In this game, unlike the horror-show conclusions of Games 1 and 2 at TD Garden, the Jays wrote a different ending.

The New York Knicks traded five first-round picks to acquire Mikal Bridges last summer. The deal has paid off with two game-ending defensive plays from Bridges to give the Knicks a shocking 2-0 series lead over the Boston Celtics.

I take full ownership of the way that I’ve played in this series,” Jayson Tatum said Thursday. “I can’t sugarcoat anything. I need to be better.”