Celtics Dominate MSG, Beat Knicks 131-104

 

The Celtics, not a team to lose two in a row, bounce back from their loss to the Dallas Mavs with a 131-104 thumping of the Knicks. Boston never trailed the entire game.

Jayson Tatum was in all-star form and scored 40 points, leading all teams. Luke Kornet, playing as a starter to fill in for Jrue Holiday, got a 14-point, 12-rebound double double, and Payton Pritchard scored 25 points off the bench, including a scorching 6-of-8 on three-point shots.

Boston takes a 2½-point lead over New York in the Atlantic Division, and are 5½ games back from Cleveland in the East. 

The Celtics are off to Miami for a Monday-night game against the Jimmy Butler-less Heat.