Knicks and Celtics seek first win in Boston matchup

The New York Knicks and Boston Celtics were scheduled to meet at TD Garden on October 23, with both teams seeking their first win after losing their season openers. The game was set to tip off at 7 p.m. ET as Boston began its home schedule. The matchup brings together two teams that opened the 2026-27 NBA season with defeats. Boston lost on the road to the Detroit Pistons, while New York fell to the Philadelphia 76ers. The supplied previews did not report a final result for the Celtics-Knicks game. New York’s loss to Philadelphia was 106-100, according to the game’s viewing guide. The Knicks had held a lead during the contest but could not maintain it. Boston’s opening defeat also left the Celtics looking for a first victory in front of their home crowd. Dimers’ model favored Boston, assigning the Celtics a 60% chance to win after 10,000 simulations and projecting a 113-110 score. That figure is a forecast, not a game result. The simulations also projected Jayson Tatum to score 23 points for Boston and Jalen Brunson to score 25 for New York. Mitchell Robinson was set to face his former team after joining Boston in the offseason. He had won a championship with the Knicks before...