Jayson Tatum scores 24 for Celtics in 1st game at Madison Square Garden since Achilles injury but Knicks win, 112-106
Despite Tatum's performance, Josh Hart scored 26 and Jalen Brunson added 26 to lead the Knicks to a comeback victory.
In his first game at Madison Square Garden since suffering a torn Achilles in last year’s NBA playoffs, Jayson Tatum scored 24 points in the Boston Celtics’ 112-106 loss to the New York Knicks on Thursday. The Knicks held a 72-59 lead at the 6:56 mark of the third quarter before Boston surged ahead with a 24-9 run to take a two-point lead into the fourth. The Celtics went ahead 89-83 on consecutive 3-pointers by Baylor Scheierman and Tatum before the Knicks tied the score at 92-92 after scoring seven unanswered points.
From there, Boston took the lead three times and the Knicks tied the score before finally going ahead 99-98 on a Karl-Anthony Towns 3-pointer. The lead changed four more times before New York went up 109-104 on a free throw from Jalen Brunson and 3-pointer by Josh Hart. After Nikola Vučević rebounded in a missed 3 by Peyton Pritchard, Hart followed up with the dagger from long-range for the final margin.
JOSH HART WITH ANOTHER CLUTCH 3 🎯 KNICKS WIN AT HOME! https://t. co/jx0PSpYCqk pic.
twitter. com/szbThZ80oq — NBA (@NBA) April 10, 2026 Hart finished with a game-high 26 points, followed by 25 and 10 assists from Brunson. Towns added 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who improved their record to 52-28 to keep hold on the third seed in the Eastern Conference .