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BOSTON (AP) — The crowd in Boston sang “One more 3!”

The Celtics did their best, firing off thirteen shots from three-point range in an attempt to break the NBA record for three seconds in a game – and they missed them all. Ultimately, all defending champions were able to participate their 132-109 victory over the New York Knicks On Tuesday night, Milwaukee’s 2020 record of 29 3s was tied.

“It was almost like we were cursed or something,” said Jaylen Brown, who scored 23 points and was 5 of 9 from three-point range but threw an air ball with a chance to break the record.

“When we were just playing, having fun, playing our style of basketball, everything went in,” Brown said. “The crowd got into it and we started chasing them, we couldn’t even hit the positive side of the barn.”

Jayson Tatum made 8 of 11 from long range and Derrick White connected on six as the Celtics made 29 of their first 48 three-point attempts as they opened a 35-point lead over New York on the night. Boston raised its 18th championship flag to the rafters.

The Celtics made 10 of 17 three-pointers in the first quarter as they opened a 19-point lead. They added seven 3s in the second quarter and nine in the third. Al Horford tied the record from the left side with about nine minutes left and the Celtics led by 33. Then the defending champions couldn’t find the hoop.

Brown and Xavier Tillman each fired an aerial shot from beyond the arc, and the Celtics scored just three more times the rest of the way — all two-pointers — with just one basket at the 6:37 mark. Neither team scored at all in the final (3:43).

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

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