NEW YORK — Jayson Tatum scored 40 points and the Boston Celtics easily ... on Thursday in an NBA Finals rematch to win for the fifth time in six games and move 2 1/2 games ahead of the Knicks for the ...

The Knicks will try to inch closer to the Celtics in the race for the second seed in the Eastern Conference Saturday night, when New York hosts Boston ... 6 and played just four-plus minutes in ...

Boston’s loss to Dallas allowed New York to pull within 1 1/2 games of the Celtics for second place in the East.

Either way, the Knicks were visibly disappointed in their latest subpar performance against the teams they are chasing, with ...

The defending NBA champions have proven it twice over in the last week-plus, with stirring road victories against the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers and third-place Knicks. On Feb. 4 in ...

In the 2010s, teams in the Eastern ... in a game that forced even the biggest Knicks fans to question the organization's talent. Is this team good enough to win a title over teams like Boston?

The defending champions and the two teams with the best records in the NBA are the post-All-Star Game favorites to win the ...

The New York Knicks are coming off of a tough loss to the Boston ... consecutive game, the loss was a harsh reminder of where New York is compared to the other contenders in the Eastern Conference.

The Knicks hit the All-Star break at 36-18 but now face the second-toughest schedule in the East. And there will be plenty to keep an eye on over the final eight weeks of the 2024-25 NBA season.

Injuries to OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson helped ensure the New York Knicks would never get a chance to find out how they ...