THERE ARE NO MORAL VICTORIES NEW YORK!!!

During the entire Knicks vs. Celtics playoffs series, The Campus Socialite (Knicks) will square off against Dueling Couches (Celtics) in a trash talk showdown. We’re taking this rivalry from the courts to the blogs.



Hey New York, I'll see ya in Madison Square up 2-0. I'll admit that was a valiant effort you put in last night without Amare Stoudemire and Chauncey Billups, but the fact is the Knicks franchise hasn't won playoff game in bazillion games and that trend continues and will continue.

I've been hearing the excuses all morning, IF we had Amare, IF we had Chauncey, IF Jared Jeffries put the shot up strong we WOULD have won the game or we NEARLY beat you without Amare and Billups, so next game we will get you for sure. This one also makes me laugh, and even our friend Drew Austin at Campus Socialite was guilty of it on twitter, "Fire Mike D'Antoni", C'mon man what do you expect from him when you have a bunch of D Leaguers and Carmelo Anthony playing against the best team in the NBA? If anything he deserves more credit for having that team play a close game. Let me make this clear New York, there are no moral victories, especially in the playoffs when you are down 0-2.

What is really painful is having to listen to all this crying over the refs. Do Knick fans realize that they were at the line 11 more times then the Celtics? There were blown calls on both sides, and it's really sad to hear a fan base cry that much when you had such an advantage in free throw attempts.

Let me tell you some facts going into game 3. Don't expect the Knicks to have 53 rebounds including 20 offensive boards. Without that, this game would have been a blowout, we essentially gave New York 24 free points. Above all the rebounding problems it was the Celtics bench that really let them down. Big Baby had the worst game of his NBA career. He was letting guys blow by him, couldn't pull down a board if his life depended on it, and just looked out of it all game. That won't happen again. He is much better then that, and is the key to the 2nd unit. If the bench plays even close to the way they should this would've been an easy 10+ point victory. Also, Don't expect Carmelo to be that hot ever again. Yes, he had a hell of a game, and is a hell of a scorer, but he was hitting shots that he had no business making and will NEVER be able to take 30 shots against the Celtics again and make 47% of them.

With all that being said, next game will be exciting for sure, I want the Knicks to have Billups and Stoudemire back just so we can beat them again, and stop hearing the excuses that are flooding out of New York. This year alone we saw two awesome games at MSG, the 1st was when Pierce hit a step back over Amare to win the game and the 2nd was when the Celtics came back from 15 to beat the Knicks. It was great, we got to see KG and Pierce quiet a room full of greasy, loud New Yorkers. So, as much as you'll hear New Yorkers get all hyped up over finally having a meaningful game at MSG, the Celtics will do what they always do... WIN GAMES.