Because Friday in Detroit was so ugly and so grotesque, it did feel like for a lot of Nick fans,

yesterday's game in Boston had a level of importance that's maybe a little bit higher than your normal February game.

And to their credit, they responded.

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Yes, Evan, while we were preparing all the Super Bowl snacks, the Knicks were embarrassing the Celtics for one of two Boston embarrassments on the day.

1189 yesterday afternoon.

Jalen Brunson with 30 points and 8 assists, while Josh Hart added 19 points.

Boston was incredibly 7 for 41 from three.

It was a terrible shooting day and their five-game win streak was snapped.

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Yeah, I mean, it's pretty easy to define what happened in this game.

You know, seven for 41 kind of reminds you of what happened in the postseason. And even shooting from two was a failure as well. They were 37% from the field. They were 70% from three. They had an awful, awful shooting day. And some of that is bad shooting. Some of that is good defense by the New York Knicks. So it's easy to say, hey, look, the Knit's just had a better game. It happens. I'm about to play for you something that is not satire.

This is real.

This is from Boston.

This is postgame Celtics analysis over what happened with their loss to the New York Knicks.

And I heard from these Boston Celtic fans slash reporters, whatever they're called, two excuses for why the Celtics lost this game.

And I got to tell you, one is better than the other.

So ladies and gentlemen, excuse, number one, this start time.

This team has not played a game all season before 3.30 in whatever time zone they were in. Today, this tip off was at 1230.

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