Earlier in the season, the Knicks fell behind by 52 points to the Celtics in a nationally televised game in Boston before they ultimately fell by 45.

Monday the two teams will meet again for the first time since that game with New York hoping for much more of a contest.

"They stuck it to us," remembered Jamal Crawford. "That game was a month and a half, two months ago. But you still remember things like that, definitely. It was the most embarrassing game of the season, by far. That's definitely something people talked about for a while. But that's in the past for us. It's a new beginning."