Celtics Vs. Knicks Prediction, Odds And Best Nba Prop Bets For Friday, Oct. 24

Two Eastern Conference playoff contenders look disconnected connected Friday nighttime successful New York, arsenic Jalen Brunson and nan New York Knicks look to build connected a 1-0 commencement to nan play against nan Boston Celtics.

Boston is coming disconnected a reliable nonaccomplishment to nan Philadelphia 76ers connected Wednesday night, arsenic it blew a lead successful nan last minutes, losing by one. Boston is facing an uphill conflict to make nan playoffs pinch Jayson Tatum (Achilles) retired and Jrue Holiday, Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis each nary longer pinch nan team. 

Still, oddsmakers had them favored to make nan playoffs entering nan 2025-26 season. 

Meanwhile, nan Knicks are 1 of nan favorites to triumph nan Eastern Conference, and they turned successful a beardown capacity successful a triumph complete nan Cleveland Cavaliers – moreover pinch Josh Hart and Mitchell Robinson out.

Karl-Anthony Towns besides revealed aft nan triumph that he’s playing done a Grade 2 quad strain. New York is already a small banged up, but it is favored astatine location successful this matchup. 

Let’s dive into nan latest odds, players to watch successful nan prop marketplace and my prediction for Friday’s contest. 

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Brunson grounded to deed nan OVER connected his points prop connected Wednesday night, but his usage was monolithic for nan Knicks. The prima defender scored 23 points connected 5-of-18 shooting (1-for-9 from 3) and took 13 free throws, making 12 of them. 

While nan changeable wasn’t location for Brunson successful nan opener, he’s agelong been an businesslike scorer, shooting 48.8 percent from nan section and 38.3 percent from 3 past season.

Now, he takes connected a Boston squad that has very small defender extent and conscionable allowed Tyrese Maxey (40 points) and VJ Edgecombe (34 points) to perfectly torch them successful nan opener. 

Brunson should person a section time against Boston’s new-look defense, particularly if nan Knicks are shorthanded again pinch Towns, Hart and Robinson each dealing pinch injuries. 

The Knicks’ opening nighttime triumph complete nan Cavs was an up-and-down affair, arsenic they led by arsenic galore arsenic 17 successful nan early 3rd 4th but yet ended up tied heading into nan fourth. However, New York was yet capable to propulsion distant against a shorthanded Cavs team, and I expect a akin consequence connected Friday night.

Boston simply doesn’t person a batch of extent aft Jaylen Brown, Payton Pritchard and Derrick White, and it struggled to support Philly’s guards successful cheque connected Wednesday.

The Knicks are a amended squad connected insubstantial – particularly if Towns plays – and nan C’s deficiency an interior beingness connected defense to woody pinch him, OG Anunoby and Brunson successful nan paint. 

New York easy covered arsenic a location underdog successful nan opener, and I deliberation it tin triumph this crippled by a mates of possessions. The C’s person very small separator for correction this season, and that was evident successful their blown lead connected Wednesday night. 

Pick: Knicks -6.5 (-110 astatine DraftKings)

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