The Celtics left the carpet in match 3.
Boston, despite Doom’s forecasts by the general public, was able to silence part of the noise surrounding a ugly two games and returned to his semi-finals of the Eastern Conference with the New York Knicks.
Madison Square Garden, in particular, obtained Really Calm on Saturday,
The C have not finished getting out of the hole that they have been dug, but while waiting for another pivotal match, let’s take the time to recognize the studs and the failures of a 115-93 victory which helped push the series to 2-1:
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Payton Pritchard
Pritchard’s ability to match New York’s energy and efforts were fully exposed on Saturday. Kristaps Porzingis and Luke Kornet both took advantage of playing with the sixth man of the year, who finished with 23 points on shooting 8 for 16 – while mixing some good flows that led to missed shots or free throws.
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Jaylen Brown
It’s been a while since we saw This Version of n ° 7.
Brown’s knee was clearly not just in the section, but its explosiveness was back in it and allowed it to enjoy a good night’s shooting by killing the defenders of the dribble. Boston played five throughout the first half, which opened things and led to a performance of 19 points, plus 29, from the Quadruple All-Star.
Jrue Holiday
Have you seen this success he made at the beginning of the third quarter?
Holiday did not fulfill the box score – eight points, four assists, a flight – but it was another performance where its intangible assets shone. Winner.
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Common sense
The photos of the Celtics were going to end up falling, which you should have already known.
Boston finished 20 out of 40 beyond the arc, which makes all the difference compared to their combined performance of 25 per 100 in the first two games of the series. Jayson Tatum reached 5 out of 9, Al Horford reached 3 out of 4 and Pritchard went 5 out of 10.
Ripens
Kristaps Porzingis
Porzingis is not fair.
ESPN’s broadcast has pointed it out early, but it just seems to be two stages behind everyone due to the viral disease that has persisted in recent weeks. Boston will continue to give him minutes in the hope that fatigue dissipates, but might want to think of more minutes of Neemias Queta.
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Mitchell Robinson
Robinson sometimes becomes unplayable because of his inability to strike free throws. The Celtics began to hack him early, which led to a 4th projection of the charity band who forced the Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau to play a 19-minute series.
