Poor-shooting Celtics blown out by Knicks in Super Bowl warmup

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready Super Bowl Sunday started on a sour note for Boston fans. Hours before the Patriots and Seahawks squared off across the country in Santa Clara, Calif., the Celtics fell to the Knicks 111-89 at TD Garden in a battle of Eastern Conference contenders. Boston and New York have spent the past several weeks jockeying for the No. 2 spot in the East standings behind first-place Detroit. The Celtics entered Sunday with a one-game lead over their Atlantic Division rivals, but the Knicks dominated this matchup, building a 20-point fourth-quarter lead before C’s head coach Joe Mazzulla pulled his starters with five minutes remaining. The lone bright spot for...