Jayson Tatum has hit some shots here against near-flawless defense.

Mitch has arrived -- smothers a KAT drive and then a one-handed finish of a lob for a 12-point Boston lead.

Knicks were 6-for-9 from 3 in the third, but 2-for-10 inside the arc and had 6 turnovers in the period. Now trail 83-73 heading to the fourth quarter.

Queta hitting a 3 shots how the Celtics get leads. Queta taking 3's also shows you how the Celtics blow leads.

Deuce McBride just had the healthiest looking play he's had since the trade deadline last season -- anticipated defensively, great steal and save behind the back, finishes with a 3 on the other end of the break.

Ed Flynn is now 1-1 on challenges (and I thought the first was questionable and the Knicks won it, thought the second was clear and they lost it).

Odd Knicks stat of the night -- without Mitchell Robinson anymore, we are midway through the third quarter and the Knicks only two blocked shots belong to ... Jalen Brunson.

After 0-for-4 first half Bridges passes up a 3 and gets in lane and comes up way short on runner.

Odd challenge -- Brunson looks like he got ball but if they rule it a jump I don't like his chances in a jump ball with PG. If they rule it no jump then it would be Knicks ball.

Now KAT has 3 fouls in the half and Wiseman gets his first Knicks action.

Knicks playing much. more aggressively than opening night -- up 27-26 after one. It's Celtics centers with early foul trouble -- 2 each on Robinson and Queta (and Tatum). KAT with 8 points and 4 rebounds. McBride 8 points off the bench.

Towns already has played more than twice as many minutes as he had in the first half Tuesday -- no fouls (and he's been isolated on Tatum a couple of times) newsday.com/sports/columnist…

And now they make it official on Knecht signing

That Robinson offensive rebound and putback, yeah, familiar. newsday.com/sports/columnist…

Knicks make the move official waiving Kevin McCullar from the two-way contract, making room for Knecht.

Knicks respond to controversy over championship rings (I can't believe there is a controversy over championship rings). According to an MSG spokesperson: “The company had previously sent out an email to its corporate team as a simulation of a phishing attack designed to strengthen our security against hackers. MSG was recently hacked and extorted using an employee login and password obtained through a similar phishing attack. Using the rings as a lure to gain employees attention was an unfortunate mistake.    The company is gifting more than 275 championship rings and jewelry to players, coaches, employees and other members of the Knicks family, worth more than $3.7 million, in recognition of their contributions and celebrating this achievement.”

Popper: Robinson's new Celtic Green jersey does nothing to dampen his legacy with Knicks The big man, who signed with Boston this summer, will face his former team Friday night. newsday.com/sports/columnist… This was sent to you from the Newsday iOS app. Download the Newsday app from Apple store: itunes.apple.com/us/app/news… Follow Newsday: newsday.com Facebook: facebook.com/newsday Twitter: xitter.cf/newsday