Overview
- The Celtics beat the New York Knicks 107-103 after Jayson Tatum scored 36 points and closed the game with key late baskets.
- Neemias Queta finished with 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks and ripped a momentum-shifting block before hitting a corner three late in the third quarter.
- Queta’s three was only his second made NBA three-pointer and came after years of focused work with Boston’s player-development staff.
- Players and coach Joe Mazzulla praised the sequence as validation of the long-term coaching investment and a sign that Queta has earned more trust in game situations.
- While the make gives the Celtics a new spacing wrinkle to monitor, coverage stresses that one shot does not yet redefine Queta’s role and that Boston will watch for consistency before changing rotations.