{"id":303181,"date":"2024-10-21T13:49:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T17:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=303181"},"modified":"2024-10-22T10:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:02:40","slug":"knicks-vs-celtics-sgp-picks-nba-opening-night-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/knicks-vs-celtics-sgp-picks-nba-opening-night-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks vs. Celtics NBA opening night SGP picks: Bet on Boston to win, Brunson to score at +255"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Boston Celtics host the New York Knicks on banner night to open the NBA season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Boston was practically untouchable at TD Garden last year and should kick off its title defence with a win. Prop bets on Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges round out this +255 same-game parlay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out my Knicks vs. Celtics SGP picks for the opening night of the NBA on Oct. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knicks vs. Celtics picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Full NBA markets: Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parlay: Celtics moneyline + Brunson over 24.5 points + Bridges under 2.5 threes (+255)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celtics moneyline (-195):<\/strong> All you have to do to get behind this bet is look at the number 45 \u2014 that’s how many wins Boston had at home last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embed: #97923<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Celtics went 37-5 during the regular season and 8-2 in the playoffs on their famed parquet flooring, boasting the best regular-season home net rating (+15.5) since the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are elite and Derrick White and Jrue Holiday make up an all-Olympic backcourt. Boston’s depth is second to none and should play an important role, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York projects to be Boston’s top challenger out of the East this year, holding the second-shortest odds to win the conference, but there are levels to this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Celtics went 4-1 against the Knicks during the 2023-24 regular season, outscoring them by an average of 7.0 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boston’s dominance at TD Garden led it to a championship and Joe Mazzula’s squad should set the tone with the banner going up on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Brunson over 24.5 points (-200):<\/strong> Brunson routinely topped this line last season, averaging a career-best 28.7 points per game while earning down-ballot MVP votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embed: #97924<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The superstar PG cleared this line in 50 of 77 regular season games (64.9%) and came within a basket another nine times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brunson erupted for 39 and 34 points in his last two meetings with the Celtics, while shooting a combined 27-of-48 (56.3%) from the field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not quite sold on New York’s secondary scoring \u2014 more on that in a moment \u2014 and believe Brunson will have to lead the charge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridges under 2.5 threes (-200):<\/strong> Knicks fans have to be a little<\/em> worried about Bridges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embed: #97925<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Brooklyn Net was seemingly the last stone in the Villanova Knicks’ infinity gauntlet before Donte DiVincenzo was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a package deal for Karl-Anthony Towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York gave up a boatload of picks for Bridges in the hopes that he could provide secondary scoring but the small forward has seemingly re-worked his jump shot and the early results are awful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridges averaged 10.7 points across five preseason games while shooting a combined 2-of-19 (10.5%) from deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He might break out of this funk or he might not but Boston isn’t the team to do it against. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picks made at 12:41 p.m. on 10\/21\/24.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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