It promises to be a spicy rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference semifinals as the New York Knicks host the Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden. Amazon Prime Video brings us the tipoff at 7:30 pm ET. Following last night’s TWO Same Game Parlay wins at +400 and +480 odds, I have come up with another bet at +442 odds to try to make it 3 in a row!
Let’s break down our Celtics vs Knicks Same Game Parlay picks. You can also find out our expert NBA picks for EVERY GAME this season!
Mikal Bridges 2+ made threes (-162)
Jaylen Brown 2+ made threes (-113)
Derrick White to score 20+ points (-128)
Celtics vs Knicks Same Game Parlay odds: +442
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Mikal Bridges 2+ made threes (-162)
Getting off to a hot start in the first quarter was one of the keys for New York in its first win of the season vs Cleveland. Bridges led the attack early by scoring all 4 of his attempts en route to 10 points. Although he scored only 6 points the rest of the way, it was still a very decent output from one of the better 2-way players in the league. There’s really no pressure on Bridges from an offensive standpoint, as he is only the fouth scoring option behind Brunson, KAT and Anunoby.
Boston led the league last season holding opponents to the lowest percentage of shooting from downtown, but we saw it struggle in that department against the 76ers — who knocked down 40% of their attempts. Until the C’s get their bearings set in this new Jayson Tatum-less system, I feel like opponents will be taking advantage of them. Bridges is averaging 1.7 made threes per game in 10 meetings against them, the last time these two teams played he erupted for 22 points in just 30 mins while knocking down 4 triples.
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Jaylen Brown 2+ made threes (-113)
Jaylen Brown is slowly adapting to his new role as the number one scoring option on this Celtics squad in Tatum’s absence. Brown had a solid season debut against the 76ers, at least from an individual standpoint scoring 25 points. He was an efficient 50% from the field and also knocked down 2 of 4 attempts from deep. I’m looking for him to continue being productive on Friday in Madison Square Garden as the C’s aim to win their first game of the season.
New York ranked 22nd in the league in opponent field-goal percentage last year, allowing teams to shoot 36.4%. New head coach Mike Brown will certainly hope to improve on that mark this season, but the Knicks didn’t do well in their first game of the year — allowing Cleveland to shoot 41.3% from downtown. Brown has scored at least 20 points in his past 2 visits to MSG, plus he has cashed on this line 5 times in a row against the Celtic. Let’s hope those streaks continue on Friday.
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Derrick White to score 20+ points (-128)
White is one of the more reliable players in the NBA. He didn’t have the best of opening nights efficiency wise, going just 7-for-20 from the field in the loss to Philadelphia, but he did score 25 points in the end and was the leading scorer for his team along with Brown. Those 2 should exchange at the top of the points leaderboard for the C’s all year long as they look to survive without their superstar in Tatum, who is still out with his Achilles injury.
White scored just 8 points in the last game against the Knicks as his team got eliminated in the playoffs; that will certainly be a motivating factor as Boston heads into New York looking for revenge. Over his last 10 outings vs this team, White is averaging just shy of 20 points at 19.5 per game — and that’s with Tatum playing most of those games. With him out of the picture, White now automatically becomes the second scoring option. I believe he will fulfill that role to the fullest on Friday night.
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