1:10 pm
May 16

Celtics @ Knicks

Who will WIN this matchup?

Boston Celtics (36-35)

@ New York Knicks (40-31)

 

Current odds:

Boston Celtics: (+575)

New York Knicks: (-850)

 

• The spread for the game is New York by 12 points.

• Each team earned a win Saturday afternoon, when the host Knicks squandered a 17-point third-quarter lead before beating the Charlotte Hornets 118-109 in overtime. The visiting Celtics assured themselves a .500 record by snapping a four-game losing streak with a 124-108 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

• The Knicks (40-31) moved into a tie for fourth place in the East with the idle Atlanta Hawks. Entering Saturday night, the two teams were a half-game ahead of the Miami Heat (39-32), who lost to the surging Milwaukee Bucks and will visit the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. The Hawks are slated to close out their season Sunday by hosting the Houston Rockets. With a win over the Celtics and one loss by the Heat, the Knicks will clinch the fourth seed in the East and home-court advantage. New York has the tiebreaker advantage over the Hawks by virtue of their 3-0 head-to-head record.

• The Celtics (36-35) will be hoping to build some much-needed momentum heading into next week’s play-in tournament. Boston has clinched seventh place in the Eastern Conference, which means it needs to win just once in the four-team event to advance to the playoffs for the seventh straight season, which would be the franchise’s longest run since a 14-season run from 1980 through 1993.

• The Celtics enter Sunday as the only team in the East locked into its spot in the play-in tournament. The Hornets, Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards have all clinched a play-in bid but are each 33-38 heading into their Sunday finales.

• Jayson Tatum, Kemba Walker, Tristan Thompson, Robert Williams and Evan Fournier will not play for Boston.

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