Before Game 2, Doc Rivers prophesized about a prevalent series misperception: that the Knicks would try to run and the veteran legs of Boston would try to reel the pace back in and play a halfcourt game.

“If we can score easy baskets and get into a transition game on our end, we’re good with that,” Rivers said. “We don’t want them to do that, but we want to run. I think that’s probably something that people are probably wrong a lot when they talk about our team, but we want to run, because in a halfcourt, slower game, it’s easier to help off of Rondo and clog up our offense. But when we’re in transition and the ball’s moving, we’re pretty good.”

After two games, Boston has 26 fast-break points to the Knicks’ 6.