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New York Knicks - Boston Celtics. Betting Tip for the NBA match
On May 10, New York will face Boston in the third match of the 1/2 finals of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs. The game will take place at the Madison Square Garden Arena and will start at 22:30 Moscow time. The Knicks defeated the Celtics in the previous matchup. Will Tom Thibodeau's players be able to build on their success in front of their fans and which bets to choose? - read in our betting tip
Command Analysis
New York Knicks
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New York, being the underdogs in the second match of the 1/4 finals of the playoffs on May 8, created a sensation by snatching a 91-90 away victory from Boston, as in the best traditions of basketball thrillers. The score in the series became 2-0 in favor of the team from the Big Apple. They lost in the first and third quarters, barely took the second, but in the fourth they made a breakthrough of 13 points, which decided everything. Josh Hart scored 23 points, and Karl-Anthony Towns scored a double-double with 21 points, 17 rebounds, and one assist. Jaylen Brunson added 17 points, Mikal Bridges scored 14. Tom Thibodeau's team (51 wins, 31 losses) finished third in the East in the regular season.
Disqualifications and injuries
The Knicks enter the match in full combat readiness. All the leaders are healthy and eager to fight, like gladiators in the arena.
Interesting facts for betting
New York is averaging 109 points against Boston (over the last ten games) — their attack is like an accurate shot.
The Knicks beat the Celtics in 33 playoff games, and Boston responded with 37 wins— it's like an eternal classic!
Approximate composition: Jaylen Brunson, Mikal Bridges, Josh Hart, Oh Gee Anunobi, Karl-Anthony Towns.
Boston Celtics
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Boston blew the fourth quarter in the second game and missed the win, as if someone had pulled the wire out of their game. Jaylen Brown and Derrick White became the best, scoring 20 points each. Jrue Holliday added ten, Payton Pritchard added four, Kristaps Porzingis added eight. Jason Tatum scored a double-double with 13 points, 14 rebounds, and five assists, but it wasn't enough. Joe Mazzulla's team (61 wins, 21 losses) finished second in the East in the regular season.
Disqualifications and injuries
The Celtics arrived in New York with almost no losses. There's only Sam Hoser in the infirmary, and all the leaders are healthy and ready to fight.
Interesting facts for betting
Boston is averaging 115 points against New York (over the last ten games) - their attack is like a sharpshooter.
Approximate composition: Derrick White, Jrue Holliday, Jaylen Brown, Jason Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis.
Trends
Tatum's Total Reboundsrateis more than 12.5
Tatum's average is 12.1 rebounds per game
1.88Brunson's Total Assistrateis more than 8.5
Brunson's average score is 7.6 assists per match
1.87Tip and bets
New York is making history: two consecutive wins over Boston — in overtime and with a one—point difference - is like a plot for a Hollywood blockbuster. Brunson, Hart, Towns and Bridges are playing with fire in their eyes, and Thibodeau's defense is suffocating like a boa constrictor. Boston is in shock: the champion's backbone — Tatum, Brown, White, Porzingis — cannot find a rhythm, and a failure in the fourth quarter of the second match is like a wake—up call. The bookies are still betting on the Celtics. But the Knicks are at home, at Madison Square Garden, chewing on the parquet. They've caught the nerve, and their fans will make the arena hell for Boston. It will be a fight where New York will show its teeth again, and the match will become a real drama.
Our betting tip is for New York to win with a handicap of (+4.5) points, taking into account overtime in 2.09
Bet on the total
Boston and New York are playing like chess players in this playoff, betting on defense. The Knicks have an average score of 105 points, the Celtics 103. Both teams are strangling each other, and their face—to-face matches are always a knife fight. The first match gave 213 points in overtime, the second — only 181. We expect that the defense will be the queen again. Thibodeau and Mazzulla will set their guys up for war, and the bill will not fly into space. It's going to be like a basketball thriller, not fireworks.
Our betting tip is a total of less than 208.5 points, including overtime in 2.15
The bet on the player
Brunson is the Knicks' sharpshooter and second in the playoffs in points with a 31.1 average per game. He missed 29 points in only two of the eight games, and scored 40 in the decisive game against Detroit. The two-time participant of the NBA All-Star Game, at the age of 28, is ready to light up in his native arena. Against Boston, which has not yet found justice for him, he will arrange an extravaganza. Brunson will shoot like a machine gun and show why he is the leader of the Knicks and one of the best in the league.
Our prediction is a total over Brunson (30.5) points in 1.97
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