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The Celtics finally won! The Eastern Conference has obvious home disadvantages and suffered a 6-game losing streak!

1:45pm, 15 May 2025Basketball

NBA playoffs continue today, and the Boston Celtics are away against the New York Knicks, which is a game that must be won. The Celtics are also outrageous. They clearly have strong strength and a good rotation lineup, but were reversed by the Knicks in the first two games of this year's Eastern Conference semi-finals. Both games were played at home in Boston, and the Celtics also took a lead of about 20 points, but they were reversed by the Knicks in the final quarter.

What's worse is that the Knicks' main striker Bridges completed key steals in two consecutive games and defeated the Celtics with defensive decisiveness, which was a big blow to the morale of the Celtics.

Therefore, with a big score behind 0-2, the Celtics must win this game, otherwise they will be behind 0-3. From the beginning of the game, the Celtics attacked with all their might, with a sharp three-point shooting, which directly defeated the Knicks' defense.

Tatum did not dare to relax at all today, scoring 22 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Jaylen Brown also scored 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and the best sixth man Prichard even scored 23 points and 4 rebounds, and scored 5 three-pointers.

The Celtics are still afraid of the Knicks' reversal. Even if they lead by 20 points, they dare not withdraw their main players until about 2 minutes left. The Celtics began to replace the main players without taking the lead by 26 points. In the end, they defeated the Knicks 115-93, and the total score was 1-2 behind.

It is worth mentioning that in this year's Eastern Conference semi-finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers also lost two consecutive games at home, and then defeated the Indiana Pacers away. So far, all the 6 games that have been held in the Eastern Conference semi-finals have won the away team, and the home team has suffered 6 consecutive losses. It seems that the home disadvantage is still too obvious.

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