October 20th 2021 NY Knicks Vs. Boston Celtics Madison Square Garden - 7:30 PM Knicks 1-0 Celtics 1-0 Head to head series matchup this season: Knicks 1 - Celtics 0 Key takeaways 1. Julius Randle has not missed a beat 2. Evan Fournier really got hot in OT 3. RJ's defense against Jayson Tatum 4. Jaylen Brown is no joke 5. The Celtics have a nice core that they need to continue to build around 6. Kemba missed his teammates in Boston a little too much 7. Thibs switches Kemba in 2OT for D. Rose. 8. Knicks let a lead go and let the Celtics come back when we could have closed it out. 9. Obi looked great overall, but his minutes came because Taj & Noel were out