With Holiday back, the expectation here is the Celtics still go nine players deep in their rotation in this series, at least to start. The Celtics had great success in the regular season against the Knicks with their double bigs and the Knicks personnel shouldn’t scare Joe Mazzulla away from using one of their best lineups all year.

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The Knicks guard is a very different sort of cover compared to anything the Celtics saw in their first round matchup against the Orlando Magic.

The Celtics will get up 3-pointers, just like they did against the Knicks in the regular season, but how New York plans for that will be an important factor.

The New York Knicks are coming into their series against the Boston Celtics as a major underdog. The Celtics cruised past the Orlando Magic while the Knicks str

Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said guard Jrue Holiday remains day-to-day with a strained hamstring and gave no indication whether he would be available for Game 1 of the second-round playoff series on Monday against the New York Knicks.

Jrue Holiday’s status remains unclear as Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals approaches. Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla would not say Friday whether he expects to have the veteran guard available when the second-round series against the New York Knicks tips off Monday night at TD Garden.