The Celtics made 20 of their 40 3-pointers to sink the Knicks in Game 3, coming away with a 115-93 victory to get their first win of the series. The post Jayson Tatum, Celtics avoid disaster with Game 3 blowout vs.

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics secured a lopsided 115-93 win over the New York Knicks in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series on Saturday. Boston cruised to the victory, opening the game on a 17-8 run and taking a 16-point lead at the end of the first quarter.

Before this Celtics vs. Knicks series began, I wrote that New York "arguably" has the best player in this series. With how things have gone, New York taking a 2-0 lead in the most improbable of ways,