Boston (AP) – Jayson Tatum scored 25 points with 10 rebounds and nine assists to conduct Boston Celtics at a 118-105 victory against the New York Knicks on Sunday.
Tatum failed to get a triple-double for the second consecutive match after obtaining a victory in Philadelphia on Thursday.
Jaylen Brown collected 24 points and eight rebounds, and Derrick White finished with 19 points for Boston, who won his fifth right and improved at 3-0 against the Knicks this season.
Karl-Anthony Towns led New York with 24 points and Jalen Brunson had 22.
The Knicks had reduced a deficit of 77-50 quarter to 95-89 on the Mikal Bridges driving basket at the beginning of the last quarter before the Celtics occur in a frenzy of 10-0 to take control. Brown has had the last six points in the race.
Friday, after a defeat of 37 points at the East conference, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Knicks were late 27 points after Brown and Tatum hit the 3 consecutive at only 20 seconds at the start of the third quarter.
Josh Hart returned to the rotation of the Knicks after missing the last two games with a painful right knee. Although they gave them a solid defense and an offensive production (20 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists), this was not enough to overcome the gap between the teams.
