With Holiday back, the expectation here is the Celtics still go nine players deep in their rotation in this series, at least to start. The Celtics had great success in the regular season against the Knicks with their double bigs and the Knicks personnel shouldn’t scare Joe Mazzulla away from using one of their best lineups all year.

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The Knicks guard is a very different sort of cover compared to anything the Celtics saw in their first round matchup against the Orlando Magic.

Kristaps Porzingis has succeeded against his former team in the Knicks, but the playoff stage has affected how he's played.

The New York Knicks are coming into their series against the Boston Celtics as a major underdog. The Celtics cruised past the Orlando Magic while the Knicks str