The defending champion suffered a 20-point comeback! Mad shot 60 three-pointers! Witness the history of the NBA

The first and second teams in the Eastern Conference both failed in the first game of the division semi-finals.

The playoffs have reached this stage and cannot be simply defined as an upset. Whether the Cavaliers or the Celtics lose, it is related to one word: three-pointer. Cleveland made a comeback yesterday. His own outside line was 9 of 38 shots, with a shooting percentage of only 23.7%. Main players such as Mitchell and Struce made a total of 2 of 16 shots from the outside line. The visiting Pacers made 19 of 36 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of 52.8%, of which Nembhard and Nesmith made a total of 9 three-pointers. The Pacers suppressed their opponents through quick conversion and precise three-pointers. Coach Carlisle used a defense swap strategy to limit the Cavaliers' offense, especially when Garland missed the game, the Cavaliers held the ball and took the single point. The Pacers team is very extreme. Once the offense is opened, there is no opponent that cannot be played. This season's regular season 3 wins and 1 loss to the Cavaliers, becoming the only team in the league to win the first place in the East. Since December 2024, the Pacers have maintained an overwhelming record of 6 wins and 1 losses against the Cavaliers. So, if the Pacers win this series, don't be surprised, especially in the absence of Garland, the pressure of the Cavaliers is pressing on the Mi Ball...

Speaking of "extreme", how can we avoid the Celtics? Facing his old opponent Knicks today, the defending champion once widened the score difference to more than 20 points in the second half, and then it started to wave. The Knicks made three-pointers in succession and approached the score. In the last quarter, Brunson continued to fire from the outside and led the team to overtake. At the last moment, the two teams tied at 100. As Brunson missed the throw, the game entered overtime. In overtime, the Knicks broke through the foreign shot and opened the gap, and finally defeated the Celtics 108-105, leading 1-0 in the series. As White said: "What we did in the regular season doesn't make much sense now. It's the playoffs now, and this is a huge challenge." The Knicks faced the top three Cavaliers in the league, the Celtics and the Thunder in the regular season. Can't fight a tough battle? No! The Big Apple City broke the curse of "the team was swept in the regular season and was difficult to win in the playoffs" in this game, becoming the sixth team in NBA history to be swept by their opponents in the regular season but won away games in the first game of the playoffs. Let's punch the defending champion first.

Where did the Celtics lose? Three-pointer. Derek White made 5 of 16 shots, Tatum made 4 of 15 shots, Holiday made 2 of 7 shots, Jaylen Brown made 1 of 10 shots, Horford made 1 of 5 shots, Prichard made 2 of 5 shots, and Hauser made 0 of 2 shots...

knocked the home basket incorrectly. They shot 60 three-pointers in the game and only scored 15.

60 three-pointers and 45 three-pointers were all set the NBA League's playoff record!

Brown and Tatum became blacksmiths.

The two made 14 of 43 shots, 5 of 25 three-pointers...

Although they lost and suffered a 20-point comeback, it is difficult for you to make severe criticism of the Celtics' gameplay.

"The Magic Ball Team is not far?", "If the three-point team doesn't feel good, will it be done?"

They won the championship last season...

You can't question the learning method of academic masters just because they didn't do well in one exam.

This is how the Celtics play.

Average 48.2 shots per game in the regular season and hit 17.8 goals, which are the top in the league.

The average number of shots exceeded the Rockets' 45.4 in the 2018-19 season, NBA history.

In the regular season, four of them made 9+ three-pointers in a single game, namely Jason Tatum, Derek White, Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser, becoming the first team in NBA history to have 4 players hit 9+ three-pointers in a single game respectively in a single season.

Celtics became the craziest three-point team in NBA history.

Three points can kill people or yourself.

From the Celtics' thinking, what they consider is: we have no middle distance, no three-dimensionality in the offense, and it is too easy to be defended.

As the defending champions, what they thought was: if we have diarrhea in three-pointers, we will only lose 3 points.

Next game, continue.

For the winning New York Knicks.

It is not easy for them to pass the Pistons in the first round.

First, the referee did help, and second, the Pistons were too tender. CC's team often won all night and lost at dawn.

But from the perspective of the Knicks, their past operations, from trading bridges to getting Towns... weren't they just to defeat the Celtics?

This is the way they want to go.

made a good start today.

Anunobi scored 29 points, defeating the double-team. Bridges ended the game with a key defense... This is the result of the Knicks' forward strengthening.

Mr. Tang was trapped and fouled, but also contributed a double-double of 14+13, contributing an important tip-in.

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Tibodeau would not change his way, but the main player still had a full playing time, and the bridge worked for 51 minutes.

Finally, let's talk about Brunson.

In the words of Thibodeau, Big Head is a comprehensive player, an excellent leader, strong resilience, dual mental and physical resilience, agile thinking ability, leadership ability, and communication ability with people.

Last year's playoffs, he was a well-deserved god of war and in terms of performance. He was the best point guard in the league.

averaged 32.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, leading the Knicks to the Eastern Conference semi-finals, and eventually lost to injury... Although Brother Di rarely talked about him, he definitely admired his way of playing. A player over 1.8 meters tall can kill you in front of the two Celtics' backcourt locks. I really admire it. Big Head is the real fighter. Take today's game for example: when he scores 11 points in a row, you will feel very happy, but when he makes continuous mistakes and misses, he will easily cause you to have a "cerebral hemorrhage"... But, he is the real leader. When Brunson arrived at the critical moment, his eyes gave us the feeling: "I enjoy this kind of game pressure." "Even if the team dies, it will die at my hands!" This is what the team brother should do.