The New York Knicks entered Saturday’s Game 3 matchup with the Boston Celtics up 2-0. Going home for Game 3 with a two-game lead is a tremendous luxury, but the Knicks didn’t play great through the first two games as much as the Celtics played poorly.

The Celtics’ offense is at its best when all five players are aggressively attacking the rim, spraying the ball out to open shooters and scrambling opposing defenses. It’s hard to do that when one player—Holiday in this case—removes himself from the action.

New York Knicks big man Mitchell Robinson doesn't mince any words to fans after receiving blowback for free-throw shooting woes.

However, there is at least one major reason for the Knicks' home-court struggles: ticket prices. Knicks ticket prices skyrocketed in price for Game 3 against the Boston Celtics ... and more engaged crowd influences shooting by the home team.

Tatum’s struggles are pretty surprising, especially after he dominated the Orlando Magic (who had the No. 2 ranked defense this season) for 31 points per game in the first round. Tatum took responsibility for his struggles at a press conference Thursday.

The defending NBA champions regained both their shooting stroke and their second-half poise in Game 3, routing the New York Knicks 115-93. Five Celtics ... team’s earlier struggles on poor ...

The Boston Celtics had a historically bad shooting night against the New York Knicks in Game 1 of their second-round series. Jayson Tatum and Derrick White missed 22 three-pointers combined in the opening game,

Tatum has a ruptured Achilles tendon and underwent surgery to repair it on Tuesday, the team announced. Jayson Tatum today underwent successful surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon. No timetable is currently available for his return,