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

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