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Bridges is bad! Knicks 102-127 Celtics, Brunson 22+6, Towns 19+8+1

1:41am, 18 May 2025Basketball

Today in the fifth game of the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Knicks played against the Celtics away! Can they successfully advance to the Eastern Conference Final?

Currently, the Knicks lead the Celtics with a score of 3:1, and it can be said that the situation is very good for them. They have already won the match point, and as long as they win this game again, they will be able to successfully enter the Eastern Conference Final.

The main reason why the Knicks can lead the Celtics in big scores is that they play very tenaciously! Even though he was behind in a big score, the Knicks never gave up easily. It was with this spirit that they reversed the Celtics many times.

Another reason is that the Celtics' offense is very poor! They like to shoot three-pointers very much, but their three-point shooting percentage in these games is very low, which is not their normal level at all, which also allows the Pacers to seize the opportunity to defeat them.

The Pacers are very likely to win today's game. The main reason is that the Celtic boss Tatum has been reimbursed for the season, so the Pacers can eliminate the Celtics in one go.

In the first half, the two teams played hard to solve the problem in the first quarter! However, the Knicks are better at their skills and lead the Celtics by 2 points. In the second quarter, the two teams still played hard to solve! Finally, it was a draw.

The second half of the game, the situation changed suddenly in the third quarter! The Celtics were fully fired, while the Knicks were silent on the offense, trailing the Celtics by as much as 15 points. In the fourth quarter, the Celtics widened the score difference to more than 20 points, and the Knicks were unable to make it happen! In the end, the game was lost. On the Celtic side, White is fully fired! Scores a high of 34 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Brown scored two doubles! Scores the second 26 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists. Holiday scored 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

On the Knicks' side, Hart scored a highest 24 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Brunson scored only 22 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists. Towns scored only 19 points, 8 rebounds and 1 steal.

Robinson scored 8 points and 13 rebounds. Mike scored 11 points and 3 assists. Bridges only scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Anunobi scored only 6 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. They dragged their feet, and everyone said that's the reason?

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