Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson has been on vacation this summer as he and the rest of the Nets are doing other things to get ready for the 2025-26 NBA season. Johnson, who has lended his voice to the NBA discourse, took time out of his schedule to give his take on the New York Knicks beating the Boston Celtics on Wednesday in Game 2 of their 2025 NBA playoff series.

“Going up 2-0 on the road is impressive. I think the question goes to Boston and what adjustments they can make and what is happening,” Johnson said during his analysis of the Knicks’ 91-90 win over the Celtics. Johnson made his comments during an episode of “The Young Man and The Three” podcast with host Tommy Alter, something that Johnson has been routinely doing since this season began.

“I think the natural question to ask is: their shooting has been down,” Johnson continued. “They are a historically high-volume, high-percentage (three-point shooting) team this season, last season, it’s what they they’ve been able to do, and they’re just not hitting these first two games. One question is, do you just stick with the script and play the way you’ve been playing all season and it’ll turn back around? Or, do you make adjustments?”

To Johnson’s point, at the conclusion of the 2024-25 regular season, the Celtics ranked first in the league in three-point attempts per game (48.2) while ranking 10th in three-point shooting percentage (36.8%). Boston has been regarded as the team that has embraced shot analytics the most given how often they shoot three-pointers and layups while abandoning the mid-range game, even when their three-point shooting is off.

With that being said, Johnson also gave his reaction to what the Knicks did to come back from 20-point deficits in two consecutive games.

“New York’s ability to battle back from 20 is encouraging, but they cannot continue to find themselves down 20,” Johnson explained. “It’s not gonna happen every time. Two times in a row, you pretty much used up a lot of that good Juju that you can find in a series. You’re gonna have to play really good ball to beat Boston two more times.” It will be interesting to see how the Celtics respond in Game 3 when they take on the Knicks on the road at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

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