Celtics Host Knicks in Battle of Ancient Rivals

Celtics Have Dominated Knicks Recently

One of the oldest rivalries in the NBA resumes Wednesday night (8 PM ET, ESPN) when the Boston Celtics host the New York Knicks. Boston has enjoyed the edge in this battle over the past three-plus seasons. They are 10-4 SU and 8-6 ATS, including 6-2 SU and 4-3 ATS at home. That includes a 110-89 victory on October 24 as 7.5-point favorites.

Oddsmakers have Boston as a 5.5-point favorite. The total is at 202.

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The Knicks (23-28 SU, 27-24 ATS) have done very well for themselves at Madison Square Garden. They are 15-9 ATS at home, but they’ve fallen apart in away games at 11-15 ATS. New York appears to have adapted somewhat after playing a road-heavy schedule since the holidays. Fourteen of their last 17 games were away from Madison Square Garden. The Knicks are 7-7 ATS during this stretch.

New York also has a different lineup for their rematch with the Celtics (35-15 SU, 30-19-2 ATS). Jarrett Jack has taken over the starting point guard role from Ramon Sessions. Sessions is no longer with the team.

The Knicks also signed back-up point guard Trey Burke from the G-League two weeks ago. This has given them a welcome scoring boost from the bench. The Over is 9-1 in New York’s last 10 games.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
New York	23-28	27-24	105.14	105.94	-0.8	16-9	11-15	27-23-1	12-13	15-10-1
Boston	36-15	30-19-2	103.06	98.76	4.3	13-11-2	17-8	25-25-1	13-13	12-12-1

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
NY	23.24	14.75	1.58
BOS	22.04	13.33	1.65

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
NY	10.29	33.82	44.11
BOS	9.12	35.22	44.34

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
NY	47.13	44.93	2.2
BOS	44.79	43.35	1.44

Team Records

New York Knicks

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	23-28	16-9	7-19	27-24	16-9	11-15	105.14	105.94	-0.80
Last 10	4-6	1-1	3-5	5-5	1-1	4-4	111.60	112.50	-0.90
vs Div	6-3	4-1	2-2	6-3	4-1	2-2	103.22	100.44	2.78
vs EAST	11-16	8-5	3-11	13-14	8-5	5-9	104.04	104.74	-0.70
vs WEST	12-12	8-4	4-8	14-10	8-4	6-6	106.38	107.29	-0.91

Boston Celtics

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	36-15	18-8	18-7	30-19-2	13-11-2	17-8	103.06	98.76	4.30
Last 10	5-5	1-3	4-2	5-5	1-3	4-2	101.60	100.90	0.70
vs Div	8-2	4-1	4-1	6-4	3-2	3-2	100.60	95.80	4.80
vs EAST	22-10	9-6	13-4	18-13-1	7-7-1	11-6	101.56	97.69	3.87
vs WEST	14-5	9-2	5-3	12-6-1	6-4-1	6-2	105.58	100.58	5.00

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	105.14	17	98.76	2
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	102.69	22	98.54	3
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	42.69	16	44.31	23
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	103.06	23	105.94	16
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	103.42	25	109.35	24
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	44.69	9	42.00	4

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
New York	3-7	4-6	3-7	100.70	52.30	44.76	43.10	97/288	9.10
Boston	7-3	6-4	3-7	106.90	49.10	43.24	46.90	66/204	6.00

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Dec 21, 2017	BOS	93	NY	102	2.5	NY	203.5	U	NY	NY	BOS	40	44	38.4	45.6	35	49	13/38	8/14	11	8
Oct 24, 2017	NY	89	BOS	110	-7	BOS	208	U	BOS	NY	BOS	33	54	42.4	49.3	43	41	1/12	14/29	8	11
Apr 2, 2017	BOS	110	NY	94	7.5	BOS	206.5	U	BOS	BOS	BOS	60	47	55.6	38.8	41	32	12/37	7/25	8	12
Jan 18, 2017	NY	117	BOS	106	-9	NY	219	O	NY	NY	NY	63	54	50.5	38.5	57	33	10/25	9/33	2	8
Dec 25, 2016	BOS	119	NY	114	2	BOS	210.5	O	BOS	NY	BOS	56	48	48.4	47.1	39	49	14/36	8/23	10	5
Nov 11, 2016	NY	87	BOS	115	-5	BOS	215	U	BOS	NY	BOS	51	61	35.1	38.9	57	53	6/23	11/27	7	16
Mar 4, 2016	NY	104	BOS	105	-10	NY	210	U	NY	BOS	NY	58	53	45.7	45.6	45	51	9/23	4/20	4	8
Feb 2, 2016	BOS	97	NY	89	4.5	BOS	208.5	U	BOS	NY	NY	45	47	44.4	37.8	45	50	3/19	6/20	9	3
Jan 12, 2016	BOS	114	NY	120	1	NY	200.5	O	NY	BOS	BOS	49	59	48.8	53.1	42	39	9/29	7/20	5	5
Dec 27, 2015	NY	91	BOS	100	-8.5	BOS	203	U	BOS	BOS	BOS	41	51	37.1	42.4	48	51	4/19	8/20	6	5

NBA Betting Trends

New York Knicks
New York is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
New York is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games
The total has gone OVER in 9 of New York's last 11 games
New York is 6-17 SU in its last 23 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of New York's last 8 games on the road
New York is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Boston
New York is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of New York's last 8 games when playing Boston
New York is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston
New York is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New York's last 5 games when playing on the road against Boston

Boston Celtics
Boston is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games
Boston is 4-8-1 ATS in its last 13 games at home
Boston is 18-7 SU in its last 25 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games at home
Boston is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing New York
Boston is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games when playing New York
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston's last 8 games when playing New York
Boston is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against New York
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against New York
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games when playing at home against New York

Team Last 5 Games

New York Knicks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 30, 2018	BKN	111-95	W	-5.5	214	W/U	43.82	80.00	13	H
Jan 26, 2018	PHO	107-85	W	-1	220	W/U	48.24	72.73	9	A
Jan 25, 2018	DEN	118-130	L	7	211.5	L/O	54.88	83.33	8	A
Jan 23, 2018	GS	112-123	L	16	227	W/O	51.81	89.47	9	A
Jan 21, 2018	LAL	107-127	L	-2	213.5	L/O	54.32	70.00	12	A

Boston Celtics

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Jan 29, 2018	DEN	111-110	W	1	206.5	W/O	47.25	80.00	17	A
Jan 27, 2018	GS	105-109	L	10.5	219.5	W/U	43.53	70.83	14	A
Jan 24, 2018	LAC	113-102	W	3	214	W/O	41.94	95.45	14	A
Jan 23, 2018	LAL	107-108	L	-5	206.5	L/O	46.67	80.00	15	A
Jan 21, 2018	ORL	95-103	L	-10.5	209	L/U	43.53	92.86	8	H

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