2011 NBA Playoffs: Celtics vs Knicks. Who will win the series?

The celtics are a very experienced team, they have had much success over the years even winning it two years ago. The Knicks are a new team that are having chemistry problems until they can get that figured out they will not make it out of the first round. I have the Celtics wining thins serious in 5

They certainly have a small chance to overcome the favoured Boston Celtics but it will have to be a great effort to do so. I see the Celtics just having too much for the Knicks.

I'll do you one better and take the C's in 5. New York is talented. But they're also extremely one-sided and rely heavily on offense. I can't see them competing with Boston in this series. They might sneak out a home win, but Boston, I think, is ready to go on their annual playoff push.

It will be the Celtics for this particular matchup. And it's not just because of the player matchups. Of course, Amare and Billups are hurt and Melo may be a scorer but makes poor decisions. But actually, the coach matchup favors Rivers. In the 1st 2 games this playoff, Rivers showed his superior to D'Antoni outsmarting him especially in the critical end game moments.

This series has a lot of juice. It's Offense versus Defense. Both teams made significant trades this season and both teams struggled incorporating their new guys to the system. The Knicks went 14-14 since acquiring Melo & Billups while the C's went 15-12 since the Perkins trade. I'd give Boston an edge though because their team wasn't built around Perkins. Rajon Rondo emerged to be the best player on this team and when he plays good, like making jumpshots, penetrating, finding teammates, the C's are unstoppable. He's the fuel that ignites the Big 3. On the other hand with the Knicks, since the Melo trade, all I've ever seen with this team is ballhogging. Melo tends to get the ball always, which leads to less movement on offense. Chauncey Billups hoisting up rushed 3's. Landry Fields and Amare have been nowhere to be found on offense. More importantly, they don't play defense, D'Antoni's system is synonymous with no defense, pure offense. But I'll give the Knicks one game at home. Melo gets hot, Amare gets going. But that's all she wrote. Celtics in 5. I'm looking forward for D'Antoni getting fired in the offseason.