OBF: Don’t expect the Celtics to move away from 3-point land despite loss

Hos long will the Celtics keep jacking up -pointers The answer to this Google search As long as it takes Perhaps new owner Bill Chisholm may offer Celtics fans a pardon once he realizes that you CAN shoot two-pointers and drive to the basket in the NBA And then adjusts the roster accordingly Anyone still up for a Giannis for Jaylen pact Milwaukee isn t that bad JB Oscar Robinson Kareem Doc Rivers Chris Farley and yours truly flourished in Beer City Boston s NBA-playoff record missed -pointers in minutes of basketball Monday do not offer enough input to alter the Celtics slavish devotion to the Numerical Details Gods once commonly known as Nerds who demand Boston shoot the above all else And in this version of Wicked Bad complete with Spike Lee as the Wizard the Celtics Green Brick Road led to a - Knicks series lead Those who hold advanced degrees in mathematics and analytics or your favorite degenerate gambler know any piece of datum is only reliant on the trove of figures that occurred previously Outcomes are never guaranteed Malcolm Butler David Tyree The Red Sox Bird Hondo Gerald Henderson The exceptions all too often rule The same material demons that vexed the Bruins in the NHL Draft lottery or that continue to haunt Jim Montgomery following his company s Match loss to Winnipeg indicated up wearing Blue and Orange Monday The Blue-and-Orange-clad Florida Gators won the NCAA title Coincidence Omen Ask Al Horford Whether it s the outcome of a encounter or the success of just one more prayer launched by Sam Hauser from City Hall Plaza analytics and gambling odds are nothing more than managed liability based on past outcomes Shoot enough s and you ll win Bet the favorite enough and you ll cash But losses in the interim could leave you bankrupt Or cost you home-court in the second round of the playoffs Oddsmakers noticed The price on the Celtics to win this series tumbled from - chance to - chance after the - OT loss That opens up selected value if you still believe in Boston and I think most of people do It s still a hefty number but far more workable whether you re parlaying them with another favorite or just laying the juice DraftKings Director of Sports Operations Johnny Avello notified The Herald Jayson Tatum missed of his ionospheric attempts in Tournament He shot the ball twice in the final seconds of regulation with a chance to possibly win it His -foot step-back clanged out with seconds to play And his -footer at the gun never got its wings Contest is flirting with must-win territory Still don t expect too several changes in the Celtics encounter plan based on what was reported Tuesday More of the same Only better Suddenly this is the first series of consequence between these two iconic NBA franchises since the Reagan Administration The Celtics won that series in seven en journey to Banner But as we ve known for a quarter-century Larry Bird is not walking through that door Kevin McHale is not walking through that door and Robert Parish is not walking through that door The Celtics could have used McHale in the low post Monday Never have rebounds carried such insignificance Or how about Kristaps Porzingis The Unicorn tapped out in the second quarter due to a feasible digestive disorder The rest of us got sick to our stomachs soon thereafter You can excuse Chisholm the new owner of the Celtics if he feels like he just spent billion on the NBA s equivalent of the housing industry The Celtics went belly-up in the span of about minutes of playing time Monday The Knicks shorted the -point area triple-dog daring Boston to fire away The Knicks big men closed out the paint as if they were guarding the Met Gala The Knicks earned their parade in the Canyon of Heroes by erasing a -point deficit and surviving a Thank You Ghost Of Bill Russell double-rim bounce on a missed layup by Jalen Brunson He obscured that whiff with of his points over the final of regulation Brunson wasn t the only Jalen to bungle it with the contest on the line Jaylen Brown s hands of stone failed him on the Celtics last-second in-bounds pass in OT Mikal Bridges swiped the ball to complete the Knicks heist We ve learned never to bail on this unit even when it was down - to the Miami Heat Boston s Meeting loss exaggerated the teams faults The Celtics play too soft for too long They re incapable or unwilling to make in-game adjustments Boston s so-called depth is a mile wide but not nearly as deep Derrick White and Jrue Holiday were almost good enough to obscure the absence of Brown and Tatum in the contest s final minutes Almost The Celtics had a week s worth of rest after their first-round exhibition against the Magic Boston boasted an injury-free lineup at Monday s tip By the end of the battle Hauser and Porzingis were MIA And it was clear Brown s jumper lacks the jump due to his ailing knee The Celtics cannot beat the NBA s best and yes the Knicks are in that conversation now unless Jaylen Brown and or Jayson Tatum are at their best Whether making -pointers or defending the other gang s best contestant or driving to the basket without fear or putting in the extra effort when it appears it is not necessary the success or failure of the Celtics over the next six weeks hopefully will require Tatum and or Brown to deliver each night When that doesn t happen nothing else matters Whether you hit all your -pointers or not Bill Speros is a Senior Betting Analyst for bookies com when he s not writing here He can be reached at bsperos gmail com and posts on X BillSperos and RealOBF