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CELTICS POSTCAST: Game to the Knicks...Tough 1 to Swallow for Celtics
Episode 2358
The Celtics (61-21) lost Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Final series with a 108-105 overtime loss to the New York Knicks Monday night at TD Garden. The Celtics led by 20 in the 3rd Quarter but were outscored 25-16 by the Knicks on the 4th. Boston shot 3-for-18 on 3's in the 4th Quarter and Overtime. Boston had a chance to tie the game up in the final seconds of overtime, but Mikal Bridges came up with a steal as he stole the ball away from Jaylen Brown.
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Scoring Leaders: Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby both scored 29 in the win for the Knicks. The Knicks had 5 players in Double-Figures. Jayson Tatum and Jayley Brown both had 23 in the loss. Derrick White hit 5 3's and scored 19. Brown was 1-for-10 on 3s. Tatum had a Double-Double with 16 Rebounds.
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Little From KP: Kristaps Porzingis did not score in the 1st Half for the Celtics and did not appear in the game during the 2nd-Half. The Celtics announced that Porzingis was dealing with an illness and at 1st he was ruled as questionable to return. Porzingis did have 4 offensive rebounds in the 1st-Half.
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1st-Half Nuggets: The Celtics were up 1 after the 1st Quarter and closed the 2nd Quarter on a 13-3 run to go into the locker room up 16, 61-45. The Knicks were held to 20 Points in the 2nd Quarter. The Celtics were 4-for-14 on 3's in the 1st Quarter and 1-for-9 on 3's in the 2nd Quarter. Jaylen Brown had 13 of his 14 1st-Half Points in the 2nd Quarter. Jayson Tatum scored all 13 of his 1st-Half Points in the 1st Quarter. Payton Pritchard hit 2 3's and scored 13 in the 1st Half.
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Up Next: Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Final series is set for Wednesday night at TD Garden. The Series moves to New York for Games 3 and 4. Game 3 is set for Saturday afternoon.
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