The New York Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics, 117 - 106, at TD Garden on Wednesday. The Celtics were expected to win this game easily against a shorthanded Knicks team, but they were dominated in this shocking result. The rebounding was the glaring difference, with New York winning that battle, 57 - 33. The bench production was a major part of that, with the Knicks bench outrebounding the Celtics bench, 35 - 8. Shooting was also decisive, with the Knicks shooting 51 percent from the field, while the Celtics failed to crack 39 percent shooting. The Knicks (19 - 24) had to play this game without Kristaps Porzingis and Joakim Noah, but prevailed with an impressive road win. Derrick Rose had a vintage performance, tallying 30 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks. Willy Hernangomez was huge off the bench, providing 17 points and 11 rebounds. Courtney Lee collected nine points, eight rebounds and seven assists off the bench as well. Mindaugas Kuzminskas got the start for Porzingis and accrued 17 points and six rebounds. New York will play again on Thursday against the Washington Wizards. The Celtics (26 - 16) had won 13 of 16 games headed into this matchup, but this was simply a game where they did n't have it. Isaiah Thomas kept Boston hanging around, as he dropped a game - high 39 points, while adding three rebounds and two assists. Al Horford did hand out 10 assists and grab seven boards, but he scored just five points on 2 - of - 14 from the field. Jae Crowder was second on the team, dropping 21 points and five rebounds. Boston will be off until Saturday when they host the Portland Trail Blazers for their next game.
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 "TeamStat(G,'Knicks') has 51 Percentage of field goals ,has 24 Losses ,has 117 Total points ,has 57 Rebounds ,has 19 Wins ."
 "PlayerStat(G, 'Mindaugas Kuzminskas') has 17 Points, has 6 Total rebounds"
 "PlayerStat(G, 'Derrick Rose') has 5 Assists, has 2 Blocks, has 30 Points, has 10 Total rebounds, has 2 Steals"
 "PlayerStat(G, 'Courtney Lee') has 7 Assists, has 9 Points, has 8 Total rebounds"
 "PlayerStat(G, 'Willy Hernangomez') has 17 Points, has 11 Total rebounds"
 "PlayerStat(G, 'Jae Crowder') has 21 Points, has 5 Total rebounds"
 "PlayerStat(G, 'Al Horford') has 10 Assists, has 14 Field goals attempted, has 2 Field goals made, has 5 Points, has 7 Total rebounds"
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