On April 12, Beijing time, the Celtics played at home against the Knicks, and the Celtics lost to the Knicks 109-118 at the end of the game. There is still a lot of suspense in the NBA, after all, only the Celtics have determined the first ranking in the East in the NBA, and the Clippers and Mavericks have only confirmed that they will face off in the first round of the playoffs, so there will still be huge changes in the next NBA, but the Celtics have no impact on the victory or defeat here, so what the Celtics need to do at this time is to ensure the health of the players, but the Knicks have not confirmed their third position in the East, so the Knicks will definitely go all out at this time。
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams played fiercely and the score rose alternately, but Porzingis made a layup and hit the iron, and then Tatum also dunked away, and then Hart assisted Anunoby to score a layup, and the Knicks led the Celtics by 2 points. After the pause, the Knicks strengthened their defense and played a counterattack to open up some scores, but at the critical moment, Hauser and Horford hit three consecutive three-pointers to stop the Knicks, and after the timeout, Hart played hard to help the Knicks keep the lead, Tatum responded, and the Celtics trailed by 3 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, the Knicks took a slight lead under the leadership of Brunson, and then the Celtics offense took the lead in declining, Anunoby hit a three-pointer on the Knicks' side, and Bojan scored a rebound on the pole, and the Knicks also led to 7 points. In the next game, the Celtics hit a three-point game frequently, and Brunson's explosion directly helped the Knicks open the score, and the Knicks led by 21 points at halftime.
In the third quarter, Porzingis took the lead in hitting three points, but in the next game, Brunson began to hit three points in a row, coupled with Anunoby's play, the Knicks slowly led to 23 points, fortunately, the Celtics had Porzingis to respond, otherwise the Knicks would have a greater lead, and Tatum and Brown scored inside in the next game, but in the face of the Celtics' strict defense, Brunson still played an excellent performance, plus DiVincenzo, Hart's play, the Knicks had led by 29 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Celtics directly replaced the bench players, so the game was directly reduced to garbage time, and in the end, the Celtics defeated the Knicks.
The Celtics lost this game or something that should not be, although the current Celtics no longer have the pursuit of record, but the Celtics lineup in this game is relatively complete, and the Celtics did not play aggressively in this game, but the Celtics suddenly lost power to three points and it was uncomfortable, and at the same time, when the Celtics were in a three-point slump, there was no other way to score, and finally the Celtics suffered a heavy defeat. At the end of the game, Tatum got 18 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists in 5 of 13, including 1 of 7 outside three-pointers, and Brown got 15 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, including 1 of 5 outside three-pointers.
On the other hand, Brunson is also unstoppable in this game, after all, the Celtics are trying to defend Brunson in the game, and even in the game, you can see that Brown first defended Brunson, and when Brunson attacked the frontcourt, Tatum also came to defend Brunson, but in this case, Brunson was still able to score, which was also the key to the Knicks being able to pull away the score, and Brunson got 39 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists at the end of the game. And the Lakers veteran Hart played a full aggressive game in this game, not to mention actively fighting for rebounds under the basket, Hart also has a good shooting percentage on the inside, and Hart got 16 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists at the end of the game.