How Knicks lost Game 3 was worst-case scenario for team looking to advance past second round

Saturday was billed as the biggest Knicks home game in the past 25 years. It ended up being a big letdown.The Celtics built a 16-point lead in the first quarter; it ballooned to 31 points in the third quarter. The Garden crowd erupted when the Knicks cut the deficit to 20 with 10 minutes to play, but there was no miracle comeback on Saturday.Poor energy/offense doomed the Knicks early, and the Celtics' hot shooting was too much to overcome in Game 3.In some ways, what happened on Saturday was th