Knicks once again scored a goal from a 20-point disadvantage, leading the Celtics 2-0

Boston-Micard Bridges scored all 14 points in the fourth quarter before taking the second straight steal. On Wednesday night, the New York Knicks once again overcome the 20-point gap and defeated the Boston Celtics 91-90 to lead 2-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Jaylen Brunson scored 17 points for New York and made two free throws with 12.7 seconds left to lead 91-90. Jason Tatum then failed to get into the basket, and Bridges stepped forward and took the racquet away and pulled the ball back.

Josh Hart scored 23 points, Carl Anthony Towns scored 21 points and 17 rebounds, and the Knicks will play Game 3 at home on Saturday.

"They finished every game," said Celtics head coach Mazula.

"At the end of the third and fourth quarters, I think we played some good performances, and then I think we had some field mistakes and they took advantage of that." They made the necessary effort to win. We were ready, but we didn't succeed. ”

Jaylen Brown and Derek White scored 20 points for the Celtics, who made 15 of 60 shots and 10 of 3-40 shots in Game 1.

Tatum was limited to 13 points for the Celtics 5 of 19 shots, and the Celtics played over 8 minutes in the fourth quarter without a goal. When Bridges grabbed the ball from Brown with one second left in stoppage time, the Knicks scored the first goal.

Christaps Porzingis did not start after being out of the second half of the first game due to illness . He came out for the fifth time in his NBA career, scoring 8 points and 4 rebounds in 14 minutes.

The Celtics missed 45 3-pointers in the first game loss, which set an NBA record, and everyone was watching their offense. They made 24 of 54 shots in the 2-point range on Wednesday.

Despite their hard shots, the Celtics found some momentum at the end of the third quarter, using a 16-6 score – the key is their defensive effort – to turn a 10-point lead into a 73-53 advantage.

Peaton Pritchard scored 3 points with 84-68, but the Celtics didn't make another shot until Tatum dunked with 18.5 seconds left. Before Towns' three-point offensive dropped the score to 86-85, New York dropped the score to 86-82 on a game-breaking trip. Tatum missed the jump shot and Brunson made an 18-foot long shot to give New York the lead.

Brown's jump shot dropped out of the rim in Boston's next game. Brunson then found a pass The lane to the basket was scored, pulling the score to 89-86.

Tatum hits two consecutive free throws, and then with 24.2 seconds left in the game, a conceding from New York team knocks the ball out of bounds.

trails 89-88, Tatum pushes the ball to the frontcourt, easily breaking through Mitchell Robinson's dunk, bringing the Celtics back to the lead.

Bridges completed a key steal, Brunson was fouled, and both free throws were scored, and the free throws were won.