New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 11/13/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics

Date: Monday, November 13, 2023

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBC Sports Boston

TD Garden is the location where the Boston Celtics (7-2) will attempt to beat the New York Knicks (4-4) on Monday.

The Knicks stepped onto the hardwood against the Spurs and notched a win by a score of 126-105 in their last contest. Concerning fouls, the Knicks ended up finishing with 14 and the Spurs recorded 22 fouls. They also made 9 out of their 34 shots from distance. San Antonio ended up going 61.5% at the charity stripe by burying 8 of 13 attempts. Additionally, San Antonio collected 46 rebounds (11 offensive, 35 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. San Antonio recorded 31 dimes and had 2 steals in this matchup. When talking about defense, New York allowed 48.9% from the field on 44 out of 90 shooting. They also distributed 28 assists for the game as well as forcing 13 turnovers and having 7 steals. In reference to getting rebounds, they collected 47 with 13 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Knicks made 15 of 22 tries for a rate of 68.2%. New York wrapped up the game with a 46.0% field goal percentage (46 out of 100) and made 19 out of their 42 3-pointers.

Jalen Brunson is one guy who was a contributor for the matchup. He ended up finishing with 25 points on 8 of 19 shooting. He saw the court for 33 minutes and snagged 2 rebounds. Brunson ended up going 42.1% from the field and dished out 6 assists.

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New York will play this contest with a win-loss record of 4-4 this year. They are averaging 107.1 pts per contest (29th in basketball) while connecting on 41.5% from the field. The Knicks are shooting 34.9% on 3-pointers (104 of 298) and 72.4% from the charity stripe. As a team, New York is snagging 50.0 boards per game and has accounted for 183 dimes this season, which ranks 29th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. They are losing possession via turnover 13.6 times per contest and as a team they commit 17.8 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

When they are on defense, the Knicks are able to force 15.3 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 20.4 fouls. They give up 34.1% on 3-point shots and they are 2nd in the NBA in points per game from their opponents (102.8). The Knicks defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 45.6% (302 of 662) and they concede 42.9 rebounds per game as a unit. They are currently ranked 2nd in basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 183 surrendered this season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Celtics got the victory with a final of 117-94 against the Raptors. The Celtics corralled 41 defensive rebounds and 5 offensive boards for a total of 46 in this matchup. They turned the ball over 12 times, while getting 1 steal in the matchup. The Raptors had 14 personal fouls for the game which took the Celtics to the charity stripe for a total of 13 attempts. They were able to bury 8 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 61.5%. When talking about 3-point attempts, Boston converted 15 of 44 tries (34.1%). When the final whistle was blown, the Celtics ended up going 47 out of 86 from the field which gave them a rate of 54.7%. The Celtics permitted the Raptors to make 35 of 91 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 38.5% in this game. They finished 27.0% from distance by connecting on 10 out of 37 and finished the game at 14 of 16 at the free throw line (87.5%). When talking about cleaning the glass, Boston allowed Toronto to get 37 in all (7 on the offensive glass).

Jaylen Brown ended up being a factor for the Celtics for the contest. Brown accumulated 29 points in his 32 minutes on the court and totaled 2 dimes for the contest. He made 12 out of 20 in the game giving him a field goal percentage of 60.0%, and had 5 rebounds.

Boston has a win-loss record of 7-2 this year. When it comes to offensive execution, the Celtics are hitting on 47.4% from the floor, which is ranked 12th in the league. Boston has totaled 1,082 pts on the year (120.2 per contest) and they average 49.4 boards per game. They are earning an assist 25.0 times per contest (18th in the league) and they cough up possession 13.6 times per game. The Celtics have committed 18.2 fouls per game while shooting 79.6% from the charity stripe.

The Boston defense concedes 33.1% on 3-point shots (114 of 344) and their opponents are making 70.2% of their shots from the free throw line. They have surrendered 24.3 dimes and 43.2 rebounds on a nightly basis, which is 9th and 11th in basketball. The Celtics on the defensive side of the court are 6th in basketball in PPG given up with 106.8. They have forced 12.4 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 43.5% from the field (2nd in the NBA).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New York

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