Free NBA Picks Today: New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics 2/27/23

Free NBA Picks Today: New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics 2/27/23
Mon 27th February 2023

The New York Knicks (35-27, 17-15 Home) will try to slow down one of the NBA’s top scoring teams when they welcome the Boston Celtics (44-17, 20-10 Away) on Monday.

Boston squeaked by the Philadelphia 76ers 110-107 at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday, their third win in a row. Jaylen Brown was the scoring leader with 26 points.

Derrick White added 18 points, two assists, one rebounds, and one blocks. The Celtics are 0.5 games ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks atop the Eastern Conference, currently sitting in first.

New York won their fifth in a row in dominant fashion on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, beating the New Orleans Pelicans 128-106. Julius Randle had 28 points, seven rebounds, and five assists to lead the team.

The Knicks are sixth in the Eastern Conference. The teams are meeting for the last time this season. Boston and New York have split their two matchups this season.

The Knicks took the most recent meeting, beating the Celtics 120-117 in overtime at TD Garden on January 26. Randle led the Knicks with 37 points and nine rebounds. Jayson Tatum had 35 points and 14 rebounds in defeat. The Celts have been led this season by Tatum and Brown, who are averaging 30.4 and 26.5 points per game, respectively.

Tatum is sixth in the NBA in scoring. Tatum also has grabbed 8.7 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Marcus Smart is dishing 7.0 assists per game. Randle and Jalen Brunson have been the primary providers of the Knicks’ offense, averaging 25.1 and 23.7 points per game, respectively.

Randle also has posted 10.6 rebounds per game, seventh-most in the NBA, while Brunson has tallied 6.2 assists per game.With 118.1 points per game, the Celtics are one of the top scoring offenses in the NBA (3rd).

The Celtics have had the advantage in the last 10 trips to Madison Square Garden, winning six. New York is looking for a fifth consecutive home win this season.

Boston is 8-2 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +9.0 (120.0-111.0). New York has also gone 8-2 over the last 10, scoring 116.7 points per game on average while holding opponents to 109.4 (+7.3 margin).

CELTICS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Derrick White: 28.2 | 19.0 | +9.2
Points per game:
Derrick White: 19.2 | 12.0 | +7.2
Assists per game:
Marcus Smart: 4.0 | 7.0 | -3.0

KNICKS HOT/COLD

(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Mitchell Robinson: 23.0 | 17.4 | +5.6
Quentin Grimes: 8.8 | 15.2 | -6.4
Points per game:
Quentin Grimes: 5.8 | 10.0 | -4.2
Rebounds per game:
Mitchell Robinson: 12.5 | 9.1 | +3.4
Julius Randle: 7.2 | 10.6 | -3.4
Assists per game:
Julius Randle: 3.0 | 4.1 | -1.1

SportsTips’ NBA Pick:

Boston Celtics (-140)

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