The Boston Celtics suffered a shock defeat against the New York Knicks while the Oklahoma City Thunder were beaten by the Denver Nuggets in the first games of their Conference play-off semi-finals.
The Celtics, the reigning champions, were on the wrong end of an 108-105 overtime defeat at home in the opening match of their Eastern Conference best-of-seven series.
Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby each scored 29 points for the Knicks, who fought back from being 20 points behind during the third quarter.
"This team has fought all year, and been a pretty good road team," said Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau.
"It's one game. There's a lot of emotional highs and lows in the play-offs, but no matter what happens you have to keep moving forward."
Brunson missed a lay-up with three seconds left in regulation while Jayson Tatum, who was the joint-top scorer for the Celtics with 23 points, missed a long-range effort at the buzzer with the score at 100-100 before the Knicks sealed the win in overtime.
"We left some of their good shooters open," said Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla. "There's detail stuff that we have to be better at."
The Celtics, the reigning champions, were on the wrong end of an 108-105 overtime defeat at home in the opening match of their Eastern Conference best-of-seven series.
Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby each scored 29 points for the Knicks, who fought back from being 20 points behind during the third quarter.
"This team has fought all year, and been a pretty good road team," said Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau.
"It's one game. There's a lot of emotional highs and lows in the play-offs, but no matter what happens you have to keep moving forward."
Brunson missed a lay-up with three seconds left in regulation while Jayson Tatum, who was the joint-top scorer for the Celtics with 23 points, missed a long-range effort at the buzzer with the score at 100-100 before the Knicks sealed the win in overtime.
"We left some of their good shooters open," said Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla. "There's detail stuff that we have to be better at."
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