The reigning champions are on the strings.
The New York Knicks amazed the Boston Celtics with a monster return for the second time in a row to take a 2-0 lead in their second round eliminatory series. They used a race of 21-2 and late heroic of Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges to win a 91-90 victory in match 2 on Wednesday at TD Garden.
Brunson has calmly pierced two free throws with 12 seconds to give to visitors with the head, and Bridges then forced a turnover of Jayson Tatum on the final possession of Boston.
While New York deserves all the merit of the world for having stolen two consecutive games in Boston, it was impossible to see this as something other than a collapse. After all, the Celtics were up 20 points at the end of the third quarter, then was cold while the Knicks burst from 21-2 and completely overturned the script of the game.
Boston was an abyssal 10-40 three-point beach in the team, while Tatum went 5 out of 19 on the field and 1 in 5 of Deep. Jaylen Brown made six reversals to a decisive pass, while a generally dominant defender of Jrue Holiday committed the late on Brunson.
Social media did not retain the Celtics:
All the pressure was on Boston to come in this one after having drew 15 out of 60 in the depths of a defeat of the match 1.. Although it was not an essential situation, his collective back was always against the wall, because he seemed to avoid dropping two rights and having to completely overthrow the Madison Square Garden.
It seemed that it had done it when he took a two -digit lead in the first quarter with Derrick White hitting a few triples, Brown attacking the way and the defense giving the tone.
And then it seemed that the home team was putting aside any concern that New York was still at a distance from the strike with a dominant third quarter.
Tatum began to find his offense with a three -point pointer, leading Dunk and helps on a Luke Kornet Dunk, while White pulled a load on a Slam Og Anunoby and fired the fans. Even Kristaps Porziņģis, which faces a disease that limited it to 13 minutes in match 1, mixed in a dunk and three points when the advance extended to 20.
However, New York would not disappear.
Josh Hart and Bridges led a large part of the execution of 21-2 while the commander’s advantage was evaporated. It did not help the cause of Boston that it again started to throw bricks again on a number of open looks from the outside which could have stored the game.
This left the door wide open, and the Knicks came to charge with a city of Karl-Anthony and 1 before a rider and a transition from Brunson to give the Knicks head.
While Tatum responded with a dunk to temporarily put the advance in Boston, Brunson struck the free throws before Bridges hindered the defensive stop to give the Knicks a 2-0 lead before the series spent New York for match 3 on Saturday.
