North Shore Garden was tragically reversed! Tatum s key battle invisibility ruined 20 points advantage

On May 8, the smoke of gunpowder in the Eastern Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs rose again, and the Celtics encountered black for three minutes at the North Shore Garden Arena. The Celtics, who had the advantage of home court, wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to equalize the overall score, but was reversed by the Knicks 90-91, and fell 0-2 in the series and fell into a desperate situation. The biggest focus of this game is the continued sluggishness of star Jason Tatum. The All-Star forward has been invisible many times in the moment of life and death, personally destroying the team's 20-point lead. The offensive and defensive battle between ice and fire

The first three quarters of the game have become the offensive and defensive textbook for the Celtics. The iron gate formed by Holiday and White made Brunson difficult, and the guardian of the penalty area Porzingis's frame has made the Knicks' generals frequently disappointed. When Brown completed an aerial dunk at the end of the third quarter and the score was frozen at 76-56, 20,000 fans at the scene were ready to celebrate the victory. However, the drama of competitive sports came at this moment - the New Yorkers used a suffocating defensive intensity in the final quarter, and Divinchenzo and Hart bit the Celtics' ball-holder like cheetahs, and played a 21-2 offensive frenzy in just 5 minutes. The 2nd moment of superstar's reputation was chasing to 78-77, Tatum finally got two free throws, and this 2 free throw worth a thousand gold free throws seemed to inject a booster into the team. Brunson then missed a key three-pointer, and the Celtics held the decisive goal of 24.2 seconds. At this time, the dramatic scene reappeared: after receiving the ball, Tatum was like an arrow from the string and penetrated into the heart of the heart to complete a dunk. The moment the score overtook, the North Bank Garden fell into a boil. But the balance of fate was completely tilted in the last 12.7 seconds, and Brunson calmly made a foul and made both free throws, leaving the home team with a last chance to kill.

The fatal choice at the moment of life and death

After the suspension, the whole world knew that the last attack of the Celtics would be handed over to Tatum. Faced with Bridges's close-fitting defense like death, the four-time All-Star could not get any shot space, and the ball was out of his hand while staggering. As the final whistle sounded, Tatum looked at the scoreboard blankly, forming a cruel contrast with the Knicks generals who were cheering on the bench.

This game exposed the Celtics' stubborn disease of being weak in attacking at a critical moment. Tatum's performance of only 13 points on 5 of 19 shots in the game was seriously inconsistent with his superstar status. In contrast, when Brunson was also feeling cold (10 of 26 shots), the Knicks completed an epic reversal with Hart's all-round performance of 16+14+6 and the team's iron-blooded defense. The two sides will move to Madison Square Garden on May 10 to fight again. Whether the Celtics' Jedi counterattack or the Knicks' pursuit will be taken advantage of. Let's wait and see.