In two matchups ending up as double-digit losses against the one and two-seeded teams in the Eastern Conference, many have sounded the alarms on the Knicks potentially being pretenders in the race for a championship as opposed to a real contender to take note of.

The Celtics can comfortably put Holiday on Towns, allowing Porziņģis to guard whichever non-shooter the Knicks have on the floor, because he’s strong and an incredible post defender for his size. This makes New York’s top-notch offense stagnant. Only so many teams have guards/wings able to disrupt Towns (Oklahoma City is one of them).