CELTICS POSTCAST- Celtics Lead Wire-to-Wire in Convincing Game 3 Win vs. Knicks

The Boston Celtics picked up their 1st win of the Eastern Conference Semi-Final series with a (115-93) win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden Saturday afternoon. The Celtics still trail the Semi-Final series, 2 games to 1 with the road team winning each of the 1st 3 games. The Celtics led wire-to-wire and led by 31 several times during the 3rd Quarter. The Knicks never got the deficit below 20 points in the 2nd Half.

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Scoring Leaders: The Celtics had 5 players reach double-figures in their Game 3 victory. Payton Pritchard hit 5 3's and scored 23 off the Bench. Jayson Tatum hit 5 3's and scored 22. Jaylen Brown scored 19. Derrick White added 17. Tatum also had 9 Rebounds & 6 Assists. Al Horford hit 3 3's and had 15 Points & 8 Rebounds.

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1st-Half Nuggets: The Celtics led by 16 after the 1st Quarter, by 25 at the Half and never trailed at any point in the 1st 2 Quarters. The Celtics were 12-for-19 on 3's in the 1st Half. Jaylen Brown led the way with 17. Jaylen Brown scored 17 in the 1st Half. Jayson Tatum hit 4 3's in the 1st Half and scored 14. Payton Pritchard hit 3 3's and scored 13 off the Bench in the 1st Half.

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Up Next: The Eastern Conference Semi-Final series continues in New York for Game 4 Monday night at Madison Square Garden. Game 5 will be back in Boston on Wednesday. With the 2-2-1-1-1 format, the Knicks would host Game 6 in New York on Friday, May 16. If there is a Game 7 it would be in Boston on Monady, May 19.

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