Jayson Tatum had 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Payton Pritchard scored 23 points and the Boston Celtics easily won their first victory in the semifinals of the Conference East Enrutando the New York Knicks 115-93.
The Celtics were 20 by 40 from a range of 3 points after only 25 of 100 in their two losses in Boston, when the 20 -point leads exploded in the second half of both games. They continued for 31 in this and there was never something similar to a return to the Knicks.
Tatum, an All-Star who shot only 12 of 42 in general in Boston, and Pritchard, the sixth man of the NBA year, made five 3.
Jaylen Brown scored 19 points and Derrick White had 17 for the Celtics, who will try to tie the series Monday night in game 4 before returning to Boston for game 5 Wednesday.
Jalen Brunson scored 27 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 15 rebounds for the Knicks, who generated a 2-0 advantage in this round last year and are still seeing their appearance in the finals of the conference since 2000.
Boston made more triple than any team in the history of the NBA than door to the regular season, when he feels the four meetings against New York. But the Celtics were ice cream to open this series, starting with a Playoffs record of the NBA 45 failures in game 1.
They made their first four -point shots at the beginning of ampoules on Saturday and never decelerated. 6 of 7 ended behind the arch and the route to an advantage of 36-20, their first quarter of the postseason postseason, quickly taking out the energy from a crowd where some fans paid more than $ 600 per ticket that celebrities in celebrations in celebrities in the celebrities of one of the celebrations in the sand games in the sand games Celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrations of the celebrities.
Tatum and Pritchard hit 3s consecutive for an advantage of 55-33 with four and a half minutes stirring in the middle, and Boston Tok at 71-46 leads to the costumes.
New York was 5-for-25 behind the arch and fired 68.6% in free throws, although it was mainly due to Mitchell Robinson left 4 of 12 when the Celtics committed a foul to the poor free-intentionally free shooters.
Associated Press reports.
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