2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #2 Boston Celtics vs #3 New York Knicks (NYK leads 1-0)

[bronxknicksfan1]

beat Celtics by 3 points in overtime in game 1 of round 2 banner has been commissioned

Went on a 56-33 run to close the game to beat the Celtics in overtime because they couldn’t stop shooting 3s…I’ll hang the banner

I remember these same convos with Mavs fans.

Y'all think shooting too many threes is our downfall when in reality it's gonna be the Knicks giving up too many open looks.

They won't shoot that bad for an entire 7 game series.

If 60 of your total 97 shots were from 3 and you missed 45 of them…a good chance a majority of those were not open. Could very well not shoot that bad again for a 7 games series. But they’re damn sure cutting down on those 3s in the next game.

[The Corey's]

Went on a 56-33 run to close the game to beat the Celtics in overtime because they couldn’t stop shooting 3s…I’ll hang the banner

I remember these same convos with Mavs fans.

Y'all think shooting too many threes is our downfall when in reality it's gonna be the Knicks giving up too many open looks.

They won't shoot that bad for an entire 7 game series.

If 60 of your total 97 shots were from 3 and you missed 45 of them…a good chance a majority of those were not open. Could very well not shoot that bad again for a 7 games series. But they’re damn sure cutting down on those 3s in the next game.

And yet, they only needed to hit 1 more to tie the game.

They may cut down in the amount they take but they'll increase in the amount they make.

It's what they do.

[bronxknicksfan1]

I remember these same convos with Mavs fans.

Y'all think shooting too many threes is our downfall when in reality it's gonna be the Knicks giving up too many open looks.

They won't shoot that bad for an entire 7 game series.

If 60 of your total 97 shots were from 3 and you missed 45 of them…a good chance a majority of those were not open. Could very well not shoot that bad again for a 7 games series. But they’re damn sure cutting down on those 3s in the next game.

And yet, they only needed to hit 1 more to tie the game.

They may cut down in the amount they take but they'll increase in the amount they make.

It's what they do.

And Brunson won’t have a bad 1st half. Not a guarantee KAT and Hart will be in foul trouble. Non-Mitch FT shooters won’t miss 7/21 FTs again. It’s easy to not give credit and say Celtics didn’t play a perfect game. Neither did the Knicks.

[kaansunman]

After sweeping the season series and jump up to 20 point lead, they thought this game is over. It was an extra ordinary game for Celtics, they won't miss that many threes for sure, probably won't try that much.

I am giving Al Horford a lot of credit. He is like antitode for all the all-star bigs in East but I can't stand watching KAT, it's like he is betraying his talent. Hart was the agitator and woke up the team down 20. He was literally everywhere on the court and smart enough to play with the early three fouls.

[SuperflyKnick]

All the talk about celtics missing 3’s…. KAT played a so so game , bridges was 3-13 , knicks missed half their free throws , IlRobinson wasn’t himself , turned ball over way to many times , these are mistakes that will not happen over and over again either

[The Corey's]

If 60 of your total 97 shots were from 3 and you missed 45 of them…a good chance a majority of those were not open. Could very well not shoot that bad again for a 7 games series. But they’re damn sure cutting down on those 3s in the next game.

And yet, they only needed to hit 1 more to tie the game.

They may cut down in the amount they take but they'll increase in the amount they make.

It's what they do.

And Brunson won’t have a bad 1st half. Not a guarantee KAT and Hart will be in foul trouble. Non-Mitch FT shooters won’t miss 7/21 FTs again. It’s easy to not give credit and say Celtics didn’t play a perfect game. Neither did the Knicks.

Brunson hit his career playoff avg.

Dono what to tell you. It took a miracle for the Knicks to win a game by 3 points.

Jays aren't going 14 for 43 again.

I'm not not giving the Knicks credit. They won guy.

It's the Knicks fans who are acting like this was the Celtics one chance to get a win and they blew it when in reality it's the other way around.

