*Coming into Sunday, J.R. Smith had scored double-digit points in his last 22 combined regular season and postseason games, the longest streak of his career.
*The Celtics’ assist-to-turnover ratio is 0.90, by far the worst of any team in the 2013 NBA playoffs.
–New York’s 11.3 steals per game lead all teams this postseason.
–Boston has now turned the basketball over 17 times per game in this first-round series while New York has less than 12 per contest in the previous three games.
*Via Elias: The Celtics have scored just 225 points in the first 3 games vs. Knicks this series, their fewest in a 3-game span in a single postseason in franchise history.
*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Knicks
–Including the regular season and playoffs, the Celtics have lost 6 consecutive games to the Knicks, tied for the 3rd-longest streak in franchise history.
*Milestone Watch:
–All-Time Playoff Defensive Rebounds–
7. Hakeem Olajuwon 1150
8. Scottie Pippen 1117
9. Magic Johnson 1116
T-9. Kevin Garnett 1116 (Garnett needs 1 to tie Pippen for 8th place)
–All-Time Playoff Defensive Rebounding Percentage–
2. Marcus Camby 28.73
3. Carlos Boozer 28.23
4. Kevin Garnett 26.48
5. Dave Cowens 26.43
–Celtics History: All-Time Regular Season and Playoff Wins–
1. Red Auerbach 885
2. Tommy Heinsohn 474
3. Doc Rivers 473 (Rivers needs 1 to tie Heinsohn for 2nd place)
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