Celtics-Knicks NBA playoffs preview: Can New York actually keep up with Boston?

Celtics-Knicks NBA playoffs preview: Can New York actually keep up with Boston?

FINAL. I’M DAN ROCHE. ALL RIGHT DAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING ME NOW IS CEDRIC MAXWELL. RADIO ANALYST ON 98 FIVE THE SPORTS HUB. RONDO MY MAN. HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. YEP. SECOND ROUND. THEY’RE MOVING ON TO THE NEW YORK KNICKS. SWEPT THE KNICKS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. REALLY, STEVE. YEAH. JUST LIKE. THAT I MEAN, JOE MISSOULA GOES DEAD AGAINST WHAT YOU’RE SAYING BECAUSE THEY THEY WANT THEY KNOW THE KNICKS ARE A COMPETITIVE TEAM. NOW, I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WITH THE KNICKS. THE PROBLEM THE KNICKS HAVE THE FACT THAT I THINK MATCH UP WELL WITH THEM. BUT I THINK THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN THAT PLAYS OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BECAUSE ALL GREAT PLAYERS WANT TO GO INTO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AND THEY WANT TO PERFORM AT THIS HIGH LEVEL. YOU THINK ABOUT MICHAEL JORDAN WHEN HE WAS THERE. YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE GUYS WHO HAVE COME THERE. THINK ABOUT JAYSON TATUM WHEN HE GOES TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. THESE GUYS PLAY GREAT BASKETBALL. ON THE ROAD ANYWAY. YEAH, BUT BUT EVEN MORE. EVEN BRIGHTER, EVEN MORE SO ANTOINE WALKER SAID IT BEST. THEY PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE BUTTER ON THE POPCORN AT THAT TIME. SO WHEN THE PLAYOFFS ARE HAPPENING LIKE THIS, EVERYBODY’S EXCITED. ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE KNICKS YOU CUT OFF THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE. THE REST OF THE BODY DIES. BRUNSON! STOP HIM. STOP EVERYBODY ELSE. CORRECT. IT WOULD BE NICE TO DO THAT. I THINK BRUNSON IS GOOD. BUT I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE TO KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS CAN PRESENT SOME PROBLEMS IF YOU DON’T GET OUT AND GUARD HIM. HE’S ONE OF THE BEST THREE POINT SHOOTERS FOR BIG OUT THERE, AND A NOBI. PRETTY GOOD DEFENDER. BRUNSON DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING EVERYBODY INVOLVED. JOSH HART CAN BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE HE’S A REBOUNDING FOR A SMALL GUY. HE WILL GET SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THE CELTICS PLAY THEIR A GAME AND IF YOU HAVE BACK THE BEST TWO GUARD DEFENSIVE COMBINATION, I’VE SAID AGAIN ON AIR THE BEST COMBINATION DEFENSIVELY HOLIDAY AND WHITE WHITE IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOSTON CELTICS. WELL AND THAT’S SAYING SOMETHING. YEAH. AND THE HISTORY. THE HISTORY ABOUT THAT. WELL I MEAN I WANT SOMEBODY JUST TELL ME YOU’RE WRONG. YOU’RE WRONG BUDDY. YOU’RE WRONG. NO, I’M NOT WRONG. I’M NOT GOING TO TELL. YOU WRONG. I’M NOT. ->> IT WASN’T ME. THE GOOD NEWS IS JRUE HOLIDAY NOT ON THE INJURY REPORT. THAT IS A GOOD THING. JRUE HOLIDAY HAD THAT HAMSTRING AND HE WAS OUT. AND THERE WAS A LITTLE IFFY. EVERYBODY SAID YOU GOT TO PLAY HIM AGAINST ORLANDO. YOU GOT TO PLAY THE REST HIM REST HIM WITH THAT HAMSTRING. SMART MOVE BY JOE MISSOULA. THEY ABLE TO GET THAT SERIES OVER GET IT BEHIND HIM. AND HE HAD EXTRA DAYS OF REST BECAUSE YOU TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS THE WAY YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO AND GET AND GOT PLENTY OF REST RIGHT NOW. