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

[Capn'O]

Game 2 will be very, very telling from Boston in terms of their approach, and performances from their main guys. Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday in the second quarter should have been the template, really. That was the best quarter for Boston all game, and they walked into half-time with a 16-point lead. Then they crapped themselves in the 3rd and were even worse somehow in the fourth. Especially Tatum, just chucking from 3.

They were able to mess with our personnel in H1 getting KAT into foul trouble and then hacking Mitch. They ran up the score when we were scrambling with a small lineup and Precious after that. I don't think that trick works a second time. KAT needs to be more disciplined and the coaches will be in his head about that. Then if they hack Mitch you can just put KAT back in.

I expect the Celtics to take G2. It's just tough to take two from a team of this caliber on the road and they're likely to get hot. But if the margins are close again I think the Knicks have a good shot at the series. Analysts are attributing the poor shooting performance to the Cs just missing but the Knicks have great wing defenders. We'll also be able to play more physical at the Garden and that bodes better for us against the Celtics than vs. Detroit who dgaf.

[cgf]

Game 2 will be very, very telling from Boston in terms of their approach, and performances from their main guys. Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday in the second quarter should have been the template, really. That was the best quarter for Boston all game, and they walked into half-time with a 16-point lead. Then they crapped themselves in the 3rd and were even worse somehow in the fourth. Especially Tatum, just chucking from 3.

They were able to mess with our personnel in H1 getting KAT into foul trouble and then hacking Mitch. They ran up the score when we were scrambling with a small lineup and Precious after that. I don't think that trick works a second time. KAT needs to be more disciplined and the coaches will be in his head about that. Then if they hack Mitch you can just put KAT back in.

I expect the Celtics to take G2. It's just tough to take two from a team of this caliber on the road and they're likely to get hot. But if the margins are close again I think the Knicks have a good shot at the series. Analysts are attributing the poor shooting performance to the Cs just missing but the Knicks have great wing defenders. We'll also be able to play more physical at the Garden and that bodes better for us against the Celtics than vs. Detroit who dgaf.

Even the hack a Mitch was more effective than it should have been if we’re assuming everyone regresses to their means. Robinson is a terrible FT shooter, but 30% is not 50%. That is another bucket and maybe an earlier end to that strat, allowing Robinson to stay on the court in the first half.

I expect Boston to come out for blood in game 2 and wax us, but if they don’t…or they do and we can elevate our game enough to still hang with them, I’m going to start getting very optimistic about our chances to steal this.

But odds are we head back to the garden tied, with Boston’s ego protected and us satisfied with our split.

[knicksstuff]

Whats going on with KP ? is it his Anemia acting up or another illness?

[robillionaire]

Will be just as hard to score this series, 6 games forsure but KNICKS in 6

Talk your ****, man. I'm a Celtics fan but I'm way too nice to the point of annoying myself, and Knicks fans have good reason got be excited today. You've put yourself out there as the most boastful/confident Knicks fan, and if the Knicks got creamed last night you were def going to hear about it haha, so congrats and enjoy the win.

fresh breath of air compared to other dude that thinks this is a matchup(even after game 1) between a top in the league and a high school team.

You can’t really blame them, they’re used to beating the equivalent of high school teams since after losing to the 8 seed 2 years ago they were able to get the mother of all miracles and cruise to a fraudulent cake walk “championship*” last year by beating a bunch of injured 8, 4, 6 and 5 seeds. Most nba fans know it was an undeserved sham. Now we see how fast they fold as soon as a 3 seed enters the building. Heaven forbid these chucking bums ever have to actually play real competition against a top team in the playoffs because yikes look out below! I have the Knicks winning by 40 in game 2 likely closing it out in a sweep in game 3. They will just forfeit game 4 to get to the beach early. Then the new ownership has a fire sale and moves the team to Vegas shuttering the storied franchise once and for all. Nah I’m just kidding please don’t hurt us

[omerome]

Celtics missed 45 3PAs in order to blow a 20pt lead and lose in OT. Last night was cool, but the Knicks are unlikely to manufacture three more wins.

They don't need to manufacture three more wins. They just need to win each game in different ways.

Like not 17/31 from the free throw line, making sure Brunson isn't turning the ball 4 or more times, or getting Towns better looks.

It took a lot of heart and big time plays to come back after being down 20...on the road, and against the team that had their number all season long.

[LFGK]

Talk your ****, man. I'm a Celtics fan but I'm way too nice to the point of annoying myself, and Knicks fans have good reason got be excited today. You've put yourself out there as the most boastful/confident Knicks fan, and if the Knicks got creamed last night you were def going to hear about it haha, so congrats and enjoy the win.

fresh breath of air compared to other dude that thinks this is a matchup(even after game 1) between a top in the league and a high school team.

