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The first 24 minutes of the Knicks-Celtics first-round series are in the books. Both teams played well defensively, forcing each other to shoot shots at the end of the shot clock -- but when they did, they mostly connected. While the Knicks shot 46.2...

The last time the Knicks and Celtics got together in New York, the hosts emerged with a chest-thumping Christmas Day win that suggested the Atlantic Division would be a dogfight this year. Little more than three months later, Boston (36-25, 15-16 a...

What lockout? NBA fans were not only back on Sunday, but back in a bigger bunch. From 12 to 2 p.m. yesterday, more sports fans were watching the NBA than ever before on TV. Knicks-Celtics, which opened up the 2011-12 season, scored a 3.4 U.S. rati...

Whatever you do, Knicks fans, do not open your gifts on Christmas Day from 12 to 2:30 p.m. ET. Not only does Shaquille O'Neal make his TNT debut, alongside Charles Barkley, but the Knicks host the Celtics to open up the 2011-12 shortened 66-game seas...

Chauncey Billups likely won't play in Game 2 of the Knicks-Celtics series and is probable for Game 3.

On the surface, the Knicks-Celtics series comes down to how a younger team with a newer core and high-octane offense can consistently wear out (and out shoot) a more experienced team with an established core and grind-out style. No doubt, based on th...

If you want a place to start to evaluate the Knicks-Celtics series, don't make it their matchup on April 13 -- the last game of the regular season for both teams. Even though the Celtics won, 112-102, they rested their Big Four: Rajon Rondo, Ray Alle...

The schedule for Game 1 between the Knicks and Celtics has been confirmed. It will take place on Sunday, April 17, in Boston at 7 p.m. ET on TNT. Game 2 will be on Tuesday or Wednesday in Boston. Additional scheduling information will be posted as so...

Since the start of the 2009-10 season, the Knicks and Celtics have played eight games against each other, including preseason, and six of those times were decided by four points or fewer. Here's a look at the six games in chronological order (from ES...

In the Knicks-Celtics first regular season meeting on October 29, in which the Knicks lost 105-101, everyone who's in the starting five now, except for Danilo Gallinari, had standout offensive performances. Amare Stoudemire, Raymond Felton, Wilson Ch...

Last Friday, while on vacation in Maui, Phoenix Suns forward Luis Scola was watching his Argentine Olympic teammate, Pablo Prigioni, help the Knicks eliminate the Celtics in Game 6. Scola, who was with Prigioni last summer when he was weighing his...

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The Boston Celtics had just gone on a 20-0 run in the fourth quarter of Game 6 when the New York Knicks' Iman Shumpert made a game-changing play to stop the scoring. Shumpert saw Paul Pierce about to make a difficult cross-cour...

BOSTON -- The New York Knicks jumped out to a 24-10 lead in the first quarter, a credit to their defense and controlling the tempo in transition. Meanwhile, the Boston Celtics struggled to hit even open shots (midway through the second period); Paul ...

BOSTON -- After Friday morning's shootaround, Mike Woodson said "it's a sense of urgency" with his team heading into Game 6 after having lost two straight to the Celtics. Since 2001, the Knicks have lost their last four games in playoff-clinching ...

The Knicks are looking to clinch against the Celtics, who are not going away easily. While Carmelo Anthony is off to somewhat of a better start than Game 4 -- he has 14 points on 6-for-14 shooting -- the Celtics have surprised the Knicks with their q...

Will J.R. Smith be the missing "piece to the puzzle," as Mike Woodson likes to say, to help the Knicks close out the series against the Celtics? The sixth man will play in Game 5 after serving a one-game suspension for throwing an elbow into Jason Te...