THE ONSLAUGHT BEGAN just 12 seconds into the season.
It was Oct. 22 in Boston -- ring night for the defending champion Celtics against the revamped rival New York Knicks -- and Jayson Tatum had just drilled a wide-open 3-pointer from the right wing on the game's first play.
Over the next 11:48 of game time, Boston hit nine more 3s:
Al Horford from the wing. Derrick White from the corner. Jaylen Brown from the wing. Tatum again, and again, and again.