[Sport] Celtics tease at Kemba Walker's return

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The return of starting point guard Kemba Walker with the Boston Celtics did not have the best result for his team, overwhelmed in the TD Garden by the New York Knicks, who won this Sunday by a resounding 75-105

Power forward Julius Randle was once again the leader of the Knicks by getting a double-double of 20 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three ball recoveries that helped the New York team (6-8) to break streak of five consecutive losses.

Forward RJ Barrett also had another double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds as the second scorer on a list of five players who had double-digit numbers.

Rookie guard Inmanuel Quickley, who came off reserve, finished as the sixth player with 17 points, including two 3-pointers from four attempts.

Rookie power forward Obi Toppin, the current NCAA Player of the Year and No. 8 in the 2020 draft, added 12 points and five rebounds in 17 minutes, his longest action since a calf injury. left in the first game. He missed 10 straight games before returning on Wednesday.

Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau, who was an assistant on the Celtics team that won the NBA title in 2008, celebrated his 63rd birthday.

Guard Jaylen Brown remained as the Celtics' leading scorer by scoring 25 points, but this time they were not enough to avoid the worst defeat so far this season after starting Sunday with the best record in the Eastern Conference after win five games in a row.

Walker, who made his debut this season for the Celtics after missing the first 11 games with a left knee injury, had to leave the game in the third period after suffering a rib contusion.

The Celtics' starting point guard scored nine points on 3 of 13 shooting, adding three rebounds, four assists and three steals, but committing five turnovers. He was 1 of 8 from 3 point range.

His fellow All-Star, power forward Jayson Tatum, missed his second straight game after being infected with covid-19.

The Knicks held an 11-point lead in the first quarter and did so by 15 in the second before scoring the first 10 points in the third quarter to open a 35-85 partial lead. The Celtics were never closer to 18 after that.

The 35 points were the Celtics' lowest half of the season. Boston's previous lowest scoring game was 93 points against the Detroit Pistons on New Year's Day. The biggest beating was a 28-point loss to the Brooklyn Nets at Christmas.