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Just about the whole lot that might have gone fallacious for the Boston Celtics wound up going fallacious in a 109-94 defeat by the hands of the New York Knicks. Jaylen Brown missed the sport for private causes, although he’s anticipated to return on Wednesday. The Celtics shot a meager 9-of-42 from 3-point vary. Their defeat handed the 43-17 Milwaukee Bucks, homeowners of an NBA-best 14-game successful streak, management of the No. 1 seed within the Eastern Conference.
And apparently, all of that frustration boiled over for Celtics star Jayson Tatum. The MVP candidate picked up his first technical foul within the third quarter and was then ejected with roughly 4 minutes left within the fourth after being given his second. Tatum felt he had been fouled on a shot try, and after Josh Hart hit a 3-pointer on the opposite finish of the ground, the officers tossed him for his complaints.
The ejection was the primary of Tatum’s profession to return in a regular-season recreation, although in 2022, he was additionally thrown out of a preseason contest. Trailing by double digits on the time and with out Brown, Boston had little hope of reaching a comeback anyway, so it was comparatively low-stakes as ejections go.
Boston’s loss was New York’s achieve. The Knicks have received six video games in a row, making them undefeated since buying Hart on the deadline. They presently occupy the No. 5 seed within the Eastern Conference. With No. 6 Brooklyn reeling following their deadline rebuild, the Knicks ought to have the ability to keep away from the play-in spherical this postseason comfortably.
The Celtics will not have to attend lengthy for an opportunity at revenge towards New York. The Knicks will journey to Boston on Sunday for the yr’s closing matchup between these two groups. The playoff bracket because it presently stands makes it unlikely that they are going to meet within the postseason, however with Brown probably coming again on Sunday, Tatum and the Celtics can have an opportunity to reassert their dominance over the Knicks over the weekend.
