Last night among the posters there was a tantalizing Knicks – Celtics at Madison Square Garden and the least we can say is that he kept his promises with a crazy end of regulation time and no less than two extensions! It is ultimately the locals who are doing 138-134
“What is good is that in the end we won the match. ” Tom Thibodeau
Yet this match seemed to be folded whenEvan Founier had a layup 9 seconds from time.
Most Jaylen Brown, author of 46 points, planted a big 3-point shot and after two free throws of Julius Randle, and only 4.9 seconds to play, with no downtime, the Celtics managed to score when everything had started badly since Jayson Tatum has slipped
“We had an action where we wanted Jayson to come up the field. ” Ime Udoka
“I tried to turn around and slipped,” Jayson Tatum said. “Then I saw Evan coming in for the two-man take, so I sent the ball to Dennis, who found Smart totally open. He put it on and gave us a chance. “
The next 10 minutes were not always brilliant, with two opponents visibly tired, not yet ready to do battle over 58 minutes at this time of year. Finally the Knicks had the last word after a big failure from Jayson Tatum, who had a bad night with a 7/30 including a hallucinating 2/15 behind the arc.
“Sometimes you have to laugh at yourself,” says Jayson Tatum. “I guess it happens at least once in a season. Hope this will be the last time. You must forget. We still have 81 games. “
During these two extra times, there is one player who particularly shone, it is Evan Fournier, author of 12 of his 32 points. He had already conquered the MSG, and it was to the angels.
“It was amazing. Even during the preseason I asked my teammates, I told them the energy in the room was crazy for the preseason and they said ‘No, that’s normal in New York’ . I can feed off the energy in this room. I like. […] It was crazy, the atmosphere, the fans… It was fun to go into double overtime, but I would have preferred that the match be taken in the first 48 minutes. A dogfight. Both teams were tired, which is where the pre-season physical preparation work pays off. »Evan Fournier
Kemba Walker, who was playing his first game in the Knicks jersey at home, who is from the Bronx, and was facing his former team, was a bit taken by his emotions.
“I had so many things in mind, concedes Kemba Walker. “I’m a real kid from the Bronx, born and raised in this city. Putting on that jersey for the first time, for the regular season, and being announced… it was really an amazing feeling. “
He finished with 10 points at 3/8 including 3/4 at 3-pts, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 lost balls, including 2 in the last 30 seconds of regulation time which allowed Boston to hang on.
“I was disappointed,” Kemba Walker said of his late game. “I was a little disappointed with myself. I had a mental absence. It happens. I have done a lot of crazy and not very smart things in my career. There it was. But it does happen, we have to find a way to stay united. We have to find a way to win and that is what we did. “
Via ESPN
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