The Boston Celtics do not understand why they are losing to the New York Knicks
The Boston Celtics do not understand why they are losing to the New York Knicks in the East Semis. Or at least that was the take of ESPN senior reporter Brian Windhorst on a recent episode of the "Get Up" show when looking back on the Celtics' Game 2 loss in their 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals second round series with the Knicks at TD Garden this past Wednesday (May 7) night.
Does the ESPN analyst have a point about Boston in this series? Or is this simply shooting variance appearing at the worst possible time in the same sort of way as what happened with the Celtics in the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals series against the Miami Heat?
Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what Windhorst had to say to Monica McNutt, Alan Hahn, Mike Greenberg, and others regarding the Celtics in the 2025 East Semis vs. the Knicks.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: The Celtics do not understand why they are losing to the Knicks
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