The Boston Celtics won their first victory in match 3 of their series against the New York Knicks behind a versatile team effort, while four of their five starters scored at least 12 or more points and the sixth man of the year Payton Pritchard led all the scorers with 23 points.
The 23 points of Pritchard during the victory of 115-93 exceeded his summit in career in the playoff series, he took place in the first round against Orlando Magic (19 points).
Jayson Tatum finished with 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, while Jaylen Brown scored 19 points, took six rebounds and left five assists.
The Knicks still lead the 2-1 series, but Boston found its identity on Saturday, pulling 50% out of 3 (20 out of 40). Boston never dragged and led by 31 points.
The Celtics have found some life in this series after abandoning their first two home games and will try to link it on Monday at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m. he.
The Celtics make their way to a victory for the match at wire 3!
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Knicks down 20? No problem. Well, it was in match 3.
After returning from 20 points in the first two games, the Knicks found themselves over 20 years old against the Celtics, but this time was unable to put a deficit in the deficit when the defending champions found their shooting contact.
As much as this game seemed to be a must for Celtics, down 0-2, it was just as important for New York. No team in the history of the NBA has never exploded an advance in the 3-0 series in the playoffs.
Now, Boston, one of the best road teams of all time this season, has a chance to link the series on Monday to Madison Square Garden before returning home.
In the end, knicks must find a way to stop lying around 20 years old. It is difficult for any team to fight and to withdraw regularly from a hole, and he has the impression that New York has used enough return to the playoffs to last a lifetime.
New York’s defense was not as sharp as it had been. He lost Celtic shooters overnight and fought between fall and switching. At the other end, the offensive continues to stall and make long spells without any form of rhythm. The 3 -point shot from New York has bitten them enormously in match 3, as is the bad shot on free throws.
Knicks must find a way to generate better offense with more regularity to compete with Boston. The Celtics are too solid on both sides of the ball so as not to be able to score with them or slow them down when the shots fall, hence the dominant performance on Saturday evening when Boston found its touch of shooting. – James Edwards III, Knicks Beat writer
Boston finds his identity
The Celtics incorporating their ability to make 3 points will probably lead to media coverage before match 4, but they also did a great job to remove many open looks from the Knicks.
The Celtics cleaned up many screening errors that allowed Og Anunoby and Mikal Bridges to get good shots during the first two games. The wings each finished 0 for 2 behind the arc.
As a team, New York only drew 2 for 17 from the city center in the first three quarters before finding some success in the fourth quarter after the imbalance of the match. They will not be likely to draw 11.8% more in depth, whatever they are defended (they finished at 20%), but should find it difficult to find large shots if the Celtics continue to limit some of the transitional errors and half-couts that injured them earlier in the series.
The Celtics were desperate in match 3. They should be again in match 4, but will have to postpone the same home and the intensity in the rest of the series. – Jay King, Beat Celtics writer
3s please
This performance seemed inevitable. The Celtics have flowed only a quarter of their 3 -point attempts during each of the first two games in the series, but they are the long -term attack in the most relentless in the history of the League – the leaders of a single season in brands and attempts. Boston owed an epidemic of 3 points. Today was the day he finally performed.
The Celtics started hot, 6 out of 7 from the deepest to the first quarter. They finished 20 out of 40 for the match.
They enjoyed themselves on the inconsistent resistance of Pick-And-Roll of the Knicks from the start. The cities of Karl-Anthony, in particular, did not work with the precision he made during the first two games of the series. Instead of changing or venturing to the level of the screen at Pick-And-Rolls, it has grown too far. This made it easier for Tatum to be easier for Tatum, which finished 5 out of 8 of Deep. The wings did not end successfully to disrupt Derrick White or Pritchard to shoot open looks.
Finally, after a few performances with Boston moving in slow motion, the Celtics looked like Celtics. – Fred Katz, senior writer of the NBA
Mazzula adjustments
The Celtics again struck their 3S, the simplest explanation of the reason why they won so tall. But it was all the little things they have done around these photos that allowed them to keep their massive advance. Joe Mazzulla was better to read where the weaknesses of his players were early and changed the form of the offensive to mitigate them. Kristaps Porziņģ is always horrible and continued to turn it over each time it managed the ball to the perimeter. Mazzulla’s response was to send him deeper into the post, where he could draw a fault with just a dribble or two while keeping the protected ball.
Target Jalen Brunson in the post became too tedious in the last games, undergoing part of the rhythm of the offensive. So they lost less time trying to find him and just took the post match they loved, betting that they could finish if they caught the ball deep enough. This game was less aimed at maximizing the advantages they hoped for and adopting the advantages they could find. It was a declaration of the Celtics that even if they aim at the ideal of perfection, they can live with compromises forced by basketball of the playoffs. – Jared Weiss, Beat Celtics writer
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