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

[KamikazeK]

Knicks in 5 let's go Knicks.

Someone needs to eliminate the most fraudulent "champions" in the history of the game.

In reality I don't think the Knicks have it in them, but you never know.

I'm probably never gonna see you again after we repeat, so i just wanted to say that I hope you enjoy the rest of your life and experience great happiness.

[The Corey's]

They have a worse SRS than any of those teams except for Indiana and the Pacers have been much better in the second half of the season with Nembhard healthy. In Round 1, the Knicks played a team that was much worse than any of those teams and they outscored them by 1.3 PPG. Pacers out scored a similar opponent by 7.3 PPG in the first round. It’s indexing ridiculously hard on vibes to take the Knicks over the Clippers with Kawhi, the Warriors with Butler, or the Nuggets with Jokic.

When games start being decided by srs, we can talk about that instead of the results on the court. Until then Denver doesn’t have enough around Jokic to hang with us and GSW is just too small to beat us with Towns & Brunson healthy. Clippers have the size & supporting cast, but in 2025 I’m taking Brunson over Kawhi in crunchtime

And Milwaukee was much worse than Detroit or Orlando this season, that’s why everyone in the east except Cleveland wanted to play them in round one. People pay too much attention to past accomplishments with teams that have a big name. Giannis is awesome but I was begging to play the Bucks over the Pistons before the seedings were set.

PS what did srs have to say about LA - MIN? Cause that seemed like an obvious win for the wolves that a lot of folks got wrong because they ignored how the two teams would actually matchup.

Brother why u arguing with this clown? Let him talk and they will see in a couple days

See what? How many times the Celtics gotta beat the Knicks before y'all start giving the flowers.

[LFGK]

When games start being decided by srs, we can talk about that instead of the results on the court. Until then Denver doesn’t have enough around Jokic to hang with us and GSW is just too small to beat us with Towns & Brunson healthy. Clippers have the size & supporting cast, but in 2025 I’m taking Brunson over Kawhi in crunchtime

And Milwaukee was much worse than Detroit or Orlando this season, that’s why everyone in the east except Cleveland wanted to play them in round one. People pay too much attention to past accomplishments with teams that have a big name. Giannis is awesome but I was begging to play the Bucks over the Pistons before the seedings were set.

PS what did srs have to say about LA - MIN? Cause that seemed like an obvious win for the wolves that a lot of folks got wrong because they ignored how the two teams would actually matchup.

Brother why u arguing with this clown? Let him talk and they will see in a couple days

See what? How many times the Celtics gotta beat the Knicks before y'all start giving the flowers.

Sounds good big dawg we'll talk
About this in the upcoming week

[The Corey's]

Brother why u arguing with this clown? Let him talk and they will see in a couple days

See what? How many times the Celtics gotta beat the Knicks before y'all start giving the flowers.

Sounds good big dawg we'll talk
About this in the upcoming week

There's nothing to talk about lol.

When the Celtics rip apart the Knicks the only thing we're gonna hear is how hurt the Knicks are and how the Celtics are once again on the easiert route to a championship ever.


It's deja Vu here. The Celtics disrespect is strong.

[ITGM]

Jalen Brunson and what army

[cgf]

The Knicks are thoroughly outmatched in every single category. And the Celtics will get Holiday back. It's just a really good, really deep Celtics team that just won a championship.
Basically the Celtics, Cavs and obviously the Thunder are in their own tier this season.

I think you’ll be surprised.

Where do you think the Knicks could find an advantage? Anything in particular that Thibs will focus on?

Outright advantages? Probably just physicality / rebounding now that Robinson is back & our wings can be more aggressive. But Brunson - Tatum as closers could go either way if the games are close enough to be decided at the end…especially since we both have absolutely elite defensive counters to one another’s top star (White & OG).

Towns impact is a big question mark, if he can play more like he did in that last matchup than the first two, then I’ll feel confident about it being a long series…nevermind if he can continue defending the way he was against the pistons in crunchtime; didn’t have that on my bingo card at all lol.

And Bridges feels like he could be a real x-factor for us in this, especially if Jrue is at all limited…assuming Brown will defend OG and Tatum will defend Towns again.

I’m not saying I think you’ll be surprised because we’ll crush the Celtics, just that it should be a closer & more entertaining series than some folks expect.

[Blazing_royale]

I'm hyped for this series. Realgm server gonna crash. 2 historic and large fanbase clash!

[LFGK]

See what? How many times the Celtics gotta beat the Knicks before y'all start giving the flowers.

Sounds good big dawg we'll talk
About this in the upcoming week

There's nothing to talk about lol.

When the Celtics rip apart the Knicks the only thing we're gonna hear is how hurt the Knicks are and how the Celtics are once again on the easiert route to a championship ever.


It's deja Vu here. The Celtics disrespect is strong.

Sounds good

[RHODEY]

Knicks in six, the Celts looked very beatable versus Orlando.

[Capn'O]

Celtics health updates... Jrue has gone through full practice and the hammy feels good. Brown says his knee is tending toward 100% by start of the series. And Tatum's wrist is fine (he's actually been shooting better since the injury lol). Seems like the C's will be good to go.

Bisme out here like:



Brunson will find the weak point!

[Capn'O]

See what? How many times the Celtics gotta beat the Knicks before y'all start giving the flowers.

Sounds good big dawg we'll talk
About this in the upcoming week

There's nothing to talk about lol.

When the Celtics rip apart the Knicks the only thing we're gonna hear is how hurt the Knicks are and how the Celtics are once again on the easiert route to a championship ever.


