The Boston Celtics have become a team that lives by the three and died by the three, and they died by the three Monday in a defeat of 108-105 in overtime against the New York Knicks in match 1 of the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference.
The Celtics, which took the most photos in depth during the regular season, were deep in depth on Monday, but that did not bear fruit. Boston pulled 60 three points and only made 15 of them.
Jayson Tatum pulled 4 out of 16 from Deep, Derrick White fired by 5 out of 16, Jaylen Brown fired 1 out of 10 and Jrue Holiday made two of his seven attempts. Payton Pritchard and Al Horford have both succeeded five attempts on the bench.
Despite the lack of success of the depth, head coach Joe Mazzulla said he was satisfied with the selection of shots “for the most part”.
The bad shooting evening led the Celtics to blow up a two -digit lead in the second half while the Knicks finally gained extension.
After the abysmal effort to shoot three points from Boston, the fans dragged the Celtics match plan on social networks.
The Celtics had the second best record in the East this year, and they strongly relied on their three -point shot in several of their 61 victories. But as Monday’s game proved it, things can go south quickly if the gunshots do not fall.
All well considered, the fact that Boston drew 25% deeply, but was still a little shy to obtain a victory means that the Celtics could have a fairly manageable series in front of them if they can find the bottom of the net in the future.
