Boston Celtics superfan Bill Simmons wants the NBA world to know the New York Knicks have been passed in the East.

The Boston Celtics are now the second seed in the Eastern Conference after they won and the Knicks lost on Monday.

Boston Celtics guard Payton Prichard is not impressed after they passed the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference standings.

The New York Knicks have been rock solid this season, as they are performing well in the upper echelon of the Eastern Conference. Unfortunately for the Knicks, they have recently slid down the standings,

New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown kept it real after the team lost its fourth straight game on Monday night.

Heading into the 2025-26 NBA season, the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers were consensus favorites in the Eastern Conference. With two months of the season in the history books, the Cavaliers no longer appear to be a viable threat, and the Knicks are still coming to grips with Mike Brown's movement-heavy system.

The New York Knicks are losers of three straight games, which is putting the team in a bit of a tough spot. The Knicks are still in second place in the Eastern

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown sent a profane shot at the rival New York Knicks during a livestream on his Twitch page earlier this week, saying “f–k the Knicks.”

With the Celtics' win over the Bulls on Monday, they leapfrogged the rival Knicks in the Eastern Conference standings.

But the Celtics DNA proved tougher to exorcise than the Knicks may have anticipated. They still play the Knicks tough, getting the better of New York the first chance they got as the the host team, as they still reside in the league's top-three in 3-point attempts and makes in the NBA behind their bevy of shooters.