Banged-up Knicks’ latest showdown with Jaylen Brown, Celtics could be unlikely playoff preview
NY Post
BOSTON — The hobbling Knicks arrived here Saturday to a snowy city, where the locals were gearing up for their big Drake Maye Day and Jaylen Brown had his sights set on the opponent he enjoys beating the most.
“We just got to keep it up,” Brown said after the Celtics toppled the Heat on Friday night. “Sunday is going to be a big matchup so we need the fans to have the same energy.
“Looking forward to it.”
For the Beantowners, it’s a pre-Super Bowl showdown against the Knicks, who eliminated the Celtics from the playoffs last year and are now among a handful of teams jockeying at the top of the East.
The Knicks (33-19), whose eight-game winning streak was embarrassingly snapped Friday night in a blowout defeat to the Pistons, are third in the conference and a full game behind the No. 2 Celtics (34-18).
New York is banged up — with Miles McBride out for the regular season (sports hernia surgery), OG Anunoby (sore toe) and Karl-Anthony Towns (lacerated eyelid) sitting the previous game and Josh Hart reinjuring his ankle — but Jose Alvarado, the newly acquired scrappy point guard, is expected to debut for the orange and blue.
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