Jayson Tatum's poster dunk for his first bucket of the game was a sign of things to come on Saturday night. Read more on Boston.com.

The Boston Celtics hardly needed luck to get the best of the New York Knicks again, as Jayson Tatum proved to be all they required. Tatum and the Celtics silenced the Knicks' opportunity to make a major statement,

Jayson Tatum put on a show at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, leading the Celtics to a blowout win over the Knicks. He also made a bit of a franchise history in process of scoring a game-high 40 points, the second time he’s scored 35-plus points in a game against the Knicks this year.

Jayson Tatum scored 19 of his 40 points in the third quarter Saturday night for the visiting Boston Celtics, who led wire-to-wire in a 131-104 rout of the New York Knicks.

Payton Pritchard added 25 points off the bench for the Celtics, who rebounded from their loss to Dallas on Thursday in an NBA Finals rematch to win for the fifth time in six games and move 2 1/2 games ahead of the Knicks for the No.

Jayson Tatum and Derrick White took over in the third quarter as the Celtics blew out the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

- The offensive struggles continued for New York, but Jalen Brunson was doing a good job of getting to the line to keep them in the game. The captain was the only Knick in double figures at the halftime break as he drilled 11 free throws to bring his total to 18 for the half.

Jayson Tatum scored 40 points and the Boston Celtics easily handled the New York Knicks for the second time this season, winning 131-104 on Saturday night.

Jayson Tatum took over with 40 points, helping to secure a blowout victory on the road. Jalen Brunson scored 36 points, but it wasn’t enough.