With their Head Coach maxing out their minutes, they had built an exceptionally solid core strength for the Celtics.
Further embellishing that foundation were three other players who had performed superbly.
Jrue Holiday put up 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists in the game.
Derrick White finished with 18 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists, while Aaron Nesmith, coming off the bench, posted 16 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist.
Five players scored in double figures, and three scored 20-plus!
On the offensive end, the Celtics, with scoring coming from everywhere, finally managed to suppress the struggling Knicks.
Perhaps affected by their previous back-to-back away games, New York's players displayed a fairly ordinary level of play that night.
Even Chen Xi, their most consistent player, seemed to have performed slightly below his usual standard, at least statistically.
Chen Xi played a total of 39 minutes and "only" recorded 37 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 1 steal, while also committing a highly unusual "whopping" 4 turnovers.
For an All-Star-caliber player, that kind of performance should not really have been called a slump.
But for someone like Chen, a player capable of competing for the title of greatest in league history, such a showing did seem a little less than "spectacular."
And while Chen Xi had an "ordinary outing," the rest of New York's players were no better.
Even Paul Joe managed only 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists for the game, while the other role players were even more mediocre.
Strus had an off shooting night, going 2-for-8 from three and recording just 8 points, 2 rebounds, and 1 assist. Rose had only 9 points, 1 rebound, and 5 assists as well.
The rest were Hartenstein with 8 points and 9 rebounds, Hart with 7 points and 7