He was reversed by 20 points! Where did the Celtics lose in G2?

G2 in the second round, the Knicks defeated the Celtics 91-90 away.

Previously, in G1, the Knicks finished a comeback while falling behind by 20 points. In that game, the Celtics made 15 of 60 three-pointers from the outside, and 45-pointers in a single game directly set a record. After

G1, many people's opinion is that the Celtics made 15 of 60 three-pointers, but they only lost 105-108 overtime, and they will definitely win the next home game. At least, the 20-point reversal cannot be repeated again.

I didn't expect that the G2 Celtics not only lost again, but also had a 20-point reversal drama.

The Celtics almost led the entire game, leading by 20 points 73-53 before the end of the three quarters, and led by 16 points 84-68 in 3 minutes until the start of the fourth quarter. As a result, in less than 9 minutes, the Knicks beat the Celtics 23-6 and completed the reversal. What is the roughly concept of

? This is the first time in playoff history that there were two consecutive games, with the same team trailing 20 points but eventually completing a reversal, and the Knicks nailed the Celtics firmly on the pillar of shame.

Let's talk about the Celtics first, and they will make three points in success and lose three points in failure.

In this game, the Celtics missed the accuracy again, and the team made 10 of 40 three-pointers, including 2 of 11 in the fourth quarter. Except for Pritchard's 2 of 4, Brown, Tatum, Horford and White made a total of 7 shots, but failed to score a single goal.

However, the Celtics really didn't just lose in three-pointers, but only looked at the stage of being reversed in the fourth quarter. Towns defended Horford's layup, Anunobi defended Tatum's mid-range shot, and Brunson resisted Brown's strong attack.

Several Celtics' starters performed poorly in this game:

- Tatum, 5 of 19 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers, and 13 points, and Brown, 8 of 23 shots, 2 of 7 three-pointers, and 20 points, and White, 6 of 17 shots, 3 of 11 three-pointers, and 20 points, and Horford, 2 of 11 shots, 0 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 4 points, and the only normal touch was Holiday, who made 4 of 6 shots, and scored 10 points, but Holiday played 12 minutes in the fourth quarter, without a single shot, and did not score a single point.

Here we can't help but talk about Tatum alone. Tatum has done a good job in defense and rebounding protection. He has done all the dirty and tiring work, but he is too lost on the offensive end. G1 scored 23 points in 23 shots in the game, and G2 scored 13 points in 19 shots in the game.

In the fourth quarter of the two games, Tatum scored 0 of 7 and only 2 points, and 1 of 5 shots, respectively. As for G2, although there were short highlights of fouls and two free throws and one-stop dunk in the backcourt overtaking, Tatum finally found a chance in singles, and was blocked by Bridges head-on and missed the chance to kill.

We will not doubt Tatum's strength as the best team player, but as a high-profile Mesozoic superstar, Tatum's hard-solving ability is still a little worse. At critical moments, he can always see his lack of operational control and dynamic talent, and this is no longer a game or two or a playoff.

Let's talk about the Knicks, who led 2-0 away.

is different from G1's 17 of 37 three-pointers, and the Knicks' three-pointers were only 9 of 31, which is also inaccurate.

Or in other words, the Knicks' main players were not good enough. Brunson scored 17 points with 6 of 19 shots, Anunobi scored 5 points with 2 of 9 shots, and Bridges scored 14 points with 6 of 18 shots. If it weren't for Towns' 21 points and Hart's 23 points, the Knicks would have been 30 points behind.

However, the difference between the Knicks and the Celtics is that several cores can stand up at critical moments.

Bridges scored 0 points in the first three quarters, 14 points in the fourth quarter, and cut Tatum's pass at the last moment.

Brunson was the most exaggerated, with 8 points in 13 shots in the first three quarters, 3 of 6 shots in the fourth quarter, scoring 9 points. He scored 6 points in a row at the last moment, including two free throws, helping the Knicks complete the reversal.

's hard-solving ability and performance at critical moments, Brunson in the past two games can be said to have a sharp contrast with Tatum on the opposite side, and at the same time proves why he is the key player of the year.

At this point, G2 still has to praise Thibodeau in this game. If Thibodeau had not been the main player in the regular season, training the main player's physical fitness, and training Brunson's hard solution at critical moments, the Knicks would not have been in the playoffs -

OK, no matter how you joke, Thibodeau's way of using people has not changed, but there are still some differences in this round.

Mitchell Robertson was substituted for 22 minutes, then scored 6 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals. He defended Tatum's strong attack at the last moment, and the plus-minus value on the field reached +19.

Looking forward, Mitchell Robinson also played for 21 minutes, made 3 of 10 free throws, and only scored 3 points and 7 rebounds, but his plus-negative value was +13, the highest in the team.

Milo averaged only 16.5 minutes of playing time in the first round, and in both games of this series, he performed very well. When he was on the court, the Knicks' defensive efficiency reached an astonishing 80.2. Among them, the Celtics only scored 11 points in the 15 minutes of playing with Towns, which was quite explosive.

Thibodeau's employment has always been controversial. Some believe that he relies too much on the main players, causing injury to the main players, while others think that he plays the regular season in the playoffs, and usually rotates eight people, so he can adapt seamlessly to the playoffs.

The angles are different and the evaluation is different, but in this round of game, improving Miro's playing time obviously has an effect - maybe Miro can't even make free throws, but his defense and rebounds on the court are obviously different. I only won two games with 4 points, and the plus or negative value reached +31, which can definitely prove a lot. In this round of series, the balance of victory must be on the Knicks, but I personally think that the Celtics are not without the possibility of a comeback. After all, their three-point shots in the first two games were too poor. In total, they only lost 4 points with 25 of 100 three-pointers.

But, it's still ugly to say that it's ahead. If the remaining series doesn't win four games, then this Celtic team is likely to be disbanded.

Or we should say that even if we win this year, the Celtics will keep the lineup very much, because next season they will have five people who will have a salary of more than 28 million, of which Tatum and Brown will both have 107 million in total - if it is the last dance, the Celtics should not be eliminated in this way.