BOSTON – Just two nights after their 28-point collapse against the Brooklyn Nets, the Boston Celtics dropped an excruciating game to the New York Knicks in double-overtime. To make matters worse, on the first night of a back-to-back with a road game against the Cleveland Cavaliers staring them in the face on Monday night, four Celtics logged 40+ minutes in the loss.
“In a game like this, two great teams playing against each other, they made a couple more plays than we did,” head coach Joe Mazzulla said.