After an impressive series against the Magic, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown played one of their worst games in recent memory, and the Celtics dropped Game 1 against the Knicks 108-105 in overtime.
Here are the takeaways.
The Celtics shot historically poorly
One of the concerns for the Celtics in this series is that if they start missing 3-pointers, they crack the door open for a Knicks team that otherwise faces a nightmarish set of matchups.
On Monday, the Celtics missed a historic number of 3-pointers – they finished 15-for-60 from behind the arc, setting the NBA record for most 3-point misses in a postseason game with 45, and the Knicks overcame a 20-point second-half deficit aided by a Celtics team seemingly determined to shoot themselves out of Game 1.