Jayson Tatum had 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Payton Pritchard scored 23 points and Boston Celtics they easily received their first victory in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference by directing New York Knicks 115-93 Saturday in the match 3.
The Celtics left 20-ri-40 from the range of 3 points after they only went to Boston in their two defeats in Boston, only 25-100, when they fired 20 points in the second half of both games. In this they headed toward 31 and there was never anything similar to returning to Knicks.
Tatum, All-Star who only shot 12-for-42 in Boston, and Pritchard, Nba The sixth man of the year, they both made five 3.
Jaylen Brown scored 19 points and Derrick White He was 17 for the Celtics, who will try to equalize the series in game 4 on Monday night before returning to Boston on Wednesday for match 5.
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Jalen Brunson scored 27 points and Karl-Anthony Towns He had 21 points and 15 jumps for Knicks, who were blowing a 2-0 lead in this circle and still seeking their first appearance in the final of the conference since 2000.
Boston has made more than 3 percent than any team in the history of the NBA during the regular season, when he swallowed all four meetings against New York. But the Celtics were ice cold to open this series, starting with the NBA playoffs 45 misses in Game 1.
They made their first four shots in 3 points in a glittering start on Saturday and never really slowed down. They finished 6-for-7 behind Luka on the way to a 36-20 lead, their first first quarter after the season, quickly pulling energy from the crowd where some fans paid More than $ 600 per ticket to the Arena with celebrities for one of the biggest games played by Knicks in the 2000s.
Tatum and Pritchard hit a consecutive 3S for a 55-33 lead, and the remaining four and a half minutes at halftime, and Boston led 71-46 to the locker room.
New York was 5-25 behind the onion and shot 68.6% on free throw-— if it was mostly because of that Mitchell Robinson They went 4-za-12 while the Celtics deliberately failed the poor shooter of free throw.
Associated press reporting.
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