Jayson Tatum scored 25 points with 10 rebounds and nine assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 118-105 victory over the New York Knicks.

Jayson Tatum had 25 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to five games with a 118-105 victory over the visiting New York Knicks on Sunday.

The New York Knicks have done everything except beat the NBA’s elite this season. And after this weekend, it feels like they never will. After the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers thumped New York by 37 points Friday night,

The Celtics now own a four-game lead over the Knicks and the head-to-head tiebreaker for the two-seed in the East (Boston still trails Cleveland by six games for the top seed). The two teams will square off one final time in the regular season when they meet at Madison Square Garden on April 8.

The New York Knicks are among the best teams in the Eastern Conference, but they have struggled against elite competition throughout the season. After recent lo

Jaylen Brown said the Celtics weren’t trying to send a message in their 118-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday afternoon at Boston’s TD Garden. The win was the Celtics' third this season against a Knicks squad that wants to be considered among the Eastern Conference's - if not the NBA's - elite.

In Sunday’s loss to Boston, Knick’s superstar center Karl-Anthony Towns limped to the locker room in the fourth quarter with a knee injury. Towns was then examined by team trainers before head coach Tom Thibodeau made a questionable decision to put him back in the game a few minutes later.

Karl-Anthony Towns and the Knicks have to get better defensively if they want to be a true contender. “When Karl Anthony-Towns is on the court against any of the top-10 offenses in the league this season,

Sunday's 118-105 decision dropped them to 0-7 against the leading squads of the NBA (Boston, Cleveland, Oklahoma City) and their first instance of consecutive lost games since Jan. 3-6. A tense afternoon became downright horrifying when Karl-Anthony Towns limped to TD Garden's visitors' bench as Boston began its final push forward to victory.