New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 12/8/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics

Date: Friday, December 8, 2023

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBA TV

The Boston Celtics (15-5) will try to defeat the New York Knicks (12-8) at TD Garden on Friday.

The Knicks took the court against the Bucks and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 146-122 in their last contest. New York walked away from the game having earned a 49.4% field goal percentage (43 out of 87) and made 7 of their 23 shots from distance. At the free throw line, the Knicks converted 29 of 33 attempts for a rate of 87.9%. Pertaining to pulling down rebounds, they earned 36 with 12 of them being offensive. They also recorded 27 dimes for the contest in addition to forcing the other team into 12 turnovers and getting 8 steals. With regard to defense, New York let their opponent shoot 60.4% from the field on 55 out of 91 shooting. Milwaukee distributed 32 assists and had 12 steals for the matchup. Additionally, Milwaukee snagged 37 rebounds (12 offensive, 25 defensive) and got 4 blocked shots. Milwaukee walked away from this one shooting 68.4% at the charity stripe by knocking down 13 of 19 shots. They also made 23 of 38 shots from beyond the perimeter. Concerning personal fouls, the Knicks walked away with 17 while the Bucks accounted for 23 personal fouls.

Julius Randle is someone who played a role for the game. He scored 41 points on 14 of 19 shooting. He played for 37 minutes played and collected 6 rebounds. Randle finished shooting 73.7% from the floor and also recorded 5 assists.

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New York will play this contest with a win-loss record of 12-8 on the season. They cough up possession 13.2 times per game and as a team they are committing 17.4 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, New York is pulling down 46.1 boards per game and has earned 465 assists for the season, which is 29th in the league in terms of passing. The Knicks are hitting 37.5% on three-point attempts (267 of 712) and 74.6% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 111.5 points per outing (21st in basketball) while going 44.8% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Knicks have forced 14.3 turnovers every game and they draw 21.1 fouls. They are currently ranked 6th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 497 relinquished this year. The Knicks are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 47.3% (800 of 1,693) and they concede 40.7 boards per contest as a squad. They are giving up 37.0% on 3-point attempts while they are 3rd in the league in PPG allowed (107.5).

For their last game, the Celtics took a defeat with a final score of 122-112 when they faced the Pacers. The Celtics corralled 43 defensive rebounds and 13 offensive boards for a total of 56 for the game. They turned it over 17 times, while getting 5 steals for the matchup. The Pacers were called for 15 fouls in the matchup which took the Celtics to the free throw line for 12 tries. They were able to convert 8 of them for a percentage of 66.7%. In terms of shots from distance, Boston made 12 out of 41 attempts (29.3%). At the conclusion of this game, the Celtics finished the game shooting 46 for 97 from the field which had them sitting at 47.4%. The Celtics allowed the Pacers to knock down 43 of their 94 tries from the floor which had them shooting 45.7% in this game. They shot 47.5% from beyond the perimeter via 19 of 40 and ended up going 17 out of 21 at the free throw line (81.0%). Regarding cleaning up the glass, Boston permitted Indiana to pull down 41 in total (7 on the offensive side).

Jayson Tatum ended up being a factor for the Celtics in this matchup. He knocked down 13 of 26 in the game giving him a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and added 12 rebounds. Tatum tallied 32 points in his 37 minutes of playing time and accounted for 6 dimes in this contest.

Boston has a win-loss record of 15-5 for the campaign. The Celtics commit 17.8 personal fouls every game and they connect on 78.9% from the charity stripe. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 25.0 times per game (25th in the league) and they are turning it over 14.2 times per contest. Boston has 2,330 points this season (116.5 per game) and they grab 47.5 rebounds per contest. When it comes to offensive execution, the Celtics are hitting on 47.4% from the floor, which is ranked 12th in the NBA.

The Boston defense concedes 36.2% on three-point shots (269 of 743) and their opponents are knocking down 72.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They concede 23.5 dimes and 43.3 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks them 2nd and 10th in the NBA. The Celtics on the defensive side of the court are 4th in the NBA in points per game surrendered with 108.1. They are forcing 12.2 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 44.1% from the field (3rd in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New York

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