The Celtics are heavily favored against the Knicks in the second round after sweeping the regular-season series. The defending champions also enter Monday’s Game 1 in Boston with a clean injury report with nobody listed. That’s a huge sign as the C’s battled some injuries during their first-round win over the Magic.

We reached out to some of our other site editors in the NBA Wires network to get an idea of how this series is being seen ahead of Game 1.

Celtics guard Jrue Holiday is expected to return from a strained right hamstring when Boston opens its Eastern Conference finals series against the Knicks on Monday night. No Celtics players were listed on the injury report Sunday,