Jayson Tatum had 22 factors, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Payton Pritchard scored 23 factors and the Boston Celtics simply acquired their first win within the Jap Convention semifinals by routing the New York Knicks 115-93 on Saturday in Sport 3.
The Celtics went 20 for 40 from 3-point vary after going simply 25 for 100 of their two losses in Boston, once they blew 20-point leads within the second half of each video games. They went forward by 31 on this one and there was by no means something resembling a comeback for the Knicks.
Tatum, an All-Star who shot simply 12 for 42 total in Boston, and Pritchard, the NBA Sixth Man of the Yr, each made 5 3s.
Jaylen Brown scored 19 factors and Derrick White had 17 for the Celtics, who will attempt to tie the collection Monday evening in Sport 4 earlier than returning to Boston for Sport 5 on Wednesday.
Jalen Brunson scored 27 factors and Karl-Anthony Cities had 21 factors and 15 rebounds for the Knicks, who blew a 2-0 lead on this spherical final yr and are nonetheless looking for their first convention finals look since 2000.
Boston made extra 3-pointers than any staff in NBA historical past through the common season, when it swept all 4 conferences in opposition to New York. However the Celtics have been ice chilly to open this collection, beginning with an NBA playoff-record 45 misses in Sport 1.
They made their first 4 3-point pictures in a blistering begin Saturday and by no means actually slowed down. They completed 6 for 7 behind the arc en path to a 36-20 lead, their highest-scoring first quarter of the postseason, shortly taking the vitality out of a crowd the place some followers paid greater than $600 per ticket to be within the enviornment with the celebrities for one of many largest video games the Knicks have performed within the 2000s.
Tatum and Pritchard hit consecutive 3s for a 55-33 lead with 4 1/2 minutes remaining within the half, and Boston took a 71-46 result in the locker room.
New York was 5 for 25 behind the arc and shot 68.6% on free throws — although that was principally as a result of Mitchell Robinson went 4 for 12 because the Celtics fouled the poor free throw shooter deliberately.
