Jayson Tatum has continued Boston's 'Banner 18' celebrations by scoring 37 points and making eight of the Celtics' NBA record-tying 29 triples as the hosts ran away with a 132-109 victory over the New York Knicks on opening night.

Derrick White scored 24 points, Jaylen Brown added 23 and Tatum added four rebounds and 10 assists for the defending champions, who raised their NBA-most 18th championship banner to the rafters before Tuesday night's game. Boston led by as many as 35 points before missing their last 13 three-point attempts while trying to break the record.

Jalen Brunson and Miles McBride scored 22 points apiece for New York, and new addition Karl-Anthony Towns had just 12 points and seven boards.

With the Celtics leading by more than 20 points early in the third quarter, the TD Garden crowd's attention strayed from the basketball game and it began chanting "Yankees Suck!"

The new-look Knicks were supposed to be the biggest threat to Boston in the Eastern Conference, but even after adding Towns and Mikal Bridges (16 points) over the summer, they were no match for the team that finished 14 games in front last season.

The Celtics hit their 29th three early in the fourth quarter, then fired up two long airballs and 13 misses in a row from beyond the arc as they went for the record set in 2020 by Milwaukee. The crowd chanted "One more 3!" in the final minutes, but on Boston's last possession Payton Pritchard dribbled out the shot clock without making another attempt.