In Game 1 of the 2011 first round East Playoffs, the Celtics defeated the New York Knicks 87-85 with a late Ray Allen trey. The UConn product made the go-ahead bucket with just 12 seconds remaining, and Boston would go up one game to zero in the series.
“Down the stretch we found a way to win,” Paul Pierce said courtesy of the A.P., “and that was because of our experience.”