The Knicks challenge the Greens
The first place in the league has been locked in by Celtic. In terms of record and data, this team is indeed the strongest existence in the world, and it can be described as a peerless in the East, even if you look at the whole league, the record is also broken, but if you want to ask, who is the best team in the league, I believe there are not many fans who choose the Celtics. The reason is simple, this team has not reached the heights we imagined, and the combination of the Big Four seems to be inexplicable, but in fact there are many shortcomings.
Not to mention the West, there are many opponents in the East that can make the Celtics feel uncomfortable, the Bucks led by Antetokounmpo and Lillard, the Philadelphia 76ers with Embiid's return, the Miami Heat, the Eastern Conference champion last season, and the Atlanta Hawks in the play-off area, and of course, the Celtics' opponent in this game, the New York Knicks.
The first in the league conceded defeat in advance
This season, the Knicks are third in the East, and although Randle has announced a season reimbursement, it hasn't affected the team's tempo. When Hart arrived in the starting line-up, he became Thibodeau's most trusted player. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Knicks were dominated by the anti-guest, Brunson scored 6 points and 3 assists, DiVincenzo had 7 points and 1 assist, Hart had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and the team scored 32 points in a single quarter, while the Celtics at home only had 29 points, including Brown 9 points, 1 assist and 1 block, and Tatum 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
After returning from the game in the second quarter, the Knicks' offense continued, Brunson scored 12 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Anunoby hit 2 three-pointers, Hart scored 5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and the team scored another 37 points in a single quarter. The Celtics had a cold hand, Tatum had six points and two assists, and the team only scored 19 points, and at halftime, the Knicks led the Celtics by 21 points at 69-48. In the second half, Brunson completely broke out, scoring 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting, leading the team to another 31 points in a single quarter. The two Tanhua combined for only 11 points, Boshen had 7 points and 1 rebound, and the Celtics team only scored 23 points, and the difference between the two teams came to 29 points.
With such a huge point difference, the Celtics did not dwell too much, the main lineup did not appear again, and Thibodeau continued to let DiVincenzo stay on the court, although DiVincenzo hit 2 more three-pointers, but the Celtics continued to narrow the difference, Hauser and Pritchard teamed up to score 22 points, unfortunately, the difference was too big. In the end, the Knicks managed to beat the Celtics 118-109.
Brunson is unstoppable
The Celtics, who are the first in the league, conceded defeat in advance in the third quarter, once again making people realize that this team is not invincible. The Knicks showed the strength of the dark horse in the East, whether you are 15 of 23 shots, 6 of 11 three-point shots, and only played 30 minutes, you got 39 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, if it wasn't for the Celtics losing resistance too early, this would probably be another 50+ night. DiVincenzo still played 41 minutes, with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Hart 16 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists, Harden 1 point, 13 rebounds and 6 assists, Anunoby 12 points and 5 rebounds, and Bogda 14 points and 3 rebounds.
The Celtics' Big Four combination is somewhat miserable. Tatum only had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists on 5-of-13 shooting, Brown had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 6-of-15 shooting, Porzingis only 14 points and 8 rebounds, Holiday had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist on 3-of-7 shooting, and White only had 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 1-of-5 shooting. Hauser on the bench had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-8 shooting, and Pritchard had 16 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists on 7-of-13 shooting, which was one of the few bright spots on the team.