The Celtics struggled mightily in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, falling 118-94 to the Cavaliers, who evened the series at 1-1.
Here are the takeaways.
1. As is so often the case when the Celtics lose – and especially when they lose spectacularly – we have to start with the 3-pointers.
The Celtics were 8-for-35 from behind the arc, which totals 22.9 percent. Before Oshae Brissett hit a garbage-time triple with less than a minute remaining, they were on the verge of recording their worst 3-point shooting performance of the season, and they were 1-for-17 from deep in the second half (Brissett’s three lifted them to a steaming 2-for-18).