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The 0-2 hole of the Celtics against Knicks is in the NBA playoffs without precedent

The 0-2 hole of the Celtics against Knicks is in the NBA playoffs without precedent

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The Boston Celtics set up all types of records in the semi -finals of the Eastern Conference. None of them are good.

Two days after they had blown the New York Knicks, the Celtics, a humiliation with 20 points, they blown a 20-point lead in a humiliating loss of the New York Knicks. It was an echo that opposed the faith until Jayson Tatum's last trip in Mikal Bridges culminated, just as game 1 ended.

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Now the Celtics are in a series in which they had a combined 40-point lead in two games. Let's just say that you are very lucky that your title is still there last year to keep the experts from really editing them.

How much did the Celtics fled this series? Enough that the Cleveland Cavalier's sympathy feel for them.

For the beginning, you are the first team in the play-by-play era of the NBA, who lose two games after having at least 20 points in a single off-season. Note how this status does not contain a “back-to-back” approach.

No NBA team blown two playoff leads like these Celtics, and they made it in successive games.

Of course, society loves misery. For months, a final of the Eastern Conference Celtics-Cavaliers Eastern Conference has been treated like something that resembles a eventuality. They were the clear two best teams in the east.

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And now they both sank 0-2 against smaller teams, with the Cavaliers currently leaving the Indiana Pacers. The NBA has never seen teams with their recording level in the second round and they are there together.

It is not even as if the Celtics tend to blow leads this season. During the regular season, they lost a game in the regular season on their way to a 61:21 season.

And in particular bridges deserve special recognition. He not only sealed both victories over the Celtics with steals, on Wednesday he also scored 14 of the Knicks 30 points in the fourth quarter after entering the frame with zero points.

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This is a playoff career -high for a single quarter.

From a wide perspective, however, the pain of the Celtics agrees with a wider topic of this post -season.

Boston's defeat was the fifth comeback win of at least 20 points in the NBA playoffs 2025, which is already a record, although we are not even in the second round.

These losses are:

Incredibly four of these five games show either the Pacers (in a good way) or the Celtics (badly).

It could have been six of these two if Aaron Gordon had been a little slower with a putback dark in game 3 against the Los Angeles Clippers.

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Despite some overwhelming favorites to at least reach the semi -finals of the conference, this year's playoffs have already achieved a historical number of comebacks and a few game 7. You can only ask yourself what else it has in stock.

The Celtics have a few pieces that they would like to trace back against the Knicks. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

(Associated Press)

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