The New York Knicks started the second half of the NBA season by snapping a four-game shedding streak, beating the 76ers in Philadelphia, 110-96, on Thursday.
The Knicks are again on the Backyard on Saturday night time for an Atlantic Division battle with the Boston Celtics, who personal the most effective file within the league at 44-12.
The Celtics picked up their seventh consecutive victory on Thursday by crushing the Bulls in Chicago, 129-112, as 8.5-point favorites.
Guard Derrick White led the Celtics with 28 factors as Boston outscored Chicago, 70-50, within the second half.
The Knicks jumped out to a 23-point halftime lead in its rout of Philadelphia, as not too long ago acquired Bojan Bogdanovic led the staff with 22 factors.
The previous Villanova trio of Jalen Brunson, Donte DiVincenzo and Josh Hart mixed for 55 factors of their return to Philadelphia to maneuver to 34-22.
Boston has defeated New York thrice this season, together with a 108-104 victory within the season opener on the Backyard.
Since profitable seven straight dwelling video games from mid-January by early February, the Knicks are simply 1-3 of their previous 4 dwelling video games.
The Celtics are using a seven-game street profitable streak whereas posting a 4-2-1 mark in opposition to the unfold.
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Boston gained every of the primary three conferences though Julius Randle was within the Knicks’ lineup in all three video games.
With Randle (in addition to OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson) sidelined, it’s laborious to suppose the Knicks will fare higher in opposition to this Celtics machine.
Let’s lay the factors with the Celtics on the street on Saturday.
The play: Celtics -6.5.