The current NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, begin a new season in which it will be a real big match against the New York Knicks, who for many analysts are the main candidate to dethrone the greens in the Eastern Conference. Below, we’ll preview how both teams arrive at the first game of the 2024-25 season, detailing the data and statistics that will help us understand what may happen at TD Garden and what the interesting bets for this dynamic clash.
Celtics vs. Celtics game date and time Knicks
The match between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks will be played this Wednesday, October 23 at 1:30 a.m. (Spanish Peninsula time) at TD Garden (Boston).
Latest news for the Celtics: injuries and form
Boston arrives convinced of maintaining the course of the previous campaign. They extended the contracts of their best players and facing the debut against the New Yorkers, they only have the significant loss of Kristaps Porzingis, who will still take time to return. As they showed last year, they aim to be a strong group that is very difficult to beat. By the way, right before the regular season started, they fired Lonnie Walker IV.
In terms of pure data, it is very interesting to know that the Celtics were the highest scoring team in the 2023-24 season with 122.2 points per 100 possessions, and they also made as many as 16, 5 three-pointers per game, also leading the standings. NBA in this section.
Player to watch: Jayson Tatum
Being the franchisee of the greens, not taking the MVP of the last Finals and seeing relegated to the back of the rotation by Steve Kerr on Team USA This can provide additional motivation. He is expected to start the campaign with a strong foot on the accelerator to underline his status as a League superstar.
Latest Knicks News: Injuries and Fitness
The New York Knicks have changed a lot from last year. They signed two fantastic players in Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges, while losing others like Donte DiVincenzo and Julius Randle along the way. A lot is expected of them, but they still have a way to go to adapt and give the best of themselves. Injury-wise, Precious Achiuwa and Mitchell Robinson will take time to be available.
Already highlighting a facet of the Knicks’ game, we can’t ignore that last season they were the second-best defense in the NBA, receiving an average of 108.2 points per night.
Player to watch: Cities of Karl-Anthony
In accordance with the express wish of Leon Rose, president of basketball operations of the Knicks, the former Minnesota player should perform at a high level to demonstrate that he truly represents a step forward in his aspirations for the inhabitants of the Big Apple.
Celtics vs. Knicks: Head-to-Head History
Celtics – Knicks is one of the classic NBA games. After several decades of competition, they have faced each other as many as 494 times in the regular season. In these confrontations, the Greens emerged victorious 304 times and the New Yorkers 190 times. Concerning what has been experienced more recently; That is, in the 2023-24 season, Boston has won four of five head-to-head games. Moreover, they have not measured their strength in the playoffs since the distant 2012-13 season, when those now coached by Tom Thibodeau won 4-2 in the first round.
Predictions for Celtics vs. Knicks
A clear favorite, but barely. Playing at TD Garden, it’s obvious that Boston is a favorite, but looking at last season’s games we see that in only one of them did the Celtics win by more than 10 points. For the more conservative, simply betting on Boston to win is an interesting option, but for the more risky it wouldn’t be bad to refine a little more and aim for them to win by a small margin of difference .
The fight for the rebound. This is perhaps the great unknown of the meeting. If Boston doesn’t count on Kristaps Porzingis, the same thing happens to New York with Mitchell Robinson. It’s hard to predict what will happen, especially since last year the Celtics were the second-highest rebounding team with 46.3 per night, followed closely by the Knicks in fifth with 45.2 .
Brunson’s points. Which player will score the most points in the match? Jalen Brunson stood out last season by scoring 28.7 points per night, being the one who scored the most of all those who will appear on the floor. Jayson Tatum, for example, has remained at a 26.9 average. Will this trend continue or will it return tonight?
Best bet for the Celtics vs. Knicks
After analyzing all the data on the Celtics and the Knicks, perhaps the most interesting thing would be to aim for a difference in points in favor of the Greens which in no case exceeds ten.
Alternative Bets
Beyond the handicap in favor of Boston, a simple bet on the victory of the Greens also seems interesting, thinking of a maximum of common points or that the Knicks will stop the Celtics’ outside play.
Where to watch Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks
The match between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks can be seen on NBA League Pass subscriptionas well as through Movistar + in Spain. Both broadcasts can be followed in Spanish.
