Celtics go ice cold, get blown out by Cavaliers in Game 2: 8 takeaways

The Boston Celtics host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the second round of the NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff).The Celtics struggled mightily in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, falling 118-94 to the Cavaliers, who evened the series at 1-1.

Here are the takeaways.

1. As is so often the case when the Celtics lose – and especially when they lose spectacularly – we have to start with the 3-pointers.

The Celtics were 8-for-35 from behind the arc, which totals 22.9 percent. Before Oshae Brissett hit a garbage-time triple with less than a minute remaining, they were on the verge of recording their worst 3-point shooting performance of the season, and they…