“Pacers are gonna pop y’all, though. Y’all know that, right? Y’all know that the Pacers is gonna get y’all,” Pierce said in a video posted to social media.

Instead, the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers decided to play spoilers and find themselves with an opportunity to add to a longtime rivalry.

New York has gone 38-11 in games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -186 or shorter (winning 77.6%).

Whatever the Boston Celtics are going to do this offseason, they are not ready to talk to the media about it. Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens sat down with the media this afternoon for the first time since Boston was eliminated by the New York Knicks in their 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals second round series that ended in six games,

New York Knicks fans flooded the streets outside Madison Square Garden after their team eliminated the Boston Celtics from the 2025 playoffs.

The Knicks got past the No. 6 Detroit Pistons in a highly competitive six-game series before beating the defending champion No. 2 Boston Celtics.