**Top Performers for Celtics:**
Jaylen Brown: 30/5/3 on 10-19 FG / 6-11 3PT
Jayson Tatum: 26/4/5/2/1 on 8-17 FG / 6-13 3PT
Sam Hauser: 17/3/2 on 6-9 FG / 5-8 3PT in 21 Minutes
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**Top Performers for Knicks:**
Julius Randle: 29/9/2 on 10-19 FG / 3-7 3PT
RJ Barrett: 27/4/4 on 9-15 FG / 3-5 3PT
Jalen Brunson: 22/3/10 on 10-17 FG
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Celtics shot 53.4/52.9/100 splits as a team ; 27-51 from three.
Knicks shot 51.1/40.7/93.8 as well.
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by JilJungJukk
39 Comments
The Celts really like to shoot that thang, eh?
I really don’t think Thibs knows how to balance offence and defence. We’ve never been good at both at once.
Huge games from RJ, Brunson, Randle and Harty tho. Play like that against most teams and we win.
Knicks went from giving players career highs to giving teams new franchise records
The game may have passed Tom Thibodeau by
Can’t wait to hear Thibs bullshit reason for not playing Obi that much
These guys throw haymakers at each other every time they face off. That game could have gone either way until the last 2-3 minutes.
The Celtics will make the ECF at minimum this season provided they’re healthy
HAUSE MONEY
Insane 50/40/90 night for the knicks….. unfortunately for them the Celtics shot 53/53/100 as a team… unbelievable
Tough loss but at least RJ Barrett showed me something tonight. It’s been a rocky start to the season. This was easily his best game this year
I fucking love this team.
Tatum needs to be more selfish. We have come full circle. He is being too passive.
He finally started looking for himself and then had like 13 in the fourth.
Good win on the back 2 back without Horford and Rob tho
He still had 26 on 50/50/100 so it’s not like he didn’t play decent, but he should look to make an imprint on the game earlier
I was shitting my pants thinking the Knicks were just going to keep going inside and make us hurt for having 0 good bigs
Our 3pt D is atrocious like the Jazz in the playoffs! Except we don’t have a 7’2 Gobert to create that mismatch. Soo what the fuck is the problem?? I have no idea
Give Hauser more shots
Fun, competitive game till Tatum decided to put the city that never sleeps to sleep.
Random role player going off in the MSG is a Knicks tradition at this point
A tale of two defenses, Celtics not guarding the paint and Knicks not guarding the perimeter
You really gotta watch the game to understand the impact Brogdon has done for the Celtics. Such a great off season pick-up.
Damn Celtics took 51 threes in the game! Offense is amazing, if they played defense like they did last year, they could really rack up some wins by limiting opponent points per game
Man this Celtics team is awesome. Felt like with how the Knicks played we should have won, but this Celtics team was just THAT good. ggs
Knicks doing their best to not help the city of New York be excited about basketball
Celtics Bucks ECF just book it in already
Not gonna worry too much about the defense, considering both of our starting centers were out. Vonleh did some really nice stuff, everyone was chucking 3s (probably because it’s less effort than driving, that Bulls game was a tough one), and Tatum decided to end the game in the 4th quarter.
R J haters can gtfo, man is the only one playing defense too
Coaches are overrated bro lol I promise Celtics will be at minimum ECF and probably the finals
I thought the Knicks were once again burning money by paying Brunson but the man is a baller
Celtics were much better and shot the ball great. I don’t want to take away from that, but a big reason for this loss was that the Knicks defense is “instantly collapse on the driver” and then what do you know, a 3 point shooter is wide open. So frustrating
I love that we hit so many threes….our defense stinks tho
The Celtics are locked in
Isaiah Hartenstein looks solid for the Knicks.
pretty sure they hit 30 threes in the 4th quarter of game 1 of the finals
Inverse Houston Rockets I see.
All NBA season for Brown and Tatum this year
hmm 27 threes
All nine players for Celtics who played tonight made a three. That has to be some type of record.
Coming in here to say that Hartenstein having a positive +/- on 4 different teams now, even with limited minutes, is not a coincidence nor a statistical gaffe. He is amazing and provides for every team he has been on.
27 threes… that’s triggering for Rockets fans.
Celtics made 27 threes, Knicks attempted 27 threes