The New York Knicks will visit the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Boston tonight for a basketball game between Atlantic Division rivals. The game will be live streamed at 7:30 PM ET on CSNN.
The Celtics pounded the Knicks in the most lopsided game in the NBA this season this past weekend, winning by 41-points in a game that put Knicks coach Mike Woodson squarely on the hot seat.
The Celtics' 114-73 victory at New York on Sunday was a blowout from the start, with Boston scoring the first 12 points and never looking back. The Celtics shot 54.2 percent from the field, and Boston had two players score at least 20 points, while the Knicks' starters totaled 29.
The Knicks (6-15) are averaging 93.8 points, among the lowest in the league, despite Carmelo Anthony's 25.6 a contest.
Anthony scored 30 as New York earned a desperately needed win after two straight losses Wednesday, 83-78 over Chicago at home. He went 11 of 12 from the line and added 10 rebounds for the Knicks, who squandered a 23-point lead before hanging on.
"From a mental standpoint, if this game would have got away from us, ain't no telling what would have happened," Anthony said.
Amare Stoudemire finished with 14 points and nine rebounds and keyed a 19-0 second-quarter spurt. Averaging 7.3 points, the reserve forward has totaled 46 in the past three contests -- his best three-game stretch of the season.
The Knicks were dealt a major blow when it was announced Thursday that starting point guard Raymond Felton is expected to miss two to three weeks with a strained left hamstring.
Felton, averaging 10.3 points and 5.2 assists, has been bothered by the hamstring for much of the season and the Knicks finally decided to shut him down. He had an MRI exam Thursday to confirm the injury.
Boston has dropped two straight since the win over New York, falling 96-88 on Wednesday in an emotional defeat to former coach Doc Rivers and the Clippers in Rivers' return to TD Garden.