The Celtics made the wrong kind of NBA history in loss to the Knicks
The Celtics made the wrong kind of NBA history in loss to the Knicks
The Boston Celtics are the most prolific 3-point shooting team we've ever seen. It's hard to argue against that if you look at the numbers.
The Celtics have taken the most 3-pointers per game this season in NBA history (48.2). They've also made the most 3-pointers per game (17.8) while shooting nearly 37 percent from deep. No other team in the league's history has shot the ball this much, this well.
So you can easily understand why it's not necessarily shocking that the Celtics took 60 3-pointers in Game 1 against the Knicks. What is shocking, however, is that they didn't opt to try something else, considering how things were going.
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Boston took 60 3-pointers, which is an NBA record for 3-pointers taken in a playoff game. They also missed 45 of them, which is also a record, according to Yahoo! Sports.
The Celtics missed an NBA playoff-record 45 threes 😬 pic.twitter.com/0ooJcIRiJM
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) May 6, 2025
There have been 23 instances where a team attempted at least 50 3s in a playoff game
The Boston Celtics attempted an NBA record SIXTY 3s
And they just set the record for worst percentage (25%) out of those 23 instances, blowing a 20-point lead and losing Game 1 at home
— Law Murray 🤔 (@LawMurrayTheNU) May 6, 2025
Certainly not the start to the series that the Celtics wanted to see. But the bright side is it (probably?) can't get any worse. You wouldn't expect the Celtics to take and miss this many 3-pointers again — especially with how prolific their shooters have been this season.
We'll see how things go the rest of the way.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: The Celtics made the wrong kind of NBA history in loss to the Knicks
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