Reject 4-1! The defending champion won 25 points, White broke out with 34 points! Brown 26+12+8

On May 15, in the second round of the NBA playoffs, the Celtics returned to their home court to face the Knicks. Before this game, the Knicks had already scored 3-1. In the first three games, the Celtics were reversed by the Knicks every time in the game lost. It was indeed a pity. Tatum also suffered a torn Achilles tendon in the last game and was reimbursed in advance, which was undoubtedly a heavy hammer for the Celtics. In this year's playoffs, the Celtics have many things that are not doing well enough. They made a lot of waves and three-pointers when leading, made mistakes in critical moments, and the core players' abilities are also regressing. The one with the worst decline is Porzingis. In the words of Posses, he has been affected by a strange disease since March. As long as he exerts force, fatigue will follow.

"It's just that I feel severe fatigue, especially inside my muscles. I have been working hard, hoping to get back to health, and sometimes I even sleep all day because I have no energy at all." This year's playoffs, Boss averaged 9 points per game. Of course, as the defending champion, the Celtics believe they have enough resilience. In the 23-year playoffs, they once scored 3-3 when they were 0-3 behind in the Eastern Conference Finals. It is not impossible for them to fall behind 1-3 in the second round of this year to complete the reversal. On the other side, the Knicks are also a team full of fighting spirit. Several starters have a lot of combat effectiveness. The star Brunson is another big heart. As the most important gentleman of the NBA year, Brunson's performance in the final quarter is often very amazing.

In this game, both sides were in the starting lineup, and the Celtics sent out the Posses, Brown, Horford, White, and Holiday. The Knicks sent out the Knicks, Anunobi, Hart, Towns, Bridges, and Brunson. At the beginning of the first quarter, Towns won the jump ball, and the Knicks took the lead. Bridges scored the ball in a hollow and hit the first goal of the game. White used the cover corner to protect the bottom corner to open the Celtics. Brown used the time difference to play, and made a jump shot with a fake shot. White scored another goal after adjusting the angle. Bridges was not willing to be outdone and fought back with a three-pointer. Brunson stepped to the low post, and the super high arc shot was in the heart of the net. Hart stood on the defense, and flicked and moved the layup to wipe the board. In the first quarter, both teams quickly entered the offensive state, with very high efficiency and the score was tight. White felt hot and scored another goal from the outside. Towns's frontal confidence hit the target with a three-pointer. At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks led the Celtics by 2 points 32-30. At the beginning of the second quarter, Towns made a hollow jump shot from the middle to help the Knicks win the first place. Horford made a single with his back and flipped over and shot into the center of the net. McBride scored 5 points in a row. Hart ate a cake in the penalty area, and shot steadily at the basket. White drove straight into the basket to create damage, and stood on the free throw line with both free throws. Brown used his athletic ability to throw himself into the air and flew into the basket and scored a goal. Horford was ambushed at the bottom corner, and he used his bow to shoot an arrow from the outside of the three-point line and shot a hundred steps through the bell. Brown made a hollow throw in the paint area.

The two teams continued to have a tug-of-war, and the scores were chasing each other and led alternately. After the first half, the two teams tied 59-59. The second half began, and the side changed again. Hart's 45-degree angle three-pointer directly blossomed, opening the prelude to the third quarter. Holiday rushed to the basket and fought a layup to form a 2+1. Connett had a little wrist and made a strong make-up shot. Brown strides to hit the inside and creates a killer, standing on the free throw line with both free throws. Soon, the situation on the field changed. The Celtics began to take the initiative in the third quarter. Without Tatum, White became the Celtics' number one scorer. He made a surprise shot and combined with the raids and darts. He shot in the outside line and shot in the penalty area repeatedly, scoring 13 points in a single quarter. At the same time, the Celtics team also blossomed more.

Prichard, Hauser and others scored three-pointers one after another, and the score difference was instantly widened. On the other hand, the Knicks also fell into cooldown on the offensive end, and only scored 17 points in a single quarter. After the third quarter, the Celtics led the Knicks by 15 points 91-76. In the final quarter, the Knicks did not give up and continued to stick to the main lineup on the court. However, the Celtics had already fully activated, and all the substitutes could score. Soon the gap between the two sides reached more than 20 points, and the outcome of the game lost the suspense. In the end, the Celtics refused to be eliminated, defeating the Knicks by 25 points 127-102, and the big score came to 2-3. In terms of data, on the Knicks, Josh Hart scored 24 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists; Jaylen Brunson scored 22 points and 6 assists; Carl Anthony Towns scored 19 points and 8 rebounds; Mikal Bridges scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists; OG Anunobi scored 6 points and 8 rebounds; Mitchell Robinson scored 8 points and 13 rebounds; Miles McBride scored 11 points and 3 assists. On the Celtics, Derek White scored 34 points, 3 rebounds and 3 blocks; Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists; Al Horford scored 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists; Ju Holiday scored 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists; Payton Pritchard scored 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists; Luke Connett scored 10 points, 9 rebounds and 7 blocks; Sam Hauser scored 6 points, 2 assists.