New York Knicks are becoming good in this area.
The Knicks, just two days after the assembly of a return of 20 points in the second half to stun the Boston Celtics in match 1 of the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference, started it again. They came back from the same deficit on Wednesday evening, thanks to a huge performance in the fourth quarter and a late block by Mikal Bridges, to win a 91-90 victory against the Celtics.
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This gave the Knicks an advance of 2-0 in the series as he went to Manhattan for match 3 on Saturday afternoon. They are also the first team in the history of the NBA qualifiers to return from 20 points down in consecutive matches. In comparison, the Celtics only blown up 20 points throughout the regular season.
The Celtics blow their lead again
The Celtics looked very solid for three quarters Wednesday evening. They opened the match on a tear of 16-4, held the KNICKS aimlessly for almost five full minutes to start the match, then took a 20-point lead. Everything was happening in their direction.
But the Knicks, who also joined a 20 -point hole in match 1 and won a prolongation victory, again won a race in the fourth quarter. They opened a race of 21-4 in the last period while the Celtics have essentially closed. Boston missed 12 consecutive shots and went for more than eight minutes aimlessly on the ground.
Finally, Jayson Tatum put an end to their dry charm with about the easiest bucket he could have obtained. Tatum led the length of the ground in a few seconds and threw a dunk to put the Celtics in one point.
But at the other end, Jalen Brunson pulled a fault on a elbow jumper and struck the two free throws to raise the knicks on top. While the Celtics had one last look, Tatum could not get a gunshot. The Celtics, with an available dead time, tried to perform a game, but Bridges blocked Tatum in the corner of the buzzer to seal the victory of a point and leave the Boston fans with disbelief.
The reason why they did not take their last time, said the Celtic trainer, Joe Mazzulla, was that they thought they could make the same game work again and not allowed to leave Brunson Sub declines.
“There was one (dead time), looked at exactly the same game 20 seconds later,” said Mazzulla. “I tried to execute exactly the same thing, they did a better job of their lower pickup point and we could not obtain the advantage that we had on the last Dunk Tatum … Brunson had had action, did not perform.”
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Derrick White collected 20 points and nine rebounds for Celtics in loss. Jaylen Brown also added 20 points, and Tatum finished with 13 points and 14 rebounds. The Celtics only drew 10 out of 40 from the 3 -point line. They also had a record for NBA 45 qualifiers in match 1 in match 1.
Josh Hart led the Knicks with 23 points, and Karl-Anthony Towns added 21 points and 17 rebounds. Bridges scored his 14 points in the last period, and he added eight rebounds and five assists in victory for the Knicks.
Match 3 of the series is scheduled for Saturday afternoon in New York. While the Knicks still have means to go to the final of the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2000, they undoubtedly have the League Champions against the Wall.
