Karl-Anthony Towns, Knicks continue hot start at expense of Celtics
Karl-Anthony Towns authored his second straight double-double Friday night for the host New York Knicks, who rode a dominant second quarter to a 105-95 win over the Boston Celtics.
Towns finished with 26 points and 13 rebounds for the Knicks, who are 2-0 for the first time since 2021-22. The 29-year-old had seven points in the second, when New York outscored the Celtics 42-14.
Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 31 points while fellow starters Mikal Bridges (12 points), OG Anunoby (10 points) and Miles McBride (10 points) all got into double figures. Anunoby scored all his points in the second quarter.
Josh Hart, who made his season debut after missing Wednesday's game with back spasms, had 14 rebounds in 18:58 off the bench
Jaylen Brown scored 23 points while Sam Hauser had 18 points for the Celtics, who are 0-2 for the first time since 2021-22. Derrick White finished with 15 points while Anfernee Simons added 10 points off the bench.
The Celtics led almost wire-to-wire in the first, when they scored the opening six points and took their biggest lead when Simons ended the quarter with a 3-pointer to put the visitors up 30-22.
But the Knicks mounted three lengthy runs in the second. Anunoby had five points in a quarter-opening 11-0 surge before Hauser and White drained back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Celtics ahead 36-33.
The Knicks responded with a balanced 17-0 run in which seven different players scored. Tyler Kolek's layup -- his only basket of the game -- gave New York the lead for good at 37-36 with 6:47 left.
Down 50-36, the Celtics scored eight of the next 10 points before the Knicks collected the final 12 points of the quarter to extend their lead to 64-44. New York opened a pair of 24-point leads in the third and led 82-65 at the end of the period.
Boston outscored the Knicks 30-23 in the fourth but never got any closer than nine points.
Dodgers pass 4 million mark in attendance for first time in franchise history
On the final home game of the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers passed the 4 million mark in attendance for the first time in franchise history.
The Dodgers wrapped up the 2025 regular season with a total attendance figure of 4,012,470, an average of 49,537 fans per game. The previous high for attendance in a year was set in 2019 with 3,974,309 fans. Last year, the Dodgers drew 3,941,251.
Since the first time it happened in 1978, the Dodgers have surpassed 3 million in annual attendance 36 times, including every season not affected by the pandemic since 2012 -- as well as every other season but one since 2001. The Dodgers set franchise records this year by reaching 2 million fans in their 40th home game and 3 million in their 60th home game.
This year, the Dodgers have announced 46 crowds of 50,000 or better this season, including 25 sellouts, and have registered at least 40,000 at every home game.
With six games to play, the Dodgers also lead Major League Baseball in road attendance, attracting an average of 35,118 at opposing ballparks in 2025.
MLB’s franchise record for annual home attendance of 4,483,350 was set by the Colorado Rockies during their inaugural season in 1993, when they played at Mile High Stadium in Denver. The Dodgers are the first team to draw over 4 million since the Mets and Yankees both did so in 2008, the last season in their old ballparks.
