Also, the Knicks started making shots which prevented the Celtics from getting easy transition 3s
At their core, Boston is still the same team that got down 0-3 to an 8th seed, nearly choked to PHI, and fumbled a 2-1 lead to GSW. Their additional pieces (Jru, KP) gave them a larger margin for error last year but those mental lapses/inherent flaws are still there. Tatum and Brown still liable to be streaky, struggle offensive players. Boston could win the next 2 games in routes or find themselves down a 1-2 hole, and neither would surprise me.