For a brief stretch, the Knicks who looked wobbly, uneven, and sluggish from the opening tip appeared to find their footing.
They had sliced a 27-point deficit down to four on a 31-foot 3-pointer from Karl-Anthony Towns with 11:32 remaining in the fourth quarter.
But that was as close as New York would get during an eventual 118-105 loss to the Celtics at TD Garden on Sunday, because Derrick White closed out the fourth quarter with a flourish.
White made all three of his 3-point attempts in the final period, including a 26-footer on the possession right after Towns’s three.