NBA playoffs: Celtics miss file 45 threes as Knicks roar again from 20 factors down | NBA

Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby every scored 29 factors earlier than Mikal Bridges stole the ball from Jaylen Brown with a second left in additional time because the New York Knicks shocked the Boston Celtics 108-105 in Sport 1 of their Japanese Convention semi-finals sequence on Monday evening.

Karl Anthony-Cities added 14 factors and 13 rebounds for New York, who misplaced all 4 video games towards their longtime rival throughout the common season and trailed by 20 factors within the second half of Monday’s sport.

“We instructed one another simply maintain believing. Simply maintain combating and sticking collectively, and maintain chipping away. There wasn’t going to be a 20-point shot,” Brunson stated.

Jayson Tatum and Brown each had 23 factors for the defending champions, who had an NBA playoff-record 45 missed three-pointers to blow a sport they appeared to have in management. Derrick White added 19 factors and 11 rebounds.

“In these spots the place they’ve momentum, we will’t simply hearth up threes,” Brown stated. “I felt like we simply settled within the second half lots.”

Jrue Vacation returned to the beginning lineup after a hamstring pressure prompted him to overlook the ultimate three video games of Boston’s first-round sequence with Orlando. He completed with 16 factors in 39 minutes, however Kristaps Porzingis performed solely 13 minutes and didn’t return after half-time due to an sickness.

“Clearly it impacts the sport with [Porzingis’s] potential at each ends of the ground … Hopefully he’s prepared for Sport 2,” Celtics coach Joe Mazulla stated after the sport.

The Knicks struck first in OT, taking a 106-100 edge through a three-point play by Anunoby, adopted by three-pointer by Bridges. Brown related on a three-pointer from the wing with simply over a minute left – his solely make in 10 makes an attempt behind the arc – to chop the deficit to 108-105.

After a foul on Cities, Boston referred to as timeout with three seconds displaying on the clock, however Bridges ripped the inbounds cross away from Brown to protect the win. The Celtics completed 15 for 60 on three-pointers.