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Jaylen Brown #7 of the Boston Celtics looks on during the second half against the Oklahoma City Thunder at TD Garden on March 25, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. <\/p>\n
All-Star wing Jaylen Brown has made it clear that he is ready to exact revenge on the New York Knicks<\/a> after his Boston Celtics lost to their Eastern Conference rivals in the second round of last year\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n With the second-seeded Celtics and third-seeded Knicks on a potential collision course again in the playoff semifinals, Brown is looking forward to the rematch.<\/p>\n \u201cIt felt like death,\u201d Brown said on his Twitch stream of losing to the Knicks in last year\u2019s playoffs. \u201cThe Knicks, good team. But to blow two 20-point leads, like how does that happen?\u201d Brown pondered. \u201cThe energy was off, and we lost, but shout out to the Knicks. They won. They moved on. We lost. We did it to ourselves. Can\u2019t be mad at it.<\/p>\n \u201cBut this story\u2019s a different year,\u201d Brown added. \u201cWe might match up with the Knicks again, and we\u2019ve got to be ready to slide. We\u2019ve got our young killers right here. Sometimes, you\u2019ve got to spin the block. You\u2019ve got to run it back.\u201d<\/p>\n Knicks Fans React<\/p>\n As Brown alluded to, the Knicks became the only team in the play-by-play era<\/a> to record two 20-point comebacks in the same playoffs when they beat the C\u2019s in Game 1 and Game 2 of last year\u2019s Eastern Conference semifinals. The Knicks went on to win the series in Game 6, securing their first conference finals appearance in 25 years.<\/p>\n Many Knicks fans took issue with Brown\u2019s comments, even though the Celtics star praised Jalen Brunson and the team for pulling off an upset last year.<\/p>\n \u201cYall was chucking them threes. Thats how,\u201d wrote on user on X, explaining to Brown that his Celtics lost the series because of their trigger-happy ways.<\/p>\n Celtics vs Knicks Playoffs Chances<\/p>\n Another Knicks fan thought that Brown was overemphasizing the first two losses, while ignoring the fact that New York also won Game 3 and Game 6.<\/p>\n \u201cThey had 4 more chances to win after those first two games, and didnt.,\u201d wrote the fan on X. \u201cThe Knicks are just better, it\u2019s like that sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s haunted by the Knicks\ud83d\ude02,\u201d wrote one fan, mocking Brown.<\/p>\n One fan guaranteed that the Knicks would beat the Celtics again.<\/p>\n \u201cHey buddy yall gone lose again if we play yall this post season. Bookmark this tweet!!!\u201d<\/p>\n One fan felt that beating the Celtics was equivalent to winning a title for the Knicks.<\/p>\n \u201cCeltics only hate losing to the Knicks in the playoffs cause yall never win a title after and have parades for beating celtics,\u201d wrote the Celtics fan, mocking the Knicks.<\/p>\n \u201cKnicks live rent free in this guys head,\u201d wrote another Knicks fan.<\/p>\n The Celtics (53-25) and Knicks (51-28) will renew their rivalry Thursday night in a Prime Video blockbuster clash. In the meantime, the C\u2019s will face the Charlotte Hornets<\/a> on Tuesday, while the Knicks rest at home coming off a three-game winning streak.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tSai Mohan<\/a> covers the NBA for Heavy.com. Based in Portugal, Sai is a seasoned sports writer with nearly two decades of publishing experience, including bylines at Yardbarker, FanSided’s Hoops Habit, International Business Times, Hindustan Times and more. 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