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Luke Kornet gets the crowd going; Tatum did 13 late in the first – 7:27 pm 13

From Amin Touri

Luke Kornet throws down a putback Dunk and gives the TD Garden quantity the opportunity to answer the often guided question: How does it sound when 20,000 people like dogs bark?

The Celtics were large for a large part of this first quarter and combined two bigs (Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis) with Derrick White, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum on the Wings, which is only the greatest line -up that Boston can run with its regular playoff rotation winners. Tatum owes a large part of the Torkadauf-Er has a game high of 13 points when Boston leads 2:07 in the first load.

Celtics lead early and it will already be Chippy – 7:17 p.m.

From Amin Touri

No surprises with Celtics's offensive game plan early: Boston hunted early and often Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns to attack the two weak connections from New York to defend it.

Already some frustrations that climb to the surface for the kinks – Brunson, cities and Josh Hart have all made their displeasure known to the referees, and hard has a lot of sarcastic jubilation from the TD garden when he left the game.

A transition from Tatum have so far pulled the biggest pop of the night. This building is already jumping with the leadership of Boston, 14-11, in the middle of the first.

Game 1 is underway – 7:05 p.m.

Game 1 of the semi -finals of the Eastern Conference is in progress in the TD Garden. Take a look at Live update during the entire competition.

“Stay in fight” – 6.55 p.m.

The Celtics fans who were present at today's game arrived to find T-shirts on their seats, on which “stay in battle”. But at this point it seems that more fans are deciding to keep their green and white clothes instead of covering them with a black shirt.

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Private equity companies pursue profits, no championships. Why do you want to buy the Celtics? – 6.45 p.m.

Private -equity companies are better known to pursue profits, not for the championship -Why does a private -equity company want to buy a piece of Celtics?

The Sixth Street, a PE shop based in San Francisco with more than $ 100 billion in managed assets, is part of Bill Chisholm's offer of victory, a north north and co-founder of the California private equity company Symphony Technology Group. According to a person registered in this matter, Sixth Street has committed over $ 1 billion dollars for the purchase of $ 6.1 billion.

Private equity companies want in pro-sports because they believe that they are recessive and can offer an enormous return on investment, especially as Ligues ink lucrative media rights with streaming services. These offers can always increase the value of a team.

But social capital that goes hand in hand with property – well, that is invaluable.

Key to the Matchup: Celtics-Knicks Remove-6:30 p.m.

By Adam Himmelsbach

The Celtics are elite in finding a non -agreement and hunting them relentlessly. Most teams each have an obvious goal on the

The Celtics will try to hunt switches in which Brunson is involved to get it isolated, and he simply does not have the size or speed to really fight Boston's elite scorers.

Cities are more susceptible to pick-and-roll campaigns. When he saws the drop cover, the Celtics will make him pay by spraying jump shots. He plays closer to the tire under the edge.

The puzzle for the Knicks is both who are so elite offensive players, and coach Tom Thibodeau is based on his starters so much that they will be on the pitch most of the game.

Thibodeau has to look for creative ways to protect and hide these two defensive liabilities, but it will not be easy.

The regular season may have been a sweep, but the Knicks are not a pushover – 6.15 p.m.

Boston scored an average of 125 points per game and made an average of 21 3 points in four meetings against the Knicks this season. This is not Orlando. The Knicks do not have the staff to limit the Celtics from the 3-point line. And they had no answer to Jayson Tatum, who scored an average of 33.5 points and made 47.8 percent of his 3-point attempts in the season series.

OG Anunoby is a physical defense lawyer who gave trouble in Toronto Tatum in his days, but Anunoby has been ineffective lately against Tatum. Mikal Bridges is a lengthy defender, but there is no mass and physicality to check Tatum or brown. The Knicks sacrificed five picks in the first round to take bridges into account this matchup.

Last season, the Knicks came on the way to a final game by the Eastern Conference with the Celtics before losing the last two games of their series with the Indiana Pacers, including game 7 at home. The difference this season is that the Knicks are completely healthy and Jalen Brunson has become the undisputed leader in which Karl-Anthony cities have become the second option.

All of this depends on Jalen Brunson's floater – 6:05 p.m.

By Julian Benbow

Jalen Brunson has one of the most effective swimmers in the NBA.

He scored 40 points on the Knicks game 6 against the pistons on Thursday evening. None of his buckets were larger than the Pull-Up-3 pointer, who sent the best defender of Detroit, Ausar Thompson, and stumbled in one direction, while Brunson defeated the other to seal the fate of the pistons.

But when the Knicks built their early lead, the floater was the tool after which Brunson reached. And when they were in a hole at the end of the fourth quarter, the clutch player of the year of the NBA went to attack Dennis Schröder in a coupling moment, absorbed contact and raised a floater up to get the bucket and the foul. The shot jumped an 11-1 run over the last 2:23, which sent the Knicks into the second round to face the Celtics.

Brunson made 149 of 277 Floater attempts during the regular season. The 53.8 shooting percentage made it its most effective shot next to a driving layup. The only players who made more swimmers during the regular season were Trae Young (180 of 380), Jaren Jackson Jr. (176 of 342) and Dyson Daniels (142 of 290).

But Brunson's pet shot is missing against the Celtics. Immerse yourself in the numbers.

In retrospect for the most memorable playoff battles in Boston New York-5:55 p.m.

By Conor Roche, Boston.com Staffon

The two best cities for professional sports in North America will compete with each other again in the off -season.

The Celtics and Knicks will meet in the semi -finals of the Eastern Conference and for the first time in 41 years that two of the most famous franchise companies in the NBA will play in the playoffs beyond the first round. It is also the 16th time that the two teams will meet in the off -season.

Before the game 1 on Monday, let's take a look at some of the most memorable playoff battles between Boston and New York in the four big professional sports leagues over the years -from the Stanley Cup finals from 1972 to the Alcs 2004 to the Super Bowl XLVI (hey, we did not say that they were all good).

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