The Boston Celtics came up short against the New York Knicks for their second consecutive loss to begin the 2025 season.

For the Celtics, that series brought more pain than they could have anticipated, with Jayson Tatum’s torn Achilles only worsening the sudden end to a championship defense. Given the opponent, Wednesday’s trip back to the famous arena meant a little extra to the returning Boston players.

With no Jayson Tatum to start the season and primary big men Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford and Luke Kornet playing elsewhere, Boston looked like a team that would struggle on the glass. So far, Joe Mazzulla’s squad has done exactly that,

The New York Knicks improved to 2-0 on the season with an impressive 105-95 victory over the Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden. The win showed the Knicks'

The Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks will tip off Amazon's new NBA on Prime coverage Friday night with a rematch at Madison Square Garden.

Celtics rookie Hugo Gonzalez impressed everyone from Joe Mazzulla to Jaylen Brown to Blake Griffin in his “awesome” NBA debut.

For Boston, they have two players listed on their injury report entering Friday’s game as they have ruled out Luka Garza due to a concussion and Jayson Tatum who is set to miss the entire season due to a torn Achilles.

The Boston Celtics and New York Knicks have revealed their final injury reports ahead of their Friday encounter, a rematch of a memorable six-game second-round

Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. ET from Madison Square Garden in New York City, where the Knicks went 27-14 last season. New York is a 3.5-point favorite in the latest Celtics vs. Knicks odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 229.