The New York Knicks and Boston Celtics, who reside just a few hundred miles apart, have a rivalry that dates back decades. It’s almost always an intense matchup that neither team backs down from. That won’t be changing anytime soon, as Marc Stein on The All NBA Podcast mentioned that he thinks the Knicks believe they can take down the Celtics in a playoff series, even after Boston recently got Jayson Tatum back from injury.
This is the exact confidence Knicks fans want to see. The only way New York will win, if a matchup transpires, is if they think they are the better team, and that stems from the hunger, drive, and eagerness to show no mercy, specifically against the Celtics.