Jalen Brunson scored 31 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and 13 rebounds and the New York Knicks rode a huge second quarter to a 105-95 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night and a 2-0 start to the season.

The Celtics returned to Madison Square Garden for the first time since May 16, when last season ended in the conference semifinals.

The Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks will tip off Amazon's new NBA on Prime coverage Friday night with a rematch at Madison Square Garden.

Jalen Brunson scored 31 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and 13 rebounds and the New York Knicks rode a huge second quarter to a 105-95 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night and a 2-0 start to the season.

Episode 2 of the Mike Brown project went mostly according to plan. New York moved to 2-0 with a convincing 105-95 win over Boston.

Odds/Point Spread: Philadelphia (+2.5) The Boston Celtics (61-21 last season) will compete against the Philadelphia 76ers (24-58 last year) at TD Garden on Wednesday. Philadelphia opens this game as 2.5-point dogs. The over/under has been set at 226.5.

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