You can’t really blame them, they’re used to beating the equivalent of high school teams since after losing to the 8 seed 2 years ago they were able to get the mother of all miracles and cruise to a fraudulent cake walk “championship*” last year by beating a bunch of injured 8, 4, 6 and 5 seeds. Most nba fans know it was an undeserved sham. Now we see how fast they fold as soon as a 3 seed enters the building. Heaven forbid these chucking bums ever have to actually play real competition against a top team in the playoffs because yikes look out below! I have the Knicks winning by 40 in game 2 likely closing it out in a sweep in game 3. They will just forfeit game 4 to get to the beach early. Then the new ownership has a fire sale and moves the team to Vegas shuttering the storied franchise once and for all. Nah I’m just kidding please don’t hurt us

this will be 2-0 coming back to the Garden, Bridges stole their soul on that last play. Bunch of softies on the celtics.

[Woodsanity]

It's going to be a extremely easy series.

Yesterday changed nothing.

Knicks in 6

You'd make bank if you put your money where your mouth is.

Why don't you bet Celtics in 5 then? You will make a fortune.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Talk your ****, man. I'm a Celtics fan but I'm way too nice to the point of annoying myself, and Knicks fans have good reason got be excited today. You've put yourself out there as the most boastful/confident Knicks fan, and if the Knicks got creamed last night you were def going to hear about it haha, so congrats and enjoy the win.

fresh breath of air compared to other dude that thinks this is a matchup(even after game 1) between a top in the league and a high school team.

You can’t really blame them, they’re used to beating the equivalent of high school teams since after losing to the 8 seed 2 years ago they were able to get the mother of all miracles and cruise to a fraudulent cake walk “championship*” last year by beating a bunch of injured 8, 4, 6 and 5 seeds. Most nba fans know it was an undeserved sham. Now we see how fast they fold as soon as a 3 seed enters the building. Heaven forbid these chucking bums ever have to actually play real competition against a top team in the playoffs because yikes look out below! I have the Knicks winning by 40 in game 2 likely closing it out in a sweep in game 3. They will just forfeit game 4 to get to the beach early. Then the new ownership has a fire sale and moves the team to Vegas shuttering the storied franchise once and for all. Nah I’m just kidding please don’t hurt us

The GB isn't ready for rob-isms.

[Pacernation]

Just watched the last minutes of this game and I was pretty shocked how pathetic the Celtics looked on offense. Set one screen and take a three might win you some games but it won't win you the chip this year. They looked allergic of attacking closeouts or just attack the rim on a missmatch. I saw some Boston games this year and in more than half of their games they looked like that - lazy on offense but getting by on their talent and size of their guards. The rebounding of Jrue and White really kept them in this game and you shouldn't have to rely on that when you got so much talent. I still think the Celtics will win this series because they got the perfect defender against Brunson with Jrue, they got great size at every position and they can attack Kat with multiple players. The only thing that worrys me is the minutes their guys will play with Porzingis out. Let's see if Horford and Jrue can handle multiple 38+ minutes games without breaking down and it looks like Mazzulla will only play 7 guys which I'm not sure the Celtics are used to. Great win for the Knicks and I hope they can keep it up and make this a good long series. And maybe involve Kat some more - Brunson isos are cool but you got an incredible offensive Center out there and his only purpose is setting screens and rebound. I don't get that either...

[LFGK]

fresh breath of air compared to other dude that thinks this is a matchup(even after game 1) between a top in the league and a high school team.

You can’t really blame them, they’re used to beating the equivalent of high school teams since after losing to the 8 seed 2 years ago they were able to get the mother of all miracles and cruise to a fraudulent cake walk “championship*” last year by beating a bunch of injured 8, 4, 6 and 5 seeds. Most nba fans know it was an undeserved sham. Now we see how fast they fold as soon as a 3 seed enters the building. Heaven forbid these chucking bums ever have to actually play real competition against a top team in the playoffs because yikes look out below! I have the Knicks winning by 40 in game 2 likely closing it out in a sweep in game 3. They will just forfeit game 4 to get to the beach early. Then the new ownership has a fire sale and moves the team to Vegas shuttering the storied franchise once and for all. Nah I’m just kidding please don’t hurt us

The GB isn't ready for rob-isms.

[tsherkin]

That will be the big question, but I was encouraged by Jrue looking so old / limited in game 1. Like Hart he does too much for them not to be on the court for a shooter like Pritchard / McBride, even if a team is sagging off him…but just like Hart he’s not going to bury you the way the other four guys can. And Brunson isn’t helpless defensively, he’s just small & an average athlete.

Which is especially encouraging given the way OG & Bridges have been defending this postseason. Derrick White going off on Hart/McBride could be crucial for them to light us up…especially if Towns & Robinson can outperform KP / Horford / Kornet through the rest of the series.

Jrue is another guy who isn't likely to take over, but they just need him to grind it out, you know?

They were able to mess with our personnel in H1 getting KAT into foul trouble and then hacking Mitch. They ran up the score when we were scrambling with a small lineup and Precious after that. I don't think that trick works a second time. KAT needs to be more disciplined and the coaches will be in his head about that. Then if they hack Mitch you can just put KAT back in.

