Studying how the Celtics tore the Knicks apart

Well, that sucked.

The Knicks got torn apart by the Celtics on Tuesday, 132-109. That’s already pretty bad, but it should’ve been worse. If not for the Celtics’ benchwarmers going ice cold at the end of the game, the C’s would’ve shattered the NBA 3PM record instead of just tying it at 29.

The Celtics’ offense lives and dies by the three-pointer. They led the NBA with 42.5 3PA last year. Now, chucking the ball doesn’t work if you can’t make them. They did in droves. 38.8% from 3 was second best in basketball. 47.1% of their field goal attempts last season were threes and tonight, they leaned even heavier on the outside shot.

A baffling 64.2% of the Celtics’ shot attempts last night were 3’s.…