If the Celtics are to avoid the dreaded 0-3 series deficit from which no team has ever escaped, they'll need to play better in the secnd half.

The New York Knicks fought back from a 20-point third-quarter deficit for the second straight game against the Boston Celtics to open up a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Jayson Tatum and the Celtics have struggled to find daylight in the critical moments through two games vs. New York. Nobody could have predicted what would happen in the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals series between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks.