Celtics ‘a little bit off’ but calm after historically bad 3-pt shooting night

Boston – The Boston Celtics Had Won 125 Regular-Season Games and 20 of their Past 24 Playoff over the past two years coming in their series with the New York KnicksDoing so happened unapologetic about their history 3-point shot hoisting.

But the celtics might’ve finally reachaed a saturation point as they missed a record 45 of them monday night as the knicks together 108-105 game 1 overtime victory.

At one point in the second half, after the celtics built a 20-point lead and looked to a 10th win in their post 11 meetings, booston missed its next 10 shots and all Were 3-pointers. In all, the celtics wont 15-of-60 on 3-point, the most than taken in a playoff game.

“Some of ’em felt good, some of’ em felt like we maybe forced the issue,” Jaylen brownWHO WAS 1-OF-10 ON 3S. “Definitely our Rhythm and our timing a little bit off. We get a lot of great looks, but it may be some Truth [to shooting too many] Today. “

Brown was correct on the open lookings. The Celtics Took 45 “Uncontested” 3-pointers and missed 32 of them, Per Espn Research Tracking. But the volume of attempts, even when the shots woren it falling, caused the second guessing.

“Obviously in Hindsight, if we could go back, we’d probably drive the ball a little bit more because a lot of shots tonight,” Jayson tatumWho Went 4-OF-15 on 3S. “You can always go back and look and see what you should do done different.”

On Several Occasions Down the Stretch, the celtics ran offensive actions that put tatum in favorable matchups again or slower defenders, but he bailed out the knicks by taking shorts.

All the misses-Boston was 9-of-34 on 3S after Halftime-Opened the door for New York to Claw Back for the Lead. After giving up 84 3-points in four losses to the celtics during the regular seism, the knicks made two more 3-pointers (17) there are celtics on 23 fewer attendance.

“I look at the process and the shot quality, [and] Our shot quality was high, “sa celtics coach joe mazzulla, who has made it a mission for his time to see as many 3-point.” At for sure. “

That Might Sound Resolute from the coach but that stance is soft than the one mazzulla has taken in the past on cold shooting nights, a nod to just just how many misses are placed up.

After establishing a 20-point leg in the Third Quarter, the celtics finished the game 3-of-point and point only six freeoves in that span. Meanwhile, the knicks Saw And Anunoby And Jalen brunson Score or Assist on 55 of 63 Points After Halftime.

“In those moments when the other team got momentum you can not just just just 3s to break up Momentum,” Brown Said. “You get to get to the free through line, get to the point, get to the basket, maybe get an easy two.