingus enough as way more attention has gone to Holiday. He played amazing last year on a bad team and many other years he would've made the all star team. I could see him making one this year if the Celtics come out the gate like they did last year
This was a good game for both teams just get better on the three point line on defense. Other than that what a team this looks like 08 Celtics to me. Let's go get the gold 🥇🪙
KP won this game tonight. JT was good, if you don’t count his turnovers in crunch time but this game was KP’s
Also that second technical foul call was booooooogus
Now that's a debut
I do hope to see Kristaps’ minutes go down a bit. We don’t need to be running him 38 minutes a night in October
Nah whites new haircut caught me off guard😂 thought twas a new guy out there
Celtics lifer here. Knicks look serious this year! They have a ton of potential with this team. Looks like theyre ball movement and chemistry is already at a high level. Some of these no name Knick players are going to be household names by the end of the season. Celtics looked ok, i hope they work on their frontcourt issues soon.
Miss Mark Jackson and Jeff
Brown played like an overrated and overpaid player. Same bad habits, if it wasnt for Porzingis they wouldve been in an ugly situation. Holiday shot some bricks early in the clock and did his part of being Smart 1.5. Tatum looks fantastic and the overall defense looks good. Porzingis is looking like a steal, lets see if he can stay healthy. I just dont like to see the same bad habits. You cannot win a championship by shooting 3's. You have to find the perfect balance and know when it is the time to unleash them or pound the paint.
ads sucks.
Wemby single-handedly rejuvenating every 7-footer's career.
Tom thibodeau is a bum coach for not using evan fournier
Tingus Pingus!!!
Good Game My Team🗽 Knicks 🫡, Good Win Boston🍀
Knicks sucks only championship they winning is in NBA2k there's no hope for that team or rat infested city
Dam number 8 looks better in Celtics green 😂
Celtics america basketball team the Knicks 🤦
The Knicks winning a championship is like a Puerto Rican girl with something to offer not possible
🍀👍❤️
No More Mike JVG and Mark Show.