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS TEAM, A COUPLE GUYS THAT I THINK GET OVERLOOKED, OKAY, ONE HEAD COACH, WHY DOES JOE MISSOULA GET OVERLOOKED? BECAUSE JOE MISSOULA ISN’T HE DOESN’T WANT TO BE LIKED LIKE THAT. HE WASN’T. HE DOESN’T WANT TO BE TERRY FRANCONA. HE DOESN’T WANT TO BE DOC RIVERS. HE IS. HE WANTS TO BE. CONTRARY TO WHAT OTHER GUYS REALLY FEEL HE’S LIKE. HE’S MORE ABOUT HIS TEAM THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE IS A GREAT. COACH, A GREAT COACH. HE IS, HE IS. BUT HE WON’T GET CREDIT FOR THAT. YEAH, THAT’S THAT BOTHERS ME A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. I GIVE HIM. SOME CREDIT. I TALKED. TO HIM. HE’S A GREAT COACH. WELL I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT. AND WE ONE DAY WE WERE HAPPENED TO BE IN THE GYM BY OURSELVES. AND I SAID, I SAID, JOE SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON’T THINK I’M A I DON’T THINK I’M A GOOD COACH. I SAID, JOE, YOU’RE NOT. I SAID, YOU’RE A GREAT COACH. HE’S LIKE, WHY DID WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? I SAID, BECAUSE THIS IS THE REASON WHY. BECAUSE YOU DEAL WITH PERSONALITIES AND YOU HAVE THOSE PERSONALITIES IN CHECK. YOU HAVE GREAT PLAYERS. AND IN THE NBA, WITH THE PERSONALITIES THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOU TO KEEP THESE GUYS IN CHECK, FOR THEM TO PLAY FOR YOU AND WANT TO PLAY FOR YOU AND PLAY CONSISTENTLY FOR YOU. THAT’S COACHING. THAT’S BIG TIME. COACHING, THAT’S COACHING THE OTHER GUY. I THINK THAT GETS OVERLOOKED. THAT DOESN’T GET THE CREDIT HE DESERVES IS DEREK WHITE. I THINK DEREK WHITE IS KEY TO THIS BASKETBALL TEAM. HE I MEAN, I THINK THAT YOU CAN GO FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. I DON’T THINK YOU CAN MISS ANY OF THOSE GUYS. BUT DEREK WHITE IS ALSO A FACILITATOR. HE MAKES. GOOD DECISIONS. HE MAKES GREAT DECISIONS. HE CONTROLS THE INITIAL POINT OF ATTACK. HE CAN SCORE. AND HERE’S THE THING ABOUT HIM, WHICH IS CRAZY. I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HAS BLOCKED MORE SHOTS AS A GUARD THAN A LOT OF FORWARDS IN THE NBA RIGHT NOW. WOW. SO DEFENSIVELY HE’S ABLE TO STEP UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL. YOU MENTIONED DEFENSIVELY ALL RIGHT NOW THE CELTICS RIGHT. THEY CAN PLAY TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. THEY CAN GO DOUBLE BIG CORRECT. OR THEY GO SMALL AND JUST RUN THEM OUT THE GYM. ANY WAY YOU WANT TO HAVE IT STEVE. THEY CAN PLAY IT. THAT’S WHAT WE SAID ABOUT ORLANDO. ORLANDO WAS DOWN THERE. THEY HAD A ROCK FIGHT AND CELTICS WERE THROWING BOULDERS AND THEY WERE THROWING PEBBLES. SO THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN THE STYLE. CELTICS CAN PLAY AN UP TEMPO STYLE. THEY CAN SLOW IT DOWN. THEY CAN GO SMALL. THEY CAN GO BIG. I MEAN SO MANY COMBINATIONS THEY CAN COME AND I’LL TELL YOU WHO I THINK IS GOING TO HAVE A REALLY BIG SERIES HERE AND HASN’T