The New York Knicks are getting ready to take on the defending champions, who have been on stages bigger than this one before. The Knicks come into the series as a massive underdog, but the Celtics aren't taking them lightly.

We reached out to some of our other site editors in the NBA Wires network to get an idea of how this series is being seen ahead of Game 1.

For the first time in 41 years, two of the game's most storied franchises will meet in a playoff matchup later than the first round. The post 10 things to know about Celtics-Knicks series ahead of the second round appeared first on Boston.