of boston celtics received his 2024 championship ring on Tuesday night, showing why he is the favorite to win back-to-back titles this season.
the celtics exploded new york knicks132-109 in the opening game. The Knicks have spent the offseason building a team to beat Boston, but the champions showed there's still a big gap between them and the other teams in the East.
The match ended in a rout almost immediately. Boston held a 21-point lead during the first quarter and continued to hit the Knicks with 3-pointers at an historic rate all night.
When Al Horford hit a 3-pointer with just under nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Celtics He tied an NBA record with 29 threes that night.. The fans at Boston's TD Garden were ready to erupt for the 30th shot, but then something funny happened. The Celtics missed 13 straight threes to end the game.
When Boston ran out the clock late in the fourth quarter, Celtics fans booed loudly and violently. Just imagine. Even if they hold up banners and dominate their rivals in the opening game, boos rain down on them in the arena.
Celtics backup Sam Hauser may be the best pure shooter on the team. He contributed two of his 29 threes. After a series of mistakes ended the game, Hauser laughed at the fans' reaction.
“I got booed in the ring at 30,” Hauser said. “How about that?”
Celtics fans too They spent the entire night chanting, “Yankees suck.” But that was expected.
The Celtics made over 64 percent of their three-point field goal attempts. They'll probably be hitting over 30 threes a game at some point this summer. Head coach Joe Mazzula is a lunatic, but he's probably considered one of the best head coaches in the league right now.
The Knicks need time, but that may not be a surprise. Boston set a high bar for them to try to achieve.
