Best Celtics vs. Knicks Player props for game 1

The race for the NBA championship has dropped to eight teams, now starting matchups of the second round. The New York Knicks will challenge defending champion Boston Celtics in the semi -finals of the Eastern Conference after defeating the Detroit Pistons in the opening round.

New York contested some significant fluctuations in the low season to challenge this Celtics team. They exchanged for Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal this low season to include their squad in a true candidate. Nevertheless, Boston -800 chances keep in the series, whereby the Knicks are listed for progress at +550. This number will certainly change according to the result of today's opening game.

The Celtics are 9 -point favorites and -380 on the Moneyline on the way Draftking's sports book. The Knicks have +300 probability to deduct the surprise, whereby the over/under -soet set at 213 for this matchup.

Here are my favorite props for this opening game of the Eastern Conference semi-final.

New York may have made some significant players -shakups outside the season, but it is still obvious that this team can only go as far as Jalen Brunson. The Star Guard lived in the opening round of his Clutch player of the year and delivered the crucial shot for this Knicks team whenever it was needed. He has to shine in this series so that the Knicks have a chance, but Boston won't make life easy. While the surrounding group is more talented than in the past of years, they expect the Celtics to be far willing to live with their results and to make a clear effort to get the ball out of Brunson's hands.

In the regular season, Brunson scored an average of 26.0 points and 7.3 templates per game. He scored over 6.5 templates in 37 of the 65 games he played. In the opening round, he scored an average of 31.5 points and 8.2 templates per game. The two-time all-star scored over 6.5 templates in all six games. Brunson achieves an average of 12.5 potential templates per game and did a good job and used his threat as a scorer to open other opportunities.

While Detroit had more than respectable defense, Boston will record a different level in this round. They ended the regular season in the points of the opponents, who took the third part of the opponents, the third of the three-point of the opponents, the second field goal percentage of the opponents and fourth place in the defensive evaluation. In the four games of the regular season, Brunson was limited to 26.8 points and 5.3 templates per game against the Celtics. Expect a more conscious effort from Boston, Brunson's effects as a scorer and to take on a role as a traditional point guard. He plays at a high level after he has achieved seven or more templates in all six games in the opening round, and I like his chances of reaching this number at the start of the second series this evening.

The opening round of the playoffs was one that Kristaps had forgotten Porzingis. The 7-foot 2 center was limited to 12.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game. He only shot 35.2% of the field and 11.8% compared to the three -point arch against magic. This happens after Porzingis achieved an average of 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in the regular season, while he shot 48.3% of the floor and 41.2% compared to the three-point arch.

Porzingis fought against the physical and deep Orlando front court, but this will not be the same against this Knicks team. New York will keep his rotation short. Expect that Boston clearly tries to attack Karl-Anthony Towns, who will be the worst individual defender on the ground. Porzingis has exposed itself to the Knicks seven times since he came to the Celtics. He shot 26-against-52 from beyond the three-point arch in these matchups (50.0%). The former all-star made at least two three-point pointers in each of these matchups, up to eight in one game, and at least three took part in five of these seven games.

The standard trial points for porzingis is set to 1.5, whereby the monitoring of -175 opportunities for the Draftking's sports book is preferred. I obviously also like this number, but I think it is worth going one step further and using the +150 probability that Porzingi's can produce three long -distance shots. Last season New York fought his way against Myles Turner, who is also a big man out of the ground in the playoffs. Boston leans into its three-point attack at an even greater speed, and the restrictions of the cities as a defender make this an even bigger problem. Find that Porzingis is willing to act against his former team and to put down at least three three-point hands this evening.

While the defensive deficiencies as a factor in the series cannot be completely ignored, Karl-Anthony Town's offensive ability was why it is worth taking the big swing outside of the season on the market. Towns is the self-proclaimed best big-man shooter of all time and has done its skills all year round with the kinks. He achieved an average of 24.4 points, 12.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game in the regular season, while he shot 42.0% compared to the three -point arch. In the opening playoff series, the cities achieved an average of 19.7 points and 10.0 rebounds, while they shot 48.0% during three-point attempts.

The three -point fight will be a remarkable action in this series. Boston starts with a high rate of recordings from the scope. This has become the basis of their offensive production, and it is difficult to argue the results for the defending champion. This season they tried an NBA-Best three-point attempt of 48.2 three-point per game and combined with 36.8%. No other team in the league tried more than 42.4 per game (The Warriors), and New York took 27th place in the league in the three -point volume by trying 34.1 per game.

The trade with two points for three points is a lost fight, and New York has to increase its production from beyond the arch. Expect that cities are the largest beneficiary of it. In the four matchups in the regular season, the cities shot an impressive 7: 11 of the three-point light sheet, but expect an increased ways to free themselves from the area in this series. The five-time all-star has its standard trials to 1.5, whereby the monitoring of -135 chances for the Draftkings sports book is preferred. However, I take it a step forward if the cities can connect with three perimeter shots every time you start the series.