[SuperflyKnick]

All the talk about celtics missing 3’s…. KAT played a so so game , bridges was 3-13 , knicks missed half their free throws , IlRobinson wasn’t himself , turned ball over way to many times , these are mistakes that will not happen over and over again either

Also NY got some iffy calls from refs to get into early foul trouble , just saying the series will be a lot closer then given credit for

[SuperflyKnick]

And yet, they only needed to hit 1 more to tie the game.

They may cut down in the amount they take but they'll increase in the amount they make.

It's what they do.

And Brunson won’t have a bad 1st half. Not a guarantee KAT and Hart will be in foul trouble. Non-Mitch FT shooters won’t miss 7/21 FTs again. It’s easy to not give credit and say Celtics didn’t play a perfect game. Neither did the Knicks.

Brunson hit his career playoff avg.

Dono what to tell you. It took a miracle for the Knicks to win a game by 3 points.

Jays aren't going 14 for 43 again.

I'm not not giving the Knicks credit. They won guy.

It's the Knicks fans who are acting like this was the Celtics one chance to get a win and they blew it when in reality it's the other way around.

When Tatum is guarded by OG in his career he is shooting like 40% from the field …. Idk why the hell thibs had OG not guard him excusivy during the season and put bridges on brown…Also Tatum doesn’t exactly have the same pedigree as a player in the playoffs as he does in the season , reason people question him even after winning a title

[cgf]

All the talk about celtics missing 3’s…. KAT played a so so game , bridges was 3-13 , knicks missed half their free throws , IlRobinson wasn’t himself , turned ball over way to many times , these are mistakes that will not happen over and over again either

Also NY got some iffy calls from refs to get into early foul trouble , just saying the series will be a lot closer then given credit for

Yeah, a celtics fan buddy was most annoyed that they lost despite the friendly whistle...both those early fouls and late, when they got themselves in foul trouble but got bailed out with some non-calls that would've killed their already hampered depth.

Still think they come out for blood in game 2, but if we can keep that one close late as well, we could really be cooking with gas

[cgf]

After sweeping the season series and jump up to 20 point lead, they thought this game is over. It was an extra ordinary game for Celtics, they won't miss that many threes for sure, probably won't try that much.

I am giving Al Horford a lot of credit. He is like antitode for all the all-star bigs in East but I can't stand watching KAT, it's like he is betraying his talent. Hart was the agitator and woke up the team down 20. He was literally everywhere on the court and smart enough to play with the early three fouls.

Towns was cooking everyone before that third foul on him early

[Karate Diop]

I'm going to give the Knicks props... They really exploited Boston's issue of being overly soft and inflexible.

[Zenzibar]

Y'all ever seen a fan base act like they won a ship over one game lol.

Embarrassing

Please deliver, thanks.

[bronxknicksfan1]

And yet, they only needed to hit 1 more to tie the game.

They may cut down in the amount they take but they'll increase in the amount they make.

It's what they do.

And Brunson won’t have a bad 1st half. Not a guarantee KAT and Hart will be in foul trouble. Non-Mitch FT shooters won’t miss 7/21 FTs again. It’s easy to not give credit and say Celtics didn’t play a perfect game. Neither did the Knicks.

Brunson hit his career playoff avg.

Dono what to tell you. It took a miracle for the Knicks to win a game by 3 points.

Jays aren't going 14 for 43 again.

I'm not not giving the Knicks credit. They won guy.

It's the Knicks fans who are acting like this was the Celtics one chance to get a win and they blew it when in reality it's the other way around.

Brunson had a bad half by his standards. He’s turned it on the 2nd half.

And that’s not giving credit. This isn’t the first time in the playoffs that the Knicks came back from down double digits. They clamped down and shutdown the Celtics.

And again, KAT and Hart won’t always be in foul trouble. Brunson won’t always have a bad half. Mikal won’t always shoot 3-13. I can do that too. Knicks didn’t play their best game.

