With a week left until Opening Night, the Celtics played the Knicks for the second time in the preseason before facing,,,the Knicks on October 25th. They’ll play four times in nearly a month (with their second regular season game schedule on November 13th), but don’t worry about familiarity breeding contempt, at least any more than normal between the Atlantic Division rivals.
In their first meeting last Monday, Boston trotted out their B-team with their top-6 resting with New York giving their regulars some run in front of the Madison Square Garden faithful. The tables were turned on Tuesday night when the Celtics played as close to a regular season rotation we’ll see before training camp closes and the Knicks went with their deep bench.