What could be better than playing the first game of the new season at the legendary Madison Square Garden? That’s the honor for Boston, which has to play without Horford and Brown. The meeting will begin at 00:30 UK time.
Possible line-ups for the match:
New York Knicks:
G – Kemba Walker; G – Evan Fournier; F – RJ Barrett; F – Julius Randle; C – Taj Gibson.
Boston Celtics:
G – Dennis Schroder; G – Marcus Smart; F – Jaylen Brown; F – Jayson Tatum; C – Robert Williams III.
New York Knicks:
The Knicks are going to have a really tough team in the new season. In the offseason, the team from New York not only stayed true to its leaders but also get Kemba Walker. Perhaps the Knickerbockers will restore their good play. In addition to Walker, the acquisition of Evan Fournier should be noted. The Frenchman was one of Orlando’s leaders, so he will definitely strengthen the Knicks.
Tom Thibodeau’s team looked pretty good in the preseason. They won all of their games, beating Indiana, Washington, and Detroit.
Boston Celtics:
Boston enters the new season without much change. The only loss is Walker’s departure. However, this transfer will not affect the Celtics’ games. After all, the initiators of the exchange were the management of the Celtics. The former Charlotte player never fully developed at TD Garden so he was tranferred to another team. Boston got Al Horford and Moses Brown instead.
The preseason could not be called particularly successful for Ime Udoka’s team. After starting with wins over Orlando and Toronto, the Celtics lost to the Magic (102-103) and Miami (100-121).
New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics statistics:
In the last ten games, the teams have scored more than 217 points only twice.
The Knicks finished the 2020-21 regular season with 7 steals per game on average. In three faceoffs against Boston, they managed to improve it to 8.3.
New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics Tips:
The Knicks have had a great offseason. They already beat Boston twice last season. Now they will have Fournier and Walker on their squad. Kemba will be the best player against his former team. It’s possible that his individual play could be a big help to New York.
Our prediction is a Knicks’ win with the odds of 1.74 with VBet bookmaker.
In the preseason, the Knicks were excellent on offense. For example, they scored at least 115 points in 3 of 4 games. We think Thibodeau’s men will force the visitors to play fast. That should make for a very entertaining match.
Our second prediction is a total of points over 219.5 with the odds of 2.15 with VBet bookmaker.