Knicks Vs. Celtics Game 1 Betting Preview

There are -105 odds for the Boston Celtics to cover -9.5-points against the New York Knicks.
There is a 212.5 total set between the Knicks and Celtics.
The Celtics are favored to win the series at -850 odds.

BOSTON – The Eastern Conference Semifinals are set to begin on Monday Night between the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics from the TD Garden in Boston.

Going into the series, legal sports betting sites are heavily on the Celtics to both take Game 1 and win the series as well. We’ll get into both the odds for Game 1 as well as the playoff series price odds.

Game 1: New York Knicks Vs. Boston Celtics

Moneyline: Knicks (+325) vs. Boston Celtics (-435)
Spread: Celtics -9.5
Total: 212.5

Odds Showing No Issues For Celtics At Home

It’s no surprise here that NBA betting sites have opened the odds for Game 1 heavily in favor of the Celtics on the spread and moneyline. This comes as the Celtics swept the season series against New York and also covered -9.5 points in three of the four wins as well.

Trends against the spread also support Boston winning and covering against the Knicks. Boston is 20-24 against the spread playing at home this season, however, they average exactly 9.5 winning margin in that situation. As for the Knicks, as a road team underdog, they are 7-8 against the spread and a -4.1 cover margin in that scenario as well.

Looking into the point total, all four games in the regular season between the two have skyrocketed over 212.5 points.

Playoff Series Price + Playoff H2H History

Boston Celtics Vs. New York Knicks Series Price

Boston Celtics -850
New York Knicks +500

Boston and New York are no strangers to one another in the postseason. They’ve played a total of 15 playoff series against each other with 10 of them coming since the 60’s. Since then, in those 10 playoff series against each other, Boston leads with six victories. The Knicks won their most recent series in 2013.

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Sam Profeta

Samuel has been writing professionally for 4 years. He comes from a sports writing background where he enjoys writing mostly about basketball and football both professional and collegiate. He is a recent graduate of Florida State University where he majored in Editing, Writing and Media with a minor in Communications. During his free time, you can find him watching or playing sports as well as playing videogames and listening to music.