When the Knicks lost on Tuesday to the Boston Celtics, it wasn’t because of bad offense. Although things looked stagnant at times, they had a team offensive rating of 119.8, which is pretty solid.
They got the snot beat out of them because they had a defensive rating of 145.
The starting lineup was dynamic offensively, posting a 130.0 offensive rating in 14 minutes.
They had a staggering 170.0 defensive rating.
The Knicks got bombed all night. 39 minutes into the game, the Celtics got 29-for-48 from deep. An impossible percentage.