US EditionPreview of Celtics-Knicks Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series
- The Boston Celtics and New York Knicks begin their Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series on Monday, May 5, 2025, at TD Garden in Boston.
- The Knicks assembled their roster by acquiring Mikal Bridges with five first-round picks and re-signing OG Anunoby, aiming to counter the Celtics’ Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
- Boston swept the season series, won their first meeting 132-109, and will start the series after a 4-1 first round win over the Orlando Magic with six full days of rest.
- Jayson Tatum averaged 33.5 points per game against New York this season, shooting 53.5%, while the Celtics are-800 favorites with an implied 89% chance to win the series.
- If Celtics key players like Jrue Holiday or Brown are limited by injuries, the series could be more competitive, but many experts expect Boston to win in five or six games.
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‘It’s going to be a war’: Celtics, Knicks renew long-dormant playoff rivalry
The Celtics and Knicks are two of the NBA’s oldest rivals. As the only founding members of the league that still play in the same cities, they’ve been squaring off for nearly 80 years and have done so a total of 565 times. They met five times in the playoffs in the 1950s, five more from 1967 to 1974 and three more from 1984 to 1990. But for the last 35 years, the Boston-New York basketball rivalry has been almost exclusively limited to regular-s…
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