Charlie Brown Jr. and Trevor Keels were lights out from three, as they powered the Knicks to a 97-89 win over the Celtics.

Here are some takeaways…

- The Knicks started the first quarter on a 10-3 run thanks to good defense and a couple of threes. New York would continue to put the pressure on Boston as they ended the opening frame with a 31-20 lead.

New York shot 62 percent and 3-of-8 from downtown. While the Celtics shot 50 percent, the turnovers gave the Knicks a big enough cushion to go into the second quarter with a double-digit lead.

The Knicks would put their foot on the gas in the second quarter getting out to a, at one point, 23-point lead. They would end the first half up 57-38 thanks to shooting 50 percent from the field and holding the Celtics to 35 percent shooting.

- Boston would turn things around a bit in the third quarter. A few mini runs allowed the Celtics to cut the Knicks’ lead to just 12 points with 6:26 remaining. The Knicks, especially Dmytro Skapintsev and Isaiah Roby tried to hold them off but Boston would end the third down just 75-66.

In a total reverse of the second quarter, the Knicks shot just 39 percent while Boston shot 53 percent.

Halfway through the fourth, the Knicks held on to an 83-75 lead. A Brown Jr. missed layup led to a Boston three to cut the once-huge Knicks lead to just five points. However, Keels would hit a three with three minutes left before handing an assist to a running Roby for an and-one to bring the lead back up to 11.

Three straight turnovers gave Boston life as they cut the lead to 91-86 with a minute to go. With the Celtics defense swarming, QJ Peterson found Brown Jr. in the corner who hit a three to put the game away.

- The combination of Brown Jr. and Keels gave the Knicks enough firepower to give the team their second straight victory. Brown Jr. had a game-high 27 points on 10-of-16 shooting (3-of-9 from three) with seven rebounds and five assists. Keels posted 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting (4-of-5 from three) with three assists and three rebounds.

Roby had 17 points including six in the fourth quarter. He did so on 6-of-9 shooting with five rebounds of his own.

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