The New York Knicks have experienced multiple setbacks in recent years, including Mikal Bridges’ debut.

BOSTON — Mikal Bridges’ carryover shooting woes were so hard to watch in a scoreless first half that it probably felt to some Knicks fans as if he’d get shut out Tuesday night.

Bridges even clanked a technical free throw early in the third quarter, but he eventually overcame a rocky start to finish with 16 points on 7-for-8 shooting after intermission in his team debut in an ugly 132-109 blowout loss to the Celtics.

He never did quite recover, however, at the defensive end.

Bridges also was the Knicks’ primary defender against Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum, who buried 8 of 11 from 3-point range and scored 37 points to front Boston’s NBA record-tying 29 treys for the game.

“I definitely could have done better. I think my performance at the defensive end wasn’t that [good] for me personally, as well as our team,” said Bridges, who finished a team-worst minus-33 in 35 minutes. “Me personally, I think I just could have been better, especially [against] a guy getting it and having that rhythm from the three, just getting up a little bit more [on Tatum

He had a nice move on me in the paint, as well. Just gotta be better. I mean, Game 1, just gotta learn from it, and just get better from it.”