Boston Celtics – New York Knicks Betting Tip, Prediction & Odds | NBA 23.02.2025
The Celtics are looking to go up 3-0 in the regular season series against the New York Knicks as the two teams lock horns at TD Garden on Sunday. Who gets the all-important win here?
The Boston Celtics and New York Knicks meet on 23.02.2025, in what will be their 3rd of four regular season meetings this season. The game will be played at TD Garden (Boston) with the home team Celtics being favored to win this game.
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Boston Celtics |
Sun, 23.02.2025, 19:00 |
New York Knicks |
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8/15 |
13/1 |
8/5 |
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Expert Tip |
BOS Celtics -8.5 Point Spread |
Odds 10/11 |
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Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks: Current situation
The All-Star break didn’t have any negative effects on the form of the Boston Celtics who are on a 4-game win streak following a big win at Philadelphia. They now have the most 20+ point wins in the entire NBA this season, which shows the level of dominance presented on a nightly basis by the defending champions. With less than 30 games to go they are in a solid position to keep hold of the 2nd seed, while the Cavaliers are running away in the number 1 spot.
The incentive to win here is far greater for the Knicks who are trying to catch up with the Celtics for the 2nd seed in the Eastern Conference. Coming into this game only 3 games separate the two teams, if they can put together a win streak of some sorts the Knicks are more than capable of catching Boston. However, the question is can they get a result against a team that beat them by 23 and 27 points in 2 meetings this season?
Boston Celtics Stats & Form
Boston led by as many as 29 points in their convincing win over Philadelphia right after the all-star break. Payton Pritchard stole the show with his three-point shooting, connecting on 8 of 15 threes off the bench, to finish the game with 28 points. As a team the Cs made 24 threes on the night, one of their most productive games from downtown of the entire season. Jayson Tatum also notched a triple double in just 35 minutes of play time.
New York Knicks Stats & Form
After back-to-back games that went into overtime, the Knicks got smacked by the best team in the Eastern Conference as the Cleveland Cavaliers destroyed them 142-105 on Friday. At one point in the game they were down by as many as 42 points, which just shows how much work there is left for Tom Thibodeau if the Knicks want to make noise in the postseason. The Knicks have covered the spread just once in 5 games.
Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks: Head-to-Head
New York has had a hard time in head-to-head meetings vs the Celtics, the men in green have won 6 of the last 7 games. From a betting perspective, backing the Celtics also made a lot more sense as they’ve covered the spread in 5 of the last 6 meetings as well. Games between the two teams played in Boston have been marked by high scoring with the over cashing 5 times in the last 6 games.
Boston Celtics – New York Knicks Odds
Going with the defending champions in this match-up will net you odds of 8/15. If you fancy the Knicks to pull off the unlikely upset, you can get odds of 8/5.
The point total has been set at 231.5 points, with odds of 10/11 supporting either the over or the under.
Top 3 Betting Odds
| Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks Betting Tip | Odds |
| Boston Celtics -8.5 Point Spread | 10/11 |
| Over 231.5 Total Points | 10/11 |
| New York Knicks +8.5 Point Spread | 10/11 |
Betting tip and prediction: Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks (23.02.2025)
On one hand we have the NBA’s worst perimeter defense in the Knicks, facing the NBA’s most prolific three-point offense in the Celtics. The math is pretty simple here – teams have averaged 38.1% of made threes against New York this season which is the highest mark in the NBA. Boston makes 17.9 threes on average per game, with that number going up to 18.4 per game at TD Garden. We just saw them come out of the all-star break and connect on 24 threes against the Philadelphia 76ers, so the Knicks could be in real trouble here if they don’t keep things under control early. In the 2 meetings so far this season the Celtics recorded 29 and 19 threes, it’s quite obvious that they have an unfair advantage in this area of play. New York just got exposed by the Cavs on Friday who shot over 60% from the field and also canned 19 threes on 51.4% efficiency. Defense has been a major issue for the Knicks all year long, against bad teams they are able to compensate on the other end, but whenever they run into a true contender they lose by double digits. It’s hard to expect any of this to change overnight, so we are confident that backing Boston is the correct way to approach this game. Let’s have a bet on the Celtics to cover.
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Expert Tip |
BOS Celtics -8.5 Point Spread |
Odds 10/11 |
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