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NBA playoffs: Celtics overwhelm Knicks with a dominant 22-point victory to get back into the East semi-final

NBA playoffs: Celtics overwhelm Knicks with a dominant 22-point victory to get back into the East semi-final

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Something had to give.

After two very unlikely 20-point comeback victories for the New York Knicks in Boston last week, the Celtics had no choice but to make a stand on Saturday in game 3 of the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference.

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Once again Boston opened early and led up to 25 points in the first half. But this time the Celtics never subsided and thought for a 115-93 victory in a series that Knicks still lead 2-1.

The Celtics seemed to learn from their mistakes from the two previous games by concentrating and continuing to grind with a big lead. Of course, this was helped by a better shooting performance when Boston became 12 out of 19 to 3 and 20 for 40 for the game.

The Celtics continued to roll and stretched their lead over 30 points in the third quarter. But if we learned something in the NBA playoffs from 2025, it doesn't stop. But that was not the case on Saturday when five Celtics scored in two numbers, led by the sixth man of the year Payton Pritchhard, who had 23 points, including five 3 points. Jayson Tatum also scored 5 3s and ended with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

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It would be easy to say that shooting was the most important difference in game 3, but the Celtics also had eight blocks and six steals and showed a relentless energy and strength that was missing in the first two games in the series for Boston.

Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 27 points at 9-of-21 shooting, while Karl-Anthony Towns was not his best and scored 21 points on the 5 von 18 shooting and scored 15 rebounds. The cities were deleted by a 10 von 11 output from the free sausage line.

For the matters, the cities seemed to beat his already wrapped left ring fingers in the second quarter after being hit and fouled under pressure. The cities hit the and 1 free throw, but grabbed their fingers as he visibly mashed.

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The cities stayed in the game, but occasionally recognized the pain in his finger. It is unclear to what extent the injury is.

Game 4 is 7:30 p.m. ET Monday in New York.

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