The Celtics set the NBA record with 29 3-pointers, but didn't break it. Then they miss 13 three-pointers in a row

“It was almost like we were jinxed or something,” said Jaylen Brown, who scored 23 points and was 5 of 9 from 3-point range but threw an airball that had a chance to break the record .

“When we just played, had fun and played our style of basketball, everything came together,” Brown said. “The crowd got into it and we started chasing them. We couldn’t even hit the light side of the barn.”

Jayson Tatum made 8 of 11 from long range and Derrick White scored six as the Celtics made 29 of their first 48 3-point attempts to take a 35-point lead on the night Boston raised its 18th championship banner developed before New York.

The Celtics made 10 of 17 3-point shots in the first quarter to take a 19-point lead. They added seven three-pointers in the second quarter and nine in the third. Al Horford tied the record on the left side with about nine minutes left in the game and the Celtics led by 33.

Then the defending champions couldn't find the basket.

Both Brown and Neither team even scored in the final 3:43.

Payton Pritchard was the master mason, missing five from distance. Sam Hauser missed three, Tillman missed two and Jordan Walsh missed one. Boston finished 29 of 61 from 3-point range.

“When we tied, I thought, 'We're one point away from the record,'” White said. “I shouldn't have said anything. It's a bit of a no-hitter, right? I blame myself.”

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