Near the midpoint of the third quarter last night, his team down six, Mikal Bridges was guarding Jaylen Brown when the Celtic turned the ball over. Josh Hart fired it ahead to Jalen Brunson at midcourt, with Jayson Tatum to his left, Derrick White closing on his right and the high-flying Brown a few feet back, in perfect chasedown-block position. Using the defenders’ aggression against them, the brilliant Brunson pushed his dribble about halfway down the lane, drawing and ultimately collapsing the coverage, turning to find Bridges wide-open trailing the break. The ironman drilled an open trey to make it a three-point game.
Celtics 131, Knicks 104: “Hey, Delon’s first minutes!”