No, you thought this was going to be an easy series. Celtics got caught lacking and caught a haymaker in G1. Celtics fans like you didn’t see it coming and keep thinking the regular season results and winning a chip last season means anything to what’s going on now.

[cgf]

I'm going to give the Knicks props... They really exploited Boston's issue of being overly soft and inflexible.

Couldn't have done it without Mikal. Even on an off shooting night, dude was a real difference-maker out there.

[brackdan70]

Good close from the Knicks. They made plays when it mattered, the Celtics didn’t.
It’s going to a good tough series.
Interesting that each of Boston, Cleveland and OKC lost game one.
I hope Porzingis and Hauser are OK.

[brackdan70]

I'm going to give the Knicks props... They really exploited Boston's issue of being overly soft and inflexible.

Couldn't have done it without Mikal. Even on an off shooting night, dude was a real difference-maker out there.

He earned at least one of those picks traded to Brooklyn with just that OT.

[cgf]

I'm going to give the Knicks props... They really exploited Boston's issue of being overly soft and inflexible.

Couldn't have done it without Mikal. Even on an off shooting night, dude was a real difference-maker out there.

He earned at least one of those picks traded to Brooklyn with just that OT.

Yeah he's been playing great defense since game two of the Detroit series. Game 1 was a disaster, but since then he's really locked in.

[The Corey's]

And Brunson won’t have a bad 1st half. Not a guarantee KAT and Hart will be in foul trouble. Non-Mitch FT shooters won’t miss 7/21 FTs again. It’s easy to not give credit and say Celtics didn’t play a perfect game. Neither did the Knicks.

Brunson hit his career playoff avg.

Dono what to tell you. It took a miracle for the Knicks to win a game by 3 points.

Jays aren't going 14 for 43 again.

I'm not not giving the Knicks credit. They won guy.

It's the Knicks fans who are acting like this was the Celtics one chance to get a win and they blew it when in reality it's the other way around.

When Tatum is guarded by OG in his career he is shooting like 40% from the field …. Idk why the hell thibs had OG not guard him excusivy during the season and put bridges on brown…Also Tatum doesn’t exactly have the same pedigree as a player in the playoffs as he does in the season , reason people question him even after winning a title

Is it gonna be excuse after excuse with everyone who responds to me?

What's the chances OG goes off for a career playoff high again?

We can go in and on.

Celtics in 5.

[The Corey's]

Y'all ever seen a fan base act like they won a ship over one game lol.

Embarrassing

Please deliver, thanks.

Maybe you'll get a ship in one of your other favorite sports. It won't be this year in this one.

[The Corey's]

And Brunson won’t have a bad 1st half. Not a guarantee KAT and Hart will be in foul trouble. Non-Mitch FT shooters won’t miss 7/21 FTs again. It’s easy to not give credit and say Celtics didn’t play a perfect game. Neither did the Knicks.

Brunson hit his career playoff avg.

Dono what to tell you. It took a miracle for the Knicks to win a game by 3 points.

Jays aren't going 14 for 43 again.

I'm not not giving the Knicks credit. They won guy.

It's the Knicks fans who are acting like this was the Celtics one chance to get a win and they blew it when in reality it's the other way around.

Brunson had a bad half by his standards. He’s turned it on the 2nd half.

And that’s not giving credit. This isn’t the first time in the playoffs that the Knicks came back from down double digits. They clamped down and shutdown the Celtics.

And again, KAT and Hart won’t always be in foul trouble. Brunson won’t always have a bad half. Mikal won’t always shoot 3-13. I can do that too. Knicks didn’t play their best game.

No, you thought this was going to be an easy series. Celtics got caught lacking and caught a haymaker in G1. Celtics fans like you didn’t see it coming and keep thinking the regular season results and winning a chip last season means anything to what’s going on now.

It's going to be a extremely easy series.

Yesterday changed nothing.