When a basketball team might greatly benefit the message on a poster that would likely be found in a second grade classroom, that probably isn’t a good thing. This second round series against the Indiana Pacers indeed hasn’t been a good thing for the New York Knicks, as they find themselves on the precipice of …
Author Archives: Chris Celletti
“Do we go to Indiana?” That was the text message I sent a friend, Nick, a couple of Friday nights ago, mere minutes after the Knicks averted disaster and eliminated the Celtics, disposing of a current rival to set up a series with an old one. It was simultaneously a question and a suggestion. Having …
Chris Celletti on the positives and negatives from the New York Knicks Game 1 loss to the Indiana Pacers
Whether the Knicks advance to second round and avoid a disastrous collapse against the Celtics falls squarely on Carmelo Anthony.
When the Knicks went up 3-0 on the Celtics on Friday night, they gave themselves four straight chances to knock off their long-time nemesis, the current incarnation of which perhaps for good. Two of those chances have come, and the Knicks have whiffed twice.
On Sunday, the Boston Celtics proved that they weren’t going to just roll over and die. I didn’t read any reaction from the Boston papers or bloggers or anything, but I’m sure it was filled with a lot of “Heart of Champions” type stuff. Whatever. The Knicks played their worst half in maybe two months, …
Read “New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics Game 5 Preview: Second chance for Knicks to wrap series up”
Most people thought this series between the Knicks and the Celtics would be a long one. Knicks fans who thought that would be the case, like myself, thus shouldn’t have been too devastated on Sunday when the Knicks’ valiant effort to sweep the series fell short in overtime. Right? Personally, I think the 3-0 lead …
Read “Knicks vs. Celtics Game 4: Uplifting things and disconcerting things”
Looking back at the positives and negatives of the Knicks’ Game 2 victory over the Celtics in the NBA playoffs.
For this fan, Saturday brought back memories of the mid-to-late 1990s. Even though I was just a kid back then, I remember vividly many afternoons watching the New York Knicks in knock-down, drag ‘em out playoff games. Back then, they won a lot of those games, while the past two playoff cameos by the franchise …
Read “Knicks vs. Celtics Game 1 – Uplifting things and disconcerting things”
You’ve probably heard plenty of perspective from the New York Knicks side of things recently. A lot of Knicks fans are supremely confident, while there are a slight few who are a bit nervous. We have a mix of it here ourselves. But what do Boston Celtics’ observers feel? We were lucky enough to grab …
Read “New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics – Celtics fan perspective”
