Boston advances to ECF 🍀 Should Celtics prefer KNICKS or PACERS in next round? | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Tim Legler and Brian Windhorst debate whether the Boston Celtics would prefer to play the Indiana Pacers or New York Knicks for a trip to the NBA Finals after winning their Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5.
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36 Comments
BOS has been lucky all playoffs. MIA and CLE had their best players injured
As a Celtics fan I couldn’t disagree more
0:42 to 0:57 when you too high 😅😅
It’s not about who Boston matches up better with, it’s about Boston not wanting a physical series before the finals if they win.
The Knicks may not win the series but they will physically beat up on Boston. Indy will hand wave defend them.
I’m a Celtics fan going back to the 1970s and I don’t want them to play the Knicks. At all. That’s a tough team even w the injuries and minutes.
This is why i can't stand Steven A, who claim to be a knicks fan,,, you damm well know that the Celtics don't want to see the knicks, hobble and all.
All the knicks fans delusional thinking about the Celtics, finish your series first!
There is this guy named Kristaps who is alot more impactful than OG
They talked about the potential return of Anonoby for the conference finals, but somehow not one person mentioned the potential return of Porzingis?? Stephen A and company are slipping!
This is the same man who said when he wakes up in the morning he thinks about how to make his bosses more money and how he can get some of it. SAS has spoken like a real corporate slave
DON'T MATTER. NY AIN'T BEATING BOSTON 😅😅
Y’all talk to the bosses for ya boy
I so hate that Stephen A. calls himself a Knicks Fan.
Did y’all catch the part at 4:55 when he did he doesn’t think it’s going to happen 🤔
Sas picks against the Knicks way too much to be a Knicks fan….we knick fans don’t claim him. 😂😂
SAS please listen to the game on delayed radio, you malcontent!
Steven A's basketball IQ is in single digits. The Pacers are a much easier match-up for the Celtics, period. The Knicks are a much more physical team than the Pacers. The Oacers play the way the Celtics want to play, fast up-and-down pace. 😢😢😢
" maybe even the girls from conneticut might be there." What is Molly talking about 🤔
Celtics ain’t even got out of bed yet, they like playin with they food, next round should be an actual challenge
The Knicks don't stand much of a chance to beat Boston but I believe the pacers are the easier opponent. The knicks are physical and will take their chunk of flesh before going out. The pacers can't defend a parked car and the Celtics will expose them.
I literally cant stand the stupid antics they do on the shows wit stephen a smoth acting like a child jus yelling
Pacers are predictable and weaker, Knicks are Celtics Achilles heel, they are unpredictable explosive and chaotic
I don’t want SAS in the garden. He suck a clown
Def pacers that would be the easiest series yet for them
Stephen A is ecstatic that his Knicks is leading the series who will decide who's gonna get REKT by Boston next LMAO This is like Orlando and Cleveland all over again, y'all just stepping stone for the Celtics' ascent to the NBA Finals
America knows SAS is a fake Knicks fan we don't claim fake
We the Knicks fans definitely don’t love and appreciate this fraud SAS. MSG needs to put a band on this idiot.
Stephen thats what you get for being such a company man, shafted. If it meant so much to you then you should've went to see your team!
These same clowns that are saying it makes sense are the same ones that have been wrong all playoffs about teams and players lol just like they have been about the knicks… u cant make it up… obviously the knicks are the way tougher team (even with injuries) and its honestly not even close that is mind blowing these ppl just keep talking reckless .. just comical at this point
This is house money for the Knicks, they playing loose free, and on a string on defense. Keep it going Knicks!
The Knicks are a worse matchup for the Celtics because they don’t quit like the Celtics have a tendency of doing.
Steven A doesn't even know what he's talking about. I don't think he truly understands what this KNICKS team is made up off. He's a fake Knicks fan
Real Knicks fans wants to punch sas in the face so bad, dude is fraudulent.
The Celtics have the perimeter defense to shutdown either team, so I really don't think they care. Brunson has been unstoppable, but I don't really see him dropping 40 on Jrue Holiday.
He won't get any love like The love Big Perk got from fans yesterday
And if they get the easier opponent and then they end up winning it all. You guys are going to discredit them for having easy opponents
Yeah whatever , Brunson cooked all of them, all three Js. 😂