REALLY PLAYED THAT WELL HERE SO FAR. PORZINGIS. PORZINGIS. IT’S TIME FOR HIM TO SHOW UP WHO HE’S BEEN. HE HAD A GREAT YEAR WHEN HE CAME OFF THOSE INJURIES I’M LOOKING FOR MORE THIS TIME. FORMER KNICK YES. FORMER KNICK YES ABSOLUTELY. SPEAKING OF FORMER KNICKS BERNARD KING. LET’S GO BACK IN TIME. JUST QUICKLY SHORT. VERSION THERE YOU. SAY I HAVE TO. YEAH. BECAUSE YOU HAD A LITTLE RUN IN WITH HIM. I DID. WHAT HAPPENED I DID HE WAS WAR. REPORTER DAN ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE’RE HAVING. BERNARD KING IS SCORING 40 ON HIS 40 AGAINST DETROIT. AND SO WOULD YOU SAY SAID HE AIN’T SCORING 40. THERE WAS SOME OTHER WORDS I PUT IN THERE, BUT I AIN’T SCORING 40 ON ME. AND WE WE HELD HIM DOWN FOR TWO GAMES. WE WENT TO NEW YORK. HE WENT BERSERK IN THE THIRD GAME. HE HAD ONE OF THESE STAT SHEETS LIKE THIS. YEAH. HE GAVE IT TO A REPORTER SAID, GO DOWN THERE AND GIVE THIS TO MAXWELL. NO WAY. DID HE REALLY HAD HIMSELF A GREAT GAME, GAVE HIM A STATUE. THAT WAS HOT. I WAS I WAS HOT UNTIL HE SCORED 40. THE NEXT GAME HE SCORED 40 AGAIN. SO THE RESULT. FINAL RESULT? YEAH. FINAL RESULT. WE WE DOWN IN SEVEN. WE SEND THEM HOME. AND HE TALKED ABOUT IT. HE SAID MAYBE ONE OF HIS BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS. THEY DIDN’T PLAY WELL IN THE SEVENTH GAME IN BOSTON FOR THE CLOSER. AND HE CALLED YOU. YEAH HE JUST CALLED. I WILL HAVE HIM ON MY PODCAST ON TUESDAY TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF. AND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BRING UP EVERYTHING ABOUT KNICKS CELTICS RIGHT NOW. YEAH, YEAH, I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE LAKERS. WHO LET ME GET THIS TRASH CAN. WITH YOU. HOW CAN WE CELEBRATE? SHOULD WE JUST DRINK WATER? I DON’T EVEN KNOW. WHOSE WATER THIS IS. I SHOULD JUST OPEN IT UP. BYE BYE LA. BYE BYE. BYE BYE BYE BYE, FAKERS. WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. ALL RIGHT. DRIVE AGAIN. DRIVE SAFELY. FINAL QUESTION I WANT TO ASK DOES THE SERIES GO FIVE GAMES, SIX GAMES? SEVEN GAMES? WHAT FOR? IF I AM A BETTING MAN, I AM. FROM TIME TO TIME, I WOULD SAY FIVE GAMES. I THINK THE KNICKS ARE GOING TO WIN A GAME, BUT THE. IT’S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE WIN THESE FIRST TWO. IF THEY WIN THESE FIRST TWO IN BOSTON. TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON THE KNICKS BECAUSE THE KNICKS HAVEN’T BEAT THE CELTICS SO FAR THIS YEAR RIGHT. YEAH. THE GOOD THING IS THEY HAVE REST. THEY HAVE TIME TO. THEY HAVE PLENTY. THEY HAVE REST. AND HERE’S THE THING I’VE SAID BEFORE THE CELTICS ARE NO LONGER THE HUNTER. THEY’RE THE HUNTED. SO YOU KNOW AND THAT POINT I THINK THAT’S WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT IT. ONE LAST QUESTION BECAUSE I LIED. CAN TOO MUCH REST BE A PROBLEM. CAN THEY COME OUT RUSTY. DON’T THINK THEY HAD AS MANY DAYS TO BE RESTED. NOT LIKE CLEVELAND, LIKE LIKE OKC. THOSE GUYS HAD EIGHT, NINE, TEN DAYS AND STILL HAVEN’T HAD THAT MANY DAYS. SO I THINK THEY’LL STILL BE READY TO GO. SO YOU HEARD IT HERE. CELTICS

Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell joined Steve Burton on Sports Final to talk about the second-round matchup between the Celtics and Knicks.