It's deja Vu here. The Celtics disrespect is strong.

If we lose 4 rotation players for the bulk of the series then, yeah, you'll probably hear about how we lost 4 rotation players for the bulk of the series.

Right now we're pretty healthy which is why you're not hearing that.

[LFGK]

Sounds good big dawg we'll talk
About this in the upcoming week

There's nothing to talk about lol.

When the Celtics rip apart the Knicks the only thing we're gonna hear is how hurt the Knicks are and how the Celtics are once again on the easiert route to a championship ever.


It's deja Vu here. The Celtics disrespect is strong.

If we lose 4 rotation players for the bulk of the series then, yeah, you'll probably hear about how we lost 4 rotation players for the bulk of the series.

Right now we're pretty healthy which is why you're not hearing that.

Nostradamus said there's nothing to talk about about, he knows how every series is going to go.

[iggymcfrack]

You know Brunson missed 15 games towards the end of the season, right? Before he went down, the Knicks were top 6 in net rating and a top 5 record in the league. Saying they’re on par or better than a majority of playoff teams not named the Thunder/Celtics/Cavs is not ridiculous.

The Knicks had a point differential of +72 in the 16 games Brunson missed for an average of +4.5 per game. That’s actually slightly better than their season average of +4.1. Other teams have had more impactful injuries.

More impactful than the best player on the team going down? Nembhard, the Pacers 4th best player, makes the Pacers much better but losing Brunson doesn’t make the Knicks much worse? Trying to understand the logic of that one.

I mean I was simplifying; it was Nembhard and Nesmith and also Haliburton was banged up and playing nowhere near his level early in the year. Also you know nothing about the Pacers if you think Nembhard’s their 4th best player. His defense is massive. Hes easily their 3rd best player.

Pacers record without Nembhard (Nesmith also missed all these games): 6-11

Knicks record without Brunson: 11-6

[iggymcfrack]

Knicks in six, the Celts looked very beatable versus Orlando.

I mean Detroit’s not that much better than Orlando. Knicks beat Detroit by 1 point per game. Celtics beat Magic by 11 points per game without really trying.

[bisme37]

Knicks in six, the Celts looked very beatable versus Orlando.

I mean Detroit’s not that much better than Orlando. Knicks beat Detroit by 1 point per game. Celtics beat Magic by 11 points per game without really trying.

Magic are the best team at guarding the 3pt line. Knicks are the worst team at guarding the 3pt line. It's a completely different series for Boston.

I thought the Celts looked great last series considering the injuries and the fact that they had to play a much different style than usual. It was hard to get the 3pt barrage going and the C's had to iso more, play in the midrange a lot, and score tough baskets over good defenders. And still won by an average of 11 points per game as you said.

[RHODEY]

Knicks in six, the Celts looked very beatable versus Orlando.

I mean Detroit’s not that much better than Orlando. Knicks beat Detroit by 1 point per game. Celtics beat Magic by 11 points per game without really trying.

Orlando consisted of 2 goo forwards and not much else. IMO that healthy Pistons is a lot better than the ORL team the Celtics faced.

[Capn'O]

Brunson treated the regular season like preseason this year. He's been a different beast in the playoffs. More like the impact darling he was last year. Somewhat inexplicably, Thibs has gone away from Delon Wright, who started in Brunson's place when he was out and filled in admirably.

I've always liked Wright. Solid, two way backup who can fill in in a pinch. He's a much better lead guard than Payne too.

[LFGK]

Knicks in six, the Celts looked very beatable versus Orlando.

I mean Detroit’s not that much better than Orlando. Knicks beat Detroit by 1 point per game. Celtics beat Magic by 11 points per game without really trying.

Magic are the best team at guarding the 3pt line. Knicks are the worst team at guarding the 3pt line. It's a completely different series for Boston.

I thought the Celts looked great last series considering the injuries and the fact that they had to play a much different style than usual. It was hard to get the 3pt barrage going and the C's had to iso more, play in the midrange a lot, and score tough baskets over good defenders. And still won by an average of 11 points per game as you said.

The Knicks are towards the top of the teams in the playoffs for 3PT%, held Detroit 4-5% less then their reg season avg. Celtic fans gonna be in for a rude awakening man they think they have a cakewalk but this series is going to be a battle.

[Raps in 4]

My two most hated sports cities. Oddly though, I don't hate either team (in terms of their rosters). I think Boston wins this easily, but I'll be pulling for the upset.

[bisme37]

I mean Detroit’s not that much better than Orlando. Knicks beat Detroit by 1 point per game. Celtics beat Magic by 11 points per game without really trying.

Magic are the best team at guarding the 3pt line. Knicks are the worst team at guarding the 3pt line. It's a completely different series for Boston.

I thought the Celts looked great last series considering the injuries and the fact that they had to play a much different style than usual. It was hard to get the 3pt barrage going and the C's had to iso more, play in the midrange a lot, and score tough baskets over good defenders. And still won by an average of 11 points per game as you said.

The Knicks are towards the top of the teams in the playoffs for 3PT%, held Detroit 4-5% less then their reg season avg. Celtic fans gonna be in for a rude awakening man they think they have a cakewalk but this series is going to be a battle.

I'm not expecting a cake walk. I'm expecting to win a tough series. I think it will be easier for the Celtics to score in this series than our last one, but the Knicks are much better than Orlando offensively, and your Clutch Player of the Year will def give me stress down the stretch of close games.