Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown embarrassed himself at the Knicks game by failing to recognize pop stars Sabrina Carpenter and Chappel Roan, while the Celtics secured a crucial victory. This incident raises questions about leadership dynamics within the Celtics team.

Jrue Holiday will miss his fourth-straight contest as he continues to recover from a right shoulder injury. While missing key players like Brown and Holiday is not ideal, the Celtics boast one of the deepest rosters in the NBA and have capable replacements ready to step up.

The Cavs and Thunder are the only NBA teams with better records than the 39-16 Celtics, who won seven of their last eight games entering the All-Star break. The Knicks own the NBA’s fifth-best record but were routed in each of their first two Celtics matchups, including a 131-104 Boston beatdown at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 8.

The Celtics now own a four-game lead over the Knicks and the head-to-head tiebreaker for the two-seed in the East (Boston still trails Cleveland by six games for the top seed). The two teams will square off one final time in the regular season when they meet at Madison Square Garden on April 8.

The Knicks have made it to the second round of the playoffs in each of the last two years, but they have been unable to get over the hump and make it to the Eastern Conference Fin

Jaylen Brown said the Celtics weren’t trying to send a message in their 118-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday afternoon at Boston’s TD Garden. The win was the Celtics' third this season against a Knicks squad that wants to be considered among the Eastern Conference's - if not the NBA's - elite.