Yeah, adjustments are surely coming from both sides.

I expect the Celtics to take G2. It's just tough to take two from a team of this caliber on the road and they're likely to get hot. But if the margins are close again I think the Knicks have a good shot at the series. Analysts are attributing the poor shooting performance to the Cs just missing but the Knicks have great wing defenders. We'll also be able to play more physical at the Garden and that bodes better for us against the Celtics than vs. Detroit who dgaf.

They definitely have to punch back. If they just crap themselves against New York a second time in a row, the series is over.

As far as the shooting performance... Boston's a 36.8% 3pt shooting team. That's a crappy raw percentage. Above average, and on league-high volume, but at under 37%, you're gonna miss A LOT. And you're going to have some BAAAAAD variance games. And normally, you don't see White taking quite that many threes, either. Nor Jaylen Brown. They combined for 26 3PA in Game 1, which was a little wild.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

You can’t really blame them, they’re used to beating the equivalent of high school teams since after losing to the 8 seed 2 years ago they were able to get the mother of all miracles and cruise to a fraudulent cake walk “championship*” last year by beating a bunch of injured 8, 4, 6 and 5 seeds. Most nba fans know it was an undeserved sham. Now we see how fast they fold as soon as a 3 seed enters the building. Heaven forbid these chucking bums ever have to actually play real competition against a top team in the playoffs because yikes look out below! I have the Knicks winning by 40 in game 2 likely closing it out in a sweep in game 3. They will just forfeit game 4 to get to the beach early. Then the new ownership has a fire sale and moves the team to Vegas shuttering the storied franchise once and for all. Nah I’m just kidding please don’t hurt us

The GB isn't ready for rob-isms.

[cgf]

fresh breath of air compared to other dude that thinks this is a matchup(even after game 1) between a top in the league and a high school team.

You can’t really blame them, they’re used to beating the equivalent of high school teams since after losing to the 8 seed 2 years ago they were able to get the mother of all miracles and cruise to a fraudulent cake walk “championship*” last year by beating a bunch of injured 8, 4, 6 and 5 seeds. Most nba fans know it was an undeserved sham. Now we see how fast they fold as soon as a 3 seed enters the building. Heaven forbid these chucking bums ever have to actually play real competition against a top team in the playoffs because yikes look out below! I have the Knicks winning by 40 in game 2 likely closing it out in a sweep in game 3. They will just forfeit game 4 to get to the beach early. Then the new ownership has a fire sale and moves the team to Vegas shuttering the storied franchise once and for all. Nah I’m just kidding please don’t hurt us

The GB isn't ready for rob-isms.

The Knicks board is a very special place

[cgf]

Just watched the last minutes of this game and I was pretty shocked how pathetic the Celtics looked on offense. Set one screen and take a three might win you some games but it won't win you the chip this year. They looked allergic of attacking closeouts or just attack the rim on a missmatch. I saw some Boston games this year and in more than half of their games they looked like that - lazy on offense but getting by on their talent and size of their guards. The rebounding of Jrue and White really kept them in this game and you shouldn't have to rely on that when you got so much talent. I still think the Celtics will win this series because they got the perfect defender against Brunson with Jrue, they got great size at every position and they can attack Kat with multiple players. The only thing that worrys me is the minutes their guys will play with Porzingis out. Let's see if Horford and Jrue can handle multiple 38+ minutes games without breaking down and it looks like Mazzulla will only play 7 guys which I'm not sure the Celtics are used to. Great win for the Knicks and I hope they can keep it up and make this a good long series. And maybe involve Kat some more - Brunson isos are cool but you got an incredible offensive Center out there and his only purpose is setting screens and rebound. I don't get that either...

Hopefully Karl doesn’t pick up 3 quick fouls right as he’s starting to cook in every game…

[yoyoboy]

Credit to NY for such a resilient performance. I still think Boston will back door sweep NY. Maybe I’m wrong, but to me, it mostly did come down to 3P variance really not going Boston’s way, and over the course of a series, especially with the volume that the Celtics take, that kind of thing can happen. The fact that Boston almost won in spite of that tells me their floor as a team is still too high for NY to compete most nights.

[The Corey's]

Knicks in 6

You'd make bank if you put your money where your mouth is.

Why don't you bet Celtics in 5 then? You will make a fortune.

Betting is for losers. The odds for Celtics in 5 are definitely better than Knicks at all.

[gavran]

I'm smiling.

[Black Jack]

Knicks look way hungrier, like a wild dog.

Celtics look like a fluffy well-groomed lapdog.

I just don't think the Cs have what it takes to repeat and NYK are desperate for a run to conf finals at least.

[Garbagelo]

It's hard to take takes that say the reason the Knicks lost was because the Celtics played the worst game of the season seriously because they were up literally up by 20

That's quite a contradiction

[ArksNetsSince99]

Lebron for Bridges and picks would you do it knicks?

They don’t have any picks left

oh i forgot

Barca vs Inter now

Do you root for